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Have a certification development project in your future? With 50+ years of experience, we have some knowledge and advice to share!

Assess your certification development readiness by using our checklist which helps define the important steps in your project plan and determine your resource capabilities.

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✓ Rate your confidence across 5 critical certification development areas.
✓ Receive a customized dashboard you can use to guide your certification development priorities.

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Does your organization currently offer certifications?*

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Approximately what % of your membership has earned one of your certifications?*

Great! Now it's time to take a journey through the important high-level steps under each of the 5 critical certification development phases in your project plan. At each step, you'll be asked if you have the resources at your organization to accomplish the task, or whether you'll need outside help. To enhance your experience and provide helpful insights, we've integrated tooltips throughout the form. These tooltips contain valuable tips and information for each of the 5 phases. Click the icon located next to each phase title to learn more. At the end of the journey, you'll receive a summary of the project steps and a gauge of your internal resource capabilities at each phase of the project.

Build a Foundation of Relevant Content

Tip: When building a certification program, focus on building a solid foundation of relevant content that covers the essential knowledge and skills required for success in the field. Conduct thorough research to identify the core competencies, industry standards, and best practices that professionals need to master to set them up for success and excel in their careers.

Conduct a market needs analysis to evaluate market and labor trends, competition, and growth opportunities. Use results to determine the certification’s target audience.*

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Conduct a job task analysis, repeatable every three to five years.*

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Build or update a body of knowledge to guide the certification program.*

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Assemble an exam development committee consisting of subject matter experts and at least one psychometrician to lead the question development, exam publication, and scoring processes.*

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Conduct Market Score

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Conduct Job Take

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Build BOK

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Assemble Exam Dev

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Build Content Total

Define the Certification Rules & Logistics

Tip: It's essential to clearly outline the eligibility criteria, examination format/scheduling, fee structures, passing requirements, and any recertification processes. By establishing clear guidelines and procedures upfront, you minimize confusion and frustration among candidates and enhance the overall integrity and credibility of the certification program.

Determine an exam delivery strategy, using testing centers, remote testing, or embedded exams. Contract with provider, as necessary*

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Create a certification pricing strategy that maximizes adoption and delivers the required revenue stream.*

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Establish the guiding principles and rules of your certification program. Draft a certification handbook.*

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Determine Exam Deliv

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Create Cert Price

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Establish Guide Prin

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Develop Certification Preparation Resources

Tip: When developing certification preparation resources, it's crucial to offer diverse and comprehensive materials to support candidates in their exam readiness. Consider providing study guides, practice exams, online courses, webinars, and interactive learning modules tailored to the certification requirements. Ensure that the content aligns closely with the exam objectives and covers all relevant topics and concepts.

Determine the resource requirements for initial development, implementation, ongoing support, and updates.*

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Create an adaptive online exam preparation program that guides candidates through their studies. Develop printed books for offline study, including a printing and distribution strategy.*

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Create an enterprise competency and knowledge assessment to help employers determine the need for internal training and certification.*

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Assemble and train a sales team to support training and enterprise partners.*

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Determine Res Req

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Create Adapt Exam

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Create Enterprise CKA

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Assemble Sales Team

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Build Certification Awareness and Demand

Tip: It's essential to implement a strategic marketing and promotion strategy when building certification awareness and demand. Start by identifying your target audience and understanding their needs, preferences, and pain points. Utilize various marketing channels such as social media, email campaigns, industry events, and strategic partnerships to generate excitement and demand among potential candidates, driving enrollment and participation.

Create a marketing plan, messaging, and communications tools to build awareness, generate leads, drive demand, and support candidates throughout their certification journey. Include templates to share with training partners.*

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Source or update your existing online candidate management system for certification and exam applications, document uploads, approvals, support, and recertification.*

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Establish an e-commerce system to collect payments for applications, exam preparation resources, and renewals. Include a payment plan option.*

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Train customer service representatives to support certification and exam preparation programs.*

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Launch your program with fanfare, preferably at a conference or live event.*

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Create Mkt Plan

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Source CMS

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Establish Ecom

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Train CC

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Launch Pro

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Build Cert Aware Total

Monitor, Improve and Grow

Tip: Continuously monitoring, improving, and growing your certification program is crucial for its long-term success. Establish robust feedback mechanisms to gather input from certified professionals, industry stakeholders, and employers. Solicit feedback through surveys, focus groups, and interviews to understand their experiences, challenges, and suggestions for improvement. Regularly track key performance indicators such as enrollment rates, exam pass rates, and certification renewal rates to assess the program's effectiveness and identify areas for growth. Use data analytics and reporting tools to gain insights into candidate demographics, geographic distribution, and market demand, enabling informed decision-making and targeted marketing efforts.

Establish, manage, and grow partnerships with colleges, universities, industry groups, international training organizations, and consultants to deliver local training.*

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Collect, monitor, analyze, and use data to evaluate strategies and improve programs.*

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Utilize certification data to create lifelong career pathways and recommended development resources for members.*

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Estab Partner

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Data Analytics

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Cert Data

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Start Your Free Certification Development Checklist Assessment!

Build a Foundation of Relevant Content

Define the Certification Rules & Logistics

Develop Certification Preparation Resources

Build Certification Awareness and Demand

Monitor, Improve and Grow

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