CPMAI™: Get Certified on the Proven Path to Success with AI, Big Data & Analytics Projects
Vendor-Neutral Best-Practice Methodology for AI, machine learning, advanced data analytics, intelligent automation and Cognitive Projects of Any Size
COGNITIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR AI (CPMAI) TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
Vendor Neutral
Data-Centric
Iterative and Agile
Real-World Proven
Who trusts Cognilytica for AI & Data best practices?
Cognitive Project Management for AI (CPMAI™) Methodology
Methodology for Implementing AI & Advanced Analytics Projects Successfully.
There’s no excuse for failing AI projects. If you’re not successful, you’re not doing it right.
Are you running your most important AI and Data projects with Proven Best practices?
Evolving through hundreds of real-world implementations to develop a methodology optimized for the deliver of in-production, high value, succesful AI projects, the Cognitive Project Management for AI Methodology leverages decades of real-world methodology experience for running big data projects combined with the latest best practices expertise learned from running real-world AI projects. AI & big data project success is rooted in successful planning, expectation setting, and establishment of best practices based on Agile, CRISP-DM, and other proven approaches to managing big data & AI projects
Vendor-Neutral
Methodology that supports technology solutions across the diverse ecosystem
Data-Centric
AI and advanced analytics are not about systems or functionality - they're about extracting value from data.
Iterative and Agile
Established data methodologies updated with today's modern agile approaches
Best Practices Based
Proven in real-world adoption and based on CRISP-DM and Agile. Learn from other's successes and failures.
Cognitive Technology & Advanced Analytics
CPMAI Methodology is focused on extracting big value from big data
REAL-WORLD PROVEN
CPMAI is not theory. Get success on your very first project iteration with tangible results by following a proven method.
Best Practices Based
CPMAI extends the well-known CRISP-DM methodology with AI and ML specific documents, processes, and tasks. The CPMAI methodology also incorporates the latest practices in Agile Methodologies and adds additional DataOps activities that aim to make CPMAI data-first, AI-relevant, highly iterative, and focused on the right tasks for operational success. The CPMAI methodology is composed of six primary phases listed below:
PhAse I: Business Understanding
Meeting business objectives
Phase II: Data Understanding
Identifying critical data needs
PhAse III: Data Preparation
Data Quality is kEy
PhAse IV: Model Development
extracting value from data
Phase V: Model Evaluation
Making Sure models actually work
Phase VI: Model Operationalization
Putting Models & Analytics to Work
Core Components of CPMAI™ Training & Certification
- Fundamentals of AI and ML Terminology and concepts
- The Seven Patterns of AI
- Fundamentals of Big Data
- AI Project Management Best Practices
- Deep dive into actual AI projects using CPMAI
- Supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning methods, approaches, concepts, and algorithms
- Most important aspects of Data Science relevant to AI
- How business understanding, data understanding, data preparation, model development, model evaluation, and model operationalization fit together
- Iterative and agile methods for AI
- How to build Ethical and Responsible AI systems
- How to craft an ideal AI team
Who is this Training & Certification for?
This CPMAI™ methodology training and certification is for a wide range of roles and responsibilities including:
- Project Manager
- Product Manager
- Capability Manager
- Technical Manager
- Acquisitions Manager
- Procurement & Contracting Officers
- Computer Systems Programmer
- Developer
- Artificial Intelligence Research Associate
- Data Scientist
- AI / Machine Learning (ML) Engineer
- AI Assurance Engineer
- Test & Evaluation Engineer, System Engineer
- Network Analyst
- Data Analyst
- Operations Research Analyst
- Deployment Engineer
- Knowledge Operations Manager
- Network Infrastructure Engineer
- Information Technician
Why should I get CPMAI Certified?
Hear what others have to say about about why they got CPMAI™ Certified
Make Yourself More Competitive
"CPMAI increases my competitive value with a certification that shows my ability to run data-centric projects"
"My CPMAI certification helped me win more deals as a contractor"
"My CPMAI certification makes me a more strategic partner for the organization"
"Data is key to everything. To stay relevant you need to become a master of data projects"
"AI project management is in demand. A CPMAI certification will give you an advantage when opportunity comes knocking."
"I'm not a technical practitioner of AI or a Data Scientist. I see a role for someone like me in being able to speak and work with C-levels on AI and advanced data projects."
