Exciting news! We are in the process of enhancing our CAP Prep offerings. We're introducing a complete certification framework that recognizes excellence at EVERY stage of your analytics career:
- CAP-Essentials – Validate your foundational expertise
- CAP-Pro – Prove your project execution abilities
- CAP-Expert – Demonstrate your strategic leadership
The updated blueprint maintains the same seven domains as previous versions, but now includes subtasks under each domain as testing objectives. These detailed objectives will help to better guide your exam preparation.
To ensure we deliver the highest quality program, we are temporarily pausing CAP Prep courses until all necessary updates are complete.
Don't miss out! Be first to know when CAP Prep registration reopens.
Click here to learn more about the new CAP Levels.
Prepare to become a CAP with the official preparation developed by INFORMS. The gold standard in analytics certification deserves the gold standard in test preparation. Let INFORMS prepare you for the next step in your career.
INFORMS members receive the best pricing on courses. Join today and save!
| 
|
CAP Prep Online and Boot Camp classes for 2024 and 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| INFORMS Member | Non-Member | INFORMS Member | Non-Member | |
| CAP Prep Online | $660 | $770 | $645 | $745 |
| CAP Prep Premium | $885 | $995 | $875 | $980 |
| CAP Prep Boot Camp | $885 | $995 | $875 | $980 |
CAP Prep Online
CAP Prep Online is an instructor-led online training, providing busy professionals with a flexible and affordable option to prepare for the next step in their career. The course runs for four weeks and each week students participate in three, one-hour webinars. Each webinar is recorded and available in the online classroom for review.
CAP Prep Premium Online
CAP Prep Premium Online provides participants with additional support to help them prepare for the CAP credential. Premium participants receive an electronic version of the INFORMS Analytics Body of Knowledge (ABOK), access to set “office hours” with the CAP Prep instructor, and learning boosters designed to help retain information learned in each module. While the course content for both the CAP Prep Online and the CAP Prep Premium Online courses is the same, the Premium option gives learners some extra support in pursuit of the CAP.
CAP Prep Virtual Boot Camp
INFORMS recognizes that everyone has different learning styles. Some prefer the flexibility of the four-week, instructor-led INFORMS CAP Prep Online course. Others may prefer something more condensed with a shorter time commitment. For those who would rather spend three, half days focused on preparing for the CAP, INFORMS offers an intensive, CAP Prep Boot Camp course. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, INFORMS will offer the CAP Prep Boot Camp virtually. This virtual course will be synchronous, instructor-led and will cover the same content as the CAP Prep Online course, but in a concise format.
Explore all seven domains of the analytics practice as outlined by the CAP Job Task Analysis. Apply concepts learned in each course module through a case study developed specifically for CAP Prep users. Learn from a CAP-certified instructor with over 30 years of experience in analytics and in just three half days!
In addition, CAP Boot Camp participants receive a copy of the INFORMS Analytics Body of Knowledge (ABOK). The ABOK represents the perspectives of some of the most respected experts on analytics. INFORMS ABOK documents the core concepts and skills with which an analytics professional should be familiar and establishes a dynamic resource used by practitioners to maintain and increase their understanding of analytics.
For more information on the next available bootcamp, please contact Bill Griffin.
Participants will learn the seven domains of the INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) program. These domains cover the fundamental knowledge and skill areas that analytics professionals need to know to be successful in the workplace.
Domain I: Business Problem Framing
Domain II: Analytics Problem Framing
Domain III: Working with Data
Domain IV: Methodology Selection
Domain V: Model Building
Domain VI: Model Deployment
Domain VII: Life-Cycle Management
Are you an INFORMS Member?
Did you know that INFORMS members can save between $300-$400 on the CAP prep course and application fees? To join or restart your INFORMS membership benefits, visit join.informs.org or contact us at 443-757-3500.
Upcoming CAP Prep Online Course Offerings
Dates:
CAP Prep Online Courses |
CAP Prep Premium Online |
|---|---|
April Course: April 11 - May 8 |
|
|
|
May Course: May 9 - June 5 |
|
|
|
July Course: June 20 - July 17 |
|
|
|
August Course: July 18 - August 14 |
|
TBD |
TBD |
September Course: August 22 - September 18 |
|
TBD |
TBD |
October Course: September 26 - October 23 |
|
TBD |
TBD |
November Course: October 31 - November 27 |
|
TBD |
TBD |
For more information about Boot Camps, please contact Bill Griffin ([email protected]).
