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

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Data Management Frameworks Training

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 Council 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.

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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.

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Knowledge Graph Architecture for the Enterprise: Fundamentals of Digital Transformation

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Data Ethics & Responsible AI

Ethical principles for managing data across the organization and in real-world applications

eLearning 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.

Courses
  • DAC Business Analysis Package
  • DAC Data Analytics Package
  • DAC Advanced Analytics Package
  • DAC Ex Business Analysis Package
  • DAC Ex Data Analytics Package
  • DAC Ex Advanced Analytics Package
  • Analytics Fundamentals
  • Fundamentals of Business Intelligence
  • Fundamentals of Predictive Analytics
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Big Data Fundamentals
  • Location Intelligence
  • Analytics-based Performance Management
  • Introduction to NoSQL
  • Web Analytics
  • Data Mining Concepts & Techniques by Deanne Larson
  • Data Mining in R by Deanne Larson
  • Data Understanding and Preparation for Analytics & Data Science
  • Streaming Data: Concepts, Applications, and Technologies
  • Data Visualization and Storytelling
  • Data Analysis Fundamentals
  • Data Science Fundamentals
  • Diagnostic Analytics Using Statistical Process Control
  • Prescriptive Analytics Using Simulation Models
  • Framing & Planning Analytics & Data Science Projects
  • Fundamentals of Business Intelligence
  • Fundamentals of Machine Learning
  • Putting the Science in Data Science

Our Business Intelligence & Analytics curriculum includes eleven online courses. Each course is accompanied by an optional Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP) exam.

Courses
  • CIMP Data Governance Package
  • CIMP Ex Data Governance Package
  • CIMP Data Governance & DCAM Package
  • CIMP Ex Data Governance & DCAM Package
  • Data Quality Fundamentals
  • Data Governance Fundamentals
  • Metadata Management Fundamentals
  • Curating and Cataloging Data
  • Modernizing Data Governance
  • Data Governance for Business Leaders
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Crafting the Business Case for Data Quality
  • Data Quality Scorecard
  • How to Deploy Data Governance: Part 1
  • How to Deploy Data Governance: Part 2
  • Data Stewardship Fundamentals
  • Data Privacy and Protection Fundamentals
  • Data Ethics & Responsible AI Fundamentals

Courses
  • Data Fundamentals
  • Database Fundamentals
  • Managing Data Knowledge
  • Data Governance
  • Data Resource Consolidation
  • Managing the Data Resource
  • Using the Data Resource
  • Finding and Evaluating Data
  • Data Preparation
  • Data Analysis Techniques
  • Data Visualization
  • Analysis to Action

Courses
  • CIMP Data Quality Package
  • CIMP Ex Data Quality Package
  • Data Quality Fundamentals
  • Data Governance Fundamentals
  • Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration
  • Data Quality Assessment
  • Data Profiling
  • Data Parsing, Matching and De-duplication
  • Organizing for Data Quality
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Diagnostic Analytics Using Statistical Process Control
  • Crafting the Business Case for Data Quality
  • Data Quality Scorecard
  • Data Stewardship Fundamentals
  • Data Quality for Data Stewards

Courses
  • CDS & DCAM Package
  • CDS Ex Package
  • CDS Package
  • Data Analytics for Data Stewards
  • Data Ethics & Responsible AI Fundamentals
  • Data Governance for Data Stewards
  • Data Privacy and Protection Fundamentals
  • Data Quality for Data Stewards
  • Data Stewardship Fundamentals
  • Data Strategy for the Age of Big Data
  • Master Data Management for Data Stewards
  • Metadata Management for Data Stewards

Courses
  • CIMP Master Data Management Package
  • CIMP Ex Master Data Management Package
  • MDM Fundamentals: Architecture and Implementation
  • Data Parsing, Matching and De-duplication
  • Data Governance Fundamentals
  • Metadata Management Fundamentals
  • Data Quality Assessment
  • Data Quality Scorecard
  • Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration
  • Data Profiling
  • Master Data Management for Data Stewards

Courses
  • CIMP Metadata Management Package
  • CIMP Ex Metadata Management Package
  • Metadata Management Fundamentals
  • Curating and Cataloging Data
  • Data Quality Assessment
  • Data Profiling
  • Data Parsing, Matching and De-duplication
  • Conceptual Data Modeling
  • DW and BI Data Modeling
  • Logical Data Modeling
  • Knowledge Graph Architecture for the Enterprise
  • Introduction to Graph Databases
  • Data Quality Scorecard
  • Metadata Management for Data Stewards
  • The Data Model Scorecard

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 Council 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.

Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP)

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.

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.

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.

DAC Certification

Whether your role is business or technical, management or functional staff—data analysis is a valuable and important skill set. You can be sure that the demand for data analysis skills will increase at a rapid pace through the coming years. Data Analysis Certified (DAC) is a professional designation that affirms your data analysis knowledge and skills. The DAC designation indicates that you have learned from leaders in the industry and that you have demonstrated depth of understanding and ability to apply the concepts and techniques in one or more of three data analysis subject areas: business analysis, data analytics, and advanced analytics.

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

Take advantage of the expertise and professional insights from across the EDM Council 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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Third-Party Revolution: Redefining Data Security with Copilot and GenAI
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Mitigating Generative AI Risks: A Framework for Responsible Deployment
Oct 15, 2024
Ensuring Trust in the AI Era: Integrating LLMs with Data Catalogs
Oct 29, 2024

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