Learn Established Best Practices for AI & Data Project Management
"CPMAI methodology provides a common approach to running AI & data projects"
"I wanted to ensure that I am using best practices to manage my AI and ML projects and CPMAI fit that need"
"The CPMAI certification is based on best practices such as CRISP-DM with aspects of Agile, Trustworthy AI, and MLOps"
"The CPMAI is based on a tried and true framework that is continuously updated to reflect today's PM issues."
"CPMAI gives me the skills to know when and how to apply AI and data to different problem areas"
"The CPMAI training and certification helps me know what trips up data projects and how to avoid those problems"
Foundation in AI & Data Understanding
"CPMAI provides a foundational knowledge of AI, ML, analytics, and data science concepts and terminology"
"The CPMAI training and certification level-sets AI and data terminology and understanding with my teammates and peers"
"The CPMAI certification is focused on a project manager and business level understanding of AI and data without diving into needless, complicated details of machine learning, development, or data science"
"CPMAI allowed me to understand the technology at a deeper level while also educating me about managing AI projects."
"I gained a solid understanding of the different types of AI and differentiate AI from automation."
Leverage & Extend Existing Certifications and Skills
"If you don’t have exposure to data science / AI but have exposure to IT, the CPMAI methodology is very compatible to experiences and approaches to IT project management."
"CPMAI speaks specifically to how a PMP can function within the environment when managing data projects, extending PMP and DataOps concepts."
"The fundamentals of a data projects look close to an IT project, but the specifics are different enough that you can’t just apply IT methods / methodologies. CPMAI addresses the gaps in other certifications and methodologies."
"AI impacts people, technology and organizations. CPMAI provided a solid foundation in knowledge about the processes is a key to connecting these areas extending my existing skills."
"Since my existing certifications are from my past decades of experience, I felt this was important to update my skills."
Detailed, Relevant, Continuously Updated, and In-depth
"CPMAI provided comprehensive and up to date AI and data topic coverage."
"The CPMAI certification follows a recognized framework with updates and modifications. It does not feel like a watered-down version just to make it deliverable."
"Exercises, course material, and workbooks provided reinforce the educational material and make it directly relevant to current and future projects."
"The Cognilytica team behind the CPMAI certification and methodology are constantly keeping appraised on changes in data and AI markets and implementations."
"I felt that other educational offerings, especially those offered by code academies, educational institutions, and vendors fall dramatically short in providing me the skills I need to be a successful data project manager."
"I respected the completeness of the CPMAI training and certification."
Trusted, High Value, High ROI
"The CPMAI was more cost effective than similar certifications. Obtaining the CPMAI online over many weeks made it convenient to integrate into my full-time work schedule. The alternatives were many times more expensive and provided less value to my career. So the CPMAI was good value for the money spent."
"CPMAI training and certification meet instruction hours and other needs to fulfill my ongoing CEU needs, including PMP PDUs and SAFe Certification CEUs."
"The CPMAI community is growing fast. It is enabling deeper conversations which let me dive deeper into AI and data conversations with others as well as providing networking opportunities."
"There are many options today for learning topics, but simply learning something isn't enough to make sure I get long-term value. CPMAI is here to stay as a legitimate provider, not just here for a short-term opportunity. The CPMAI certification helps me not only with understanding concepts, but applying those concepts to my growing career."
Virtual, Self-Paced Training and Certification as well as Live Instructor Options
Cognilytica training is offered primarily as a virtual, self-paced solution that is constantly updated to meet growing and dynamic needs of the market. Cognilytica also offers live instructor models in both virtual and in-person modes depending on needs, schedule, budget, and availability. Inquire for details and required minimum enrollment for live instructor options.
Don't Just take our Word for it...
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What’s the cost of CPMAI™ certification? Starting from just $1795 USD / per person
CPMAI pricing is all-inclusive: all training, training materials, workbooks, and certification fees are included, as well as the first year of CPMAI program membership. Program cost is priced per individual and depends on a few factors including delivery method of training, group certification enrollments, and discounts for government employees and students. The price ranges from $1,795 to $2,495 USD per person.
What is included in the CPMAI™ training & certification fee?
- 27 hours of self-paced instruction
- 16 automatically graded exercises
- CPMAI v6.0 Certification included
- CPMAI Workbook that you can apply immediately to your AI projects
- Checklists for each CPMAI Phase
- One Year CPMAI Membership
- Promotional Badges you can share on your social media and professional profile
- Opportunities to participate in CPMAI partner programs
- Opportunities to connect with CPMAI trainees
But wait… there’s more!
Groups of five or more from the same org. that register get:
- AI Vendor Landscape to assist with vendor evaluation
- Guided Questions and Decision Factors to help you evaluate AI vendor solutions
- Discounts for course enrollment
- Six (6) one-hour virtual “office hours” for additional guidance and assistance with training
- Even more discounts
CPMAI Certification FAQ
The CPMAI Training and Certification contains around 27 hours of self-paced online instruction plus an additional 16 sets of exercises with at least 20 questions each that are automatically scored to make sure you absorb and understand key concepts in each set. You have up to six months to complete the certification, but many complete the training and certification process in just a few weeks.
The CPMAI Training and Certification fee is all-inclusive, providing all necessary online, self-paced learning, supporting materials including workbook and downloadable training materials, self-graded exercises, and one year membership to the CPMAI professionals community starting at time of training enrollment. You may retain the downloadable training materials and workbook for your current and future projects as long as they are not publicly shared or posted online. Training videos are not available for download as they are embedded in our online Learning Management System (LMS).
The CPMAI Certification is primarily for those in project or product management, IT, business management, and executive roles that are currently or will be involved in advanced data and AI projects. No prior knowledge or experience in AI or advanced data is needed. Knowledge of project management and IT is helpful, but not a prerequisite.
Once you are CPMAI certified, your certification is valid for three years during and after which it may be maintained by keeping active your CPMAI Community membership and by upgrading to the latest version of CPMAI Certification and/or completing at least forty (40) Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
CPMAI Certification is easy to keep up to date and relevant for your current and future projects. The first step to maintaining your CPMAI Certification is by staying a member of the CPMAI Community. In addition to your active CPMAI Community Membership, during the three-year period while your CPMAI Certification is valid, earn at least forty (40) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by participating in CPMAI community webinars, additional free learning opportunities that continue to enhance and add value to the CPMAI core curricula and body of knowledge, contributing to CPMAI community content, engaging with the CPMAI community, listening to CPMAI podcasts, and other opportunities as Cognilytica releases them. You can also maintain your CPMAI Certification by upgrading to the latest version of the CPMAI Certification at any time before or after your current CPMAI certification expires.
During the three-year period while your CPMAI Certification is valid, you can earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by participating in CPMAI community webinars, additional free learning opportunities that continue to enhance and add value to the CPMAI core curricula and body of knowledge, contributing to CPMAI community content, engaging with the CPMAI community, listening to CPMAI podcasts, and other opportunities as Cognilytica releases them. You can also maintain your CPMAI Certification by upgrading to the latest version of the CPMAI Certification at any time before or after your current CPMAI certification expires.
Yes! Currently we offer promotional-focused CPMAI Partner Programs that promote consulting firms, vendors, professional organizations, systems integrators (SIs), and other firms that provide solutions to end users leveraging CPMAI methodology. We offer three levels of partnership and benefits depending on the number of CPMAI individuals certified at the organization. Inquire for availability and details. Cognilytica is exploring CPMAI Certified Training partnership programs for those interested in delivering CPMAI Training to support CPMAI Certification. We will announce further details on Training partnership programs in the future. Inquire if you are interested in participating.
The CPMAI Certification is focused on providing project management methodology for running AI, machine learning, and advanced data projects. Other certifications are either focused on vendor- or technology-specific low-level development or data science needs or are more generally focused on project management skills independent of their application. Certainly, there’s nothing wrong with having a vendor-specific certification for a cloud platform or development tool, and nothing wrong with having a certification to learn data science skills. As well, there’s nothing wrong with having a certification focused on project management skills such as a PMP or Agile certification. In fact, if you have any of these certifications, you’ll find even more value in the CPMAI Certification. Many of our CPMAI Certified community have certifications including PMP, LSS, SAFe, ITIL certifications and a wide range of technical and project-specific certifications from vendors such as AWS, Microsoft, IBM, and others.
CPMAI Certification fills in the gaps of these technology-specific or project management-general certifications. CPMAI provides the specific best practices methodologies you need to run AI and advanced data projects with confidence in their success, and the certification earned is a signal to employers, recruiters, clients, and colleagues that you have the specific skills needed to run AI and data projects with success. There are no credible alternatives to the vendor-neutral, best practices-based, CRISP-DM and Agile foundation of the CPMAI certification for AI and data project management methodology.
Follow these steps to get on your way to your CPMAI Certification. The first step to certification is completing an authorized CPMAI Training on the latest version of the CPMAI Certification curricula. Currently, only Cognilytica offers authorized Certified training. Training is offered as online, self-paced instruction but virtual live instructor as well as in-person, on-site instruction is available with schedule availability and enrollment minimums. During each training, each trainee will be required to complete exercises that ascertain understanding of the material, and the completion of the workbook which ascertains ability to apply the material to current or conceptual projects. After the completion of all exercises and training materials, a CPMAI Certification is automatically granted. For those using the online, self-paced Learning Management System (LMS), the certificate is provided automatically in electronic form. For in-person training and certification, certificates are provided in print and electronic form.
The CPMAI Certification is granted for a period of three years, during and after which it may be maintained by upgrading to the latest version of CPMAI Certification and/or completing at least forty (40) Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CPMAI Certification is easy to keep up to date and relevant for your current and future projects. During the three-year period while your CPMAI Certification is valid, earn at least forty (40) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by participating in CPMAI community webinars, additional free learning opportunities that continue to enhance and add value to the CPMAI core curricula and body of knowledge, contributing to CPMAI community content, engaging with the CPMAI community, listening to CPMAI podcasts, and other opportunities as Cognilytica releases them. You can also maintain your CPMAI Certification by upgrading to the latest version of the CPMAI Certification at any time before or after your current CPMAI certification expires.
Once you enroll in CPMAI Training and Certification, you’re part of the fastest growing community of AI and advanced data project management professionals and practitioners. You’ll be able to interact with other CPMAI Certified individuals as part of our CPMAI community, participate in additional CPMAI learning opportunities at no additional charge to keep your skills sharp and up to date, get access to a growing library of knowledge and resources you can access and/or download to make your AI and data projects high value, and get opportunities to interact with the CPMAI community through events and other opportunities as we announce them. Our CPMAI community opportunities are continuously updated so stay connected on the CPMAI website and newsletter to learn more about these opportunities and ways to engage and get more value from your CPMAI Certification. The first year of membership (12 months) is included with your enrollment in the CPMAI Training and Certification, and can be renewed for further one-year periods for just $150 per year. CPMAI Community membership is required to maintain your CPMAI certification and we make sure it provides significant value to you while you keep your CPMAI certification up to date.
Right now CPMAI membership is only for individuals who have taken and completed CPMAI training and certification.
Yes! We offer a discount of 10% for groups of five (5) or more enrolled at the same time in self-paced, online CPMAI Training and Certification. We offer a discount of 20% for groups of ten (10) or more enrolled at the same time in the self-paced, online training. To qualify for group discount, simply send us a message at info@cognilytica.com with the names and email addresses of the group you wish to enroll, and the group can either make a single payment on behalf of the whole group or each individual can pay as part of the group. Virtual Live instructor training and certification is only offered for groups of ten (10) or more, which includes the above discounts. In-person, on-site training is offered for groups of ten (10) or more, with fixed-price daily on-site training and certification fees that depend on location, duration, number of trainees, and timing of offered training.
After you have successfully achieved your CPMAI Certification, there are a a number of ways you can share your certification with the world:
- Step 1: Get Noticed! Add the CPMAI Certification to your Licenses & Certifications on your LinkedIn profile. Instructions on how to add/link your certificate to your profile can be found at: https://courses.cognilytica.com/2021/10/08/add-your-cpmai-certificate-to-your-linkedin-profile/. Email us at info@cognilytica.com if you'd like a PDF and PNG version of your certificate, if you haven't already downloaded it from the CPMAI course site upon receipt of your certificate.
- Step 2: Get Recognition! Make a LinkedIn post sharing your certification. LinkedIn doesn’t automatically share notifications of certifications and licenses, but you deserve the attention and the kudos! Create a LinkedIn post and say "Thrilled to be #CPMAI #certified by @Cognilytica" with the PNG certificate as the image of the post. If you also tag @Cognilytica, we will give you additional value by liking , commenting, and sharing your post.
- Step 3: Get More Value! Refer to yourself in your email signatures and online profiles. All CPMAI certified individuals can add to their online profiles and signatures the following lines:
- CPMAI AI & ML Project Management Certified
- OPTIONAL: Add the CPMAI suffix to your name on LinkedIn profile just as others do for PMP and other certifications (for example “Jane Doe, CPMAI”)
We also offer digital badges that you can share on social media platforms, as part of your email signature, on resumes, and in other professional places where you would like to showcase your certifications and credentials. You should have received an automatic link to your electronic badge upon the grant of your CPMAI Certification. If you didn’t receive the link to your badge or need us to resend your badge to you, please email us at info@cognilytica.com.