CAP Prep Instructors
Shaun Doheney is a Principal Analytics Leader for a global company and a former Chief Analytics Officer for an Inc. 5000 small business. Shaun holds a BS in Mathematics from California State University, Long Beach; an MS in Operations Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School; and a Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics from George Mason University. He also holds the following certifications: INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®); INFORMS Analytics Capability Evaluation (ACE) Coach; AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty; and Project Management Institute-certified Project Management Professional (PMP®). Shaun is actively involved in the larger analytics community where he leverages his experiences from his career as a Marine Corps officer and operations researcher to give back to the analytics communities.
Nick Ulmer, CAP, is a Principle Operations Research Analyst for a small business and retired U.S. Navy Supply Corps Officer. He holds two B.S., one in Management Systems and one in Economics from Missouri University of Science and Technology; an M.S. in Operations Research Logistics Analysis from Naval Postgraduate School; and executive certificates from UVA Darden and UNC Kenan-Flagler. He is a Certified Analytics Professional and volunteers in multiple leadership roles within the Operations Research and Analytics community.
Walt DeGrange is a veteran in the field of analytics with extensive experience in leading teams and enabling them to produce advanced analytics products. He is proficient in various domains, including operations research, logistics analysis, sports analytics, data-based decision-making, and data quality evaluation. Aside from his leadership role as a Senior Director of Analytics at a small business analytics firm, he is actively involved in academia as a faculty member at the University of Arkansas, where he teaches Operations and Engineering Management in graduate programs. He also serves as an MBA Executive Advisor at the Poole School of Management at NC State University. In addition, Walt has co-authored a book entitled "Field Guide to Compelling Analytics" and holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Science in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Please send CAP Prep Course inquiries to [email protected].
What People Are Saying
Student feedback from the course:
“This course motivated me to sign up for the CAP exam and guided me to study the necessary material.”
“I really enjoyed the lecture series, feel better prepared, and do plan to sit for the exam.”
“I liked how it streamlined the content of the CAP exam and successfully highlighted the important parts of the body of knowledge.”
Typical Course Schedule
The instructor-led, on-line model uses the following schedule for the reading assignments (no more than one hour) and live class sessions.
- Fri - Read material Module 1: Course Introduction
- Sun - Live Webinar Module 1 (7-8pm ET)
- Mon - Read material Module 2: Business Problem Framing
- Tue - Live Webinar Module 2 (7-8pm ET)
- Wed - Read material Module 3: Analytics Problem Framing
- Thu - Live Webinar Module 3 (7-8pm ET)
- Fri - Read material Module 4: Data
- Sun - Live Webinar Module 4 (7-8pm ET)
- Mon - Read material Module 5A: Methodologies
- Tue - Live Webinar Module 5A (7-8pm ET)
- Wed- Read material Module 5B: Methodologies
- Thu - Live Webinar Module 5B (7-8pm ET)
- Fri - Read material Module 5C: Methodologies
- Mon - Live Webinar Module 5C (7-8pm ET)
- Mon - Read material Module 5D: Methodologies
- Tue - Live Webinar Module 5D (7-8pm ET)
- Wed - Read material Module 5E: Methodologies
- Thu - Live Webinar Module 5E (7-8pm ET)
- Fri – Read material Module 6: Modeling
- Sun - Live Webinar Module 6 (7-8pm ET)
- Mon - Read material Module 7: Deployment
- Tue - Live Webinar Module 7 (7-8pm ET)
- Thu - Live Webinar Module 8: Practice Exam Review (7-8pm ET)
Policies
Transfers - you may transfer to an earlier or later course date with no fee provided the request is received in writing or via phone with an INFORMS representative at least 14 days prior to the start date of the course originally booked. There will be a $50 rebooking fee for transfers requested less than 14 days prior to the start of the course.
Cancellations - cancellations must be in writing or via phone with an INFORMS representative and received 21 days or more prior to the start of the course. A refund will be issued less a $100 processing fee. Cancellations less than 21 days prior to the start of the course will not be eligible for a refund.
Substitutions - if you cannot attend you may send a substitute without incurring a fee provided notice is given in writing (please include substitutes' name and email address) at least 72 hours prior to the start of the course.
Withdraws – No refunds will be given for those who wish to withdraw from the class after it has begun.
Questions?
Send us an inquiry.