Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
Encyclopedia
The Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals is an institution for professional certification
in the Computer engineering
and Information technology
industry. It was founded in 1973 by 8 professional computer societies to promote certification and professionalism in the industry.
awarded by the Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP
) to individuals who pass a written examination and have at least 48 months experience in computer based information systems
. Post secondary education can be substituted for up to 24 months of this requirement.
Professional certification
Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task...
in the Computer engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
and Information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
industry. It was founded in 1973 by 8 professional computer societies to promote certification and professionalism in the industry.
Constituent Societies of the ICCP
- Association of Information Technology ProfessionalsAssociation of Information Technology ProfessionalsThe Association of Information Technology Professionals is a professional association that focuses on information technology education. The group is a non-profit national group, but its activities are performed by about 200 local chapters organized on a geographic basis, and a similar number of...
- Independent Computer Consultants AssociationIndependent Computer Consultants AssociationThe Independent Computer Consultants Association represents a variety of information technology consultants who provide consulting, implementation, support, training, strategic planning, and business analysis services...
- DAMA InternationalDAMADAMA is a not-for-profit, vendor-independent, international association of technical and business professionals dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices of information resource management and data resource management .DAMA's primary purpose is to promote the understanding, development...
- Canadian Information Processing SocietyCanadian Information Processing SocietyThe Canadian Information Processing Society is the Information Technology professional society in Canada.The society certifies and regulates the Information Systems Professional designation in most provinces....
- Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing MachineryThe Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
Certification
Certified Computing Professional (CCP) is a professional certificationProfessional certification
Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task...
awarded by the Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP
ICCP
ICCP may refer to:* Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol, an operational protocol used by electrical utilities as part of IEC 60870-6* Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals, a non-profit organization that develops and administers certifications for the information...
) to individuals who pass a written examination and have at least 48 months experience in computer based information systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
. Post secondary education can be substituted for up to 24 months of this requirement.
External links
- Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals official website
- Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals Records, 1960-1993, Charles Babbage InstituteCharles Babbage InstituteThe Charles Babbage Institute is a research center at the University of Minnesota specializing in the history of information technology, particularly the history since 1935 of digital computing, programming/software, and computer networking....
, University of Minnesota. Contains information relating to the Certificate in Data Processing (CDP), the Certificate in Computer Processing (CCP), the Registered Business Programmer (RBP), and the Certified Systems Professional (CSP) programs (includes meetings held before 1973 under the auspices of the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), predecessor to the Association of Information Technology ProfessionalsAssociation of Information Technology ProfessionalsThe Association of Information Technology Professionals is a professional association that focuses on information technology education. The group is a non-profit national group, but its activities are performed by about 200 local chapters organized on a geographic basis, and a similar number of...
)