What is the difference between the new and the old ECM program?
AIIM introduced early March 2009 the new and improved AIIM ECM Certificate Program that incorporates new and
emerging new and emerging best practices and technologies for managing information assets. More than 50% of the content has been
changed or improved based on feedback from AIIM’s Education Advisory Groups which consist of industry experts
from different verticals in addition to leading solutions providers, consultants, and analysts.
Topics covered by the new and improved ECM Certificate Program;
- Changes in the vendor landscape (e.g. SharePoint 2007 and ECM Suites)
- Expanded focus on new content types (e.g. wikis and blogs)
- Increased focus on taxonomies and folksonomies
- New preferred approaches (platforms/solutions)
- New best practices and standards (e.g. CMIS and MoREQ2)
- Incorporates open methodology for implementing ECM (MIKE2)
Other areas covered by the new and improved AIIM ECM Certificate Program;
- ECM strategies
- Impact of ECM suites, Basic Content Services and Content Enabled Vertical Applications
- Taxonomies, Folksonomies, and Ontologies
- Migration technologies for moving away from shared drives
- Auto-categorization to develop and maintain taxonomies
- Auto-classification to extract meta-data
- Impact of Enterprise 2.0 technologies such as RSS, blogs, wikis and social networking
- Different deployment options such as SaaS and Open Source
- New standards and initiatives like CMIS and MoREQ2
Should previous ECM attendees take the new and improved ECM course?
AIIM revised in early 2009 the course material for its ECM Practitioner and Specialist (and combined, its Master) courses. The original content was developed in 2006 and there have been substantial changes in the methods, standards and technologies for addressing content since that time. AIIM has also taken the comments made by its thousands of students who have taken the courses, online and in our classrooms, and have consolidated and improved the course curriculum.
Attendees who have previously completed the ECM program should take this newer version to enhance their skills and strengthen their learning from the previous course. In addition to updating their certificates and designations, attending the revised program will bring benefit from the expanded focus on;
- Changes in the vendor landscape (e.g. SharePoint 2007 and ECM Suites)
- Expanded focus on new content types (e.g. wikis and blogs)
- Increased focus on taxonomies and folksonomies
- New preferred approaches (platforms/solutions)
- New best practices and standards (e.g. CMIS and MoREQ2)
- Incorporates open methodology for implementing ECM (MIKE2)
Other areas covered by the new and improved AIIM ECM Certificate Program;
- ECM strategies
- Impact of ECM suites, Basic Content Services and Content Enabled Vertical Applications
- Taxonomies, Folksonomies, and Ontologies
- Migration technologies for moving away from shared drives
- Auto-categorization to develop and maintain taxonomies
- Auto-classification to extract meta-data
- Impact of Enterprise 2.0 technologies such as RSS, blogs, wikis and social networking
- Different deployment options such as SaaS and Open Source
- New standards and initiatives like CMIS and MoREQ2
The old ECM Certificate program will still be available for existing students up to their current course expiration date, but previous and existing students can also sign up for this new program by taking advantage of the following;
- Free access to the new online ECM Certificate Program for students that purchased or attended the courses after February 1st, 2009. Attendees can decide to change to the new program for free, or carry on with the old program. Online students that have passed module exams in the old program have to start again with module 1 in the new program since the new course has different modules.
- 50% discount for previous students when registering for the new course by April 30, 2009. The
offer is only for old Practitioner to new Practitioner, old Specialist to
new Specialist, and old Master to new Master. This applies to online and
classroom courses.
I am in the process of taking the old ECM courses, - what are my options?
The old ECM Certificate program will still be available for existing students up to their current course expiration date, but previous and existing students can also sign up for this new program by taking advantage of the following;
- Free access to the new online ECM Certificate Program for students that purchased or attended the courses after February 1st, 2009. Attendees can decide to change to the new program for free, or carry on with the old program. Online students that have passed module exams in the old program have to start again with module 1 in the new program since the new course has different modules.
- 50% discount for previous students when registering for the new course by April 30, 2009. The
offer is only for old Practitioner to new Practitioner, old Specialist to
new Specialist, and old Master to new Master. This applies to online and
classroom courses.
How does this effect my ECM Designation?
Your designation is valid for 5 years from the time you passed and obtained it. This remains the case, this new course does not replace the designation you currently have. It is an update of the materials so should you decide you would like to partake in the new program and obtain your designation again, you will have another 5 years to use the logo and certificate.
Other Questions?
Please contact AIIM to get an answer to your question. All emails are answered within 1 business day.
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