Confirmation Statement on Analytics Soft Skills
Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) Credential
The bottom of this form must be signed (by hand) by a contact who is familiar with your
analytics work. The completed and signed form must be returned to INFORMS by the
contact in one of the two methods:
1. The preferred method is for your employer to scan the completed
signed form and send it as PDF to the INFORMS Certification
Manager at certification@informs.org.
2. A secondary method is to return the completed signed form to
INFORMS by postal mail. Please send completed forms to
Certification Manager
INFORMS
5521 Research Park Drive, Suite 200
Catonsville, Maryland 21228 USA
Candidates should request that their contact notify them by email when the
completed signed form has been returned to INFORMS.
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For further information on the
CAP® credential, please visit
www.INFORMS.org/certification
Please PRINT the following information.
TO BE COMPLETED BY CERTIFICATION APPLICANT
Applicant first name
Middle initial
Last name
Applicant job title
Company/organization name
Applicant email
Phone number
SOFT SKILLS CONFIRMATION STATEMENT
As a contact for the above applicant for the Certified Analytics Profession (CAP®) credential, it is my opinion that the
applicant possesses and demonstrates an acceptable level of analytical “soft skills” noted below to adequately
perform the job of an analytics professional.
Partnering with Business Clients: Ