Event:
EDP
| Xplor EDP Certification Program | |
|---|---|
| Program Level | Professional |
| Abbreviation | EDP |
| Launched | 1989[1] |
| Type | Certification |
| Regulated by | Xplor EDP Commission |
| Website | https://xplor.org/edp/ |
Electronic Document Professional (EDP) Certification
The Electronic Document Professional (EDP) is a certification awarded to qualified individuals who have demonstrated broad knowledge and experience of various skills and rolls in the customer communications Document Application Development Lifecycle and the Document Production Journey steps. Launched in 1989, the EDP program was created to recognize those in the industry as subject matter experts. Regulated by Xplor's EDP Commission, the first class in 1990 consisted of eleven individuals receiving their EDP certification.
EDP Eligibility
Eligibility for EDP certification is defined in the Xplor EDP Certification Program Handbook[2] and is available on the website at http://xplor.org/electronic-document-professional-edp/.
Eligible candidates must:
- Have at least 5 years of work experience in the industry
- Equivalent of 100 Certification Credits(education and/or knowledge sharing)
- submit three work examples to the team of evaluators to demonstrate the depth and breadth of their knowledge of the industry.
- Someone who has sufficient skills to communicate well as judged by the professionalism of the portfolio they have submitted as well as demonstrating a degree of professionalism in aspects of their work described in the three work examples.
- Accept the EDP Code of Ethics
EDP Recertification Eligibility
EDP recertification must be maintained every 5 years to keep certification status. More information regarding Recertification can be found on the website at https://xplor.org/edp-recertification/.
Eligible candidates must:
- Have at least 150 re-certification credits (at least 50 of each Education and knowledge sharing)
- Accept the EDP Code of Ethics
Electronic Document Professional Body of Knowledge Categories
The EDP Commission will quantify a person’s degree of knowledge of the electronic document industry, the evaluators will be looking for evidence of a candidate’s competence of various skills and roles throughout the Document Application Development Lifecycle and the Document Production Journey[2].
Document Application Development Lifecycle
- Stakeholder adoption
- Requirements gathering
- Business analysis
- Technical analysis
- Architecture
- Project design
- Development
- Testing and quality assurance
- Production
- Knowledge sharing / training
- Sales & marketing
- Maintenance
Document Production Journey
- Data
- Document objects
- Composition
- Print manipulation
- Print management
- Electronic presentation
- Archive
- Print technology
- Mobile delivery
- Web delivery
- Inserting technology
- Delivery processes
