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Training, Certifications & eLearning

Expand your data management and analytics expertise and earn professional credentials online with live, virtual or self-paced learning opportunities.

Featured Training & Certification

Learn from the best and achieve certification for you or your team. Whether live virtual classes, on-demand eLearning or dedicated sessions for your business, you'll gain expertise from world-class data management experts, including former chief data officers. Member firms access savings on all training options, including training packages for dedicated company classes.

DCAM Certification

DCAM: Data Management Capability Assessment Model

Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM) was developed as the cross-industry standard best practice for data management and analytics by EDM Association Members. Data professionals who are certified in DCAM are recognized as qualified experts in establishing, enabling and sustaining mature data management and analytics programs to ensure their firms' successful use of one of their most valuable assets – their data. Please contact membersupport@edmcouncildev.wpengine.com if you require additional dates to what is shown.

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AI Optimization Workshop

TWO-DAY COURSES
Most enterprise AI does not fail due to AI technology. It fails because it is missing the data and architecture connecting the technology to the AI. Join our practical, two-day session to advance your organization's data and AI capability. You'll gain real-world insight, guidance and a practical understanding to develop your trusted roadmap towards accurate and explainable AI for tangible outcomes. Ideal for data and AI practitioners, plus business and other managers developing AI use cases and implementing AI models.

SySML v2 Certification

The launch of SysMLv2 – OMG System Modeling Language – marks a ground-up redesign of the original SysML standard launched in 2007. As a general-purpose modeling language for modeling systems, it facilitates a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach at scale. It provides the capability to create and visualize models that represent many different aspects of a system, including the requirements, structure, and behavior of the system, and the specification of analysis cases and verification cases used to analyze and verify the system. The SysMLv2 Model User certification is available via an online exam. Discounts are available.

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CDMC Certification

CDMC: Cloud Data Management Capabilities

The comprehensive best practices framework for cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud environments. CDMC expands the DCAM framework to accelerate cloud adoption while maintaining risk and compliance controls. It includes 14 Key Controls and Automations for protecting sensitive data in the cloud. CDMC was developed by 100+ cross-industry organizations, including major Cloud Services Providers (CSP): Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and IBM Cloud. CDMC Training is currently only available as an e-learning course or as a dedicated virtual course.

Knowledge Graph Foundations

ONE-DAY COURSES
Knowledge graphs are a foundational element of your organization's AI optimization roadmap, providing the critical layer for the data's meaning, relationships and context that makes AI answers correct – and explainable – and eliminate hallucinations from GenAI. This course provides an introduction to knowledge graphs, the role of semantic layers and ontologies, their difference from relational models, data lineage, reusable data products, tooling, case studies and more.

FIBO Turbo Training

HALF-DAY COURSE
You’ve heard that FIBO, the Financial Industry Business Ontology, promises enormous improvements in business performance for both AI and data governance and management. But ontologies and their tools are different from traditional RDB tools, and there are few alternatives for getting you and your teams online with FIBO fast. The “FIBO Turbo” training class gets you started and working with FIBO right away, “hands-on”, with the ability to expand AI and data expertise with companion courses.

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Learning Tracks

Hone in and specialize through one of our nine industry leading professional development elearning tracks. Each track is a curated list of classes within a specialized theme that build and progress into theme mastery. Learn at your own pace with these on demand learning track packages.

Certification Programs

Develop your mastery of data management and analytics and showcase your expertise with industry-recognized credentials. Our comprehensive curricula and exams culminate in professional certification. Member firms access savings on training classes, including packages for dedicated DCAM and CDMC company classes.

DCAM Certification

Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM) was developed as the cross-industry standard best practice for data management and analytics by EDM Association Members. Data professionals who are certified in DCAM are recognized as qualified experts in establishing, enabling and sustaining mature data management and analytics programs to ensure their firms' successful use of one of their most valuable assets – their data.

CDMC Certification

The comprehensive best practices framework for cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud environments. CDMC expands the DCAM framework to accelerate cloud adoption while maintaining risk and compliance controls. It includes 14 Key Controls and Automations for protecting sensitive data in the cloud. CDMC was developed by 100+ cross-industry organizations, including major Cloud Services Providers (CSP): Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and IBM Cloud. CDMC Training is currently only available as an e-learning course or as a dedicated virtual course.

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OMG Certifications

OMG and its members are dedicated to equipping professionals with the certifications they need to thrive in today's dynamic job market. Globally recognized, OMG certification programs were meticulously designed by industry experts to align with our standards as well as evolving industry demands and best practices.

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SysMLv2 Certification

The launch of SysMLv2 – OMG System Modeling Language – marks a ground-up redesign of the original SysML standard launched in 2007. As a general-purpose modeling language for modeling systems, it facilitates a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach at scale. It provides the capability to create and visualize models that represent many different aspects of a system, including the requirements, structure, and behavior of the system, and the specification of analysis cases and verification cases used to analyze and verify the system. Training is offered as an e-learning course and a certification exam. Discounts are available.

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Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP)

eLearningCurve offers an eLearningCurve offers an internationally recognized certification program, Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP), that builds upon education to certify knowledge and understanding of information management. The CIMP designation makes a clear statement that you have learned from the industry leaders and have demonstrated thorough understanding of information management foundations or a specific information management discipline by passing several challenging exams. recognized certification program, Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP), that builds upon education to certify knowledge and understanding of information management. The CIMP designation makes a clear statement that you have learned from the industry leaders and have demonstrated thorough understanding of information management foundations or a specific information management discipline by passing several challenging exams.

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Certified Data Steward (CDS)

The mission of the Certified Data Steward (CDS) Program is to formalize the role of data stewardship and to drive recognition of Data Steward as a professional designation. The CDS designation makes a clear statement that you have learned from the industry leaders and demonstrated both depth of understanding and the skills to apply concepts, techniques, and practices of data stewardship, data quality, data governance, metadata management, and master data management.

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Data Literacy Certification (DLC) for Business Professionals

Data Literacy Certification (DLC) provides a solid foundation to all business roles for how to use data to best operate in today's data-driven world. Learn about the many dimensions of data, ranging from data and databases to data management, data analysis and data science. DLC helps you to gain the right level of understanding across the entire data literacy body of knowledge and then provides a respected credential affirming your data knowledge and skills.

More Opportunities to Engage, Learn & Grow: Explore Our Complimentary Programs

Take advantage of the expertise and professional insights from across the EDM Association global community. We regularly host and record webinars, podcasts and conferences covering the spectrum of data and analytics management topics.

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Webinars

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Artificial Intelligence Forum Meeting (October 20th)
On Demand
AI Governance Working Group Meeting (October 21st)
Oct 21, 2026
African Forum Meeting (October 27th)
Oct 27, 2026

Conferences

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