Analytics Magazine

The INFORMS Analytics Maturity Model celebrated its official launch during the recent INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Francisco with a provocative survey of analytics professionals showing that a large number of companies welcome analytics maturity but a much smaller percentage actually take the steps to achieve it.

The INFORMS Analytics Maturity model, set for launch Nov. 10, lets you and your organization do a self-assessment that analyzes three critical organizational themes: 1. organization, 2. analytics capability, and 3. data and infrastructure.

INFORMS’ continuing education courses, designed for today’s analytics professionals, are intensive hands-on courses that provide participants with real take-away value. You will leave these courses with the skills, tools and methods that you can implement immediately in your work. INFORMS, the world’s largest organization for advanced analytics professionals, produces and disseminates data analytics and operations research information, training courses, certification and best-in-class resources for our members and the industry at large.

Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, vice chair of the Analytics Certification Board, has an article in the latest issue of Swiss Analytics Magazine on the Certified Analytics Professional program subtitled “How to become a modern-day journeyman.” She notes that professionalism arose through the medieval guild system, and today professional certifications such as CAP® serve the same purpose: to establish standards, promote ethical practices and issue a credential that can be used across the industry.

The question asked most often about the INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Science) Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) program is: “How do I prepare for the exam?” To help people prepare and allay their fears of an unknown exam, the CAP program volunteers and staff have written and published a Candidate Handbook with sample questions, a CAP Study Guide that outlines topics for each domain and an introductory webinar.