Certified Analytics Professional (CAP)

- [Narrator] INFORMS stands for Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, and offers the Certified Analytics Professional or CAP certification. CAP is unique in a sense that it's not tied to any specific software product or vendor, unlike many other data science and analytics certifications made available so far. This vendor neutral, nature of the CAP certification, is a strength, because once certified, you don't have to worry about getting re-certified due to changes out of your control, such as software version upgrades. You do have to maintain your CAP certification by satisfying their professional development unit or PDU requirements. All CAP certificants have to renew their certification every three years by achieving a minimum of 30 PDUs. PDUs are available in the form of formal training programs, self-directed learning, teaching, volunteer service, and professional work experience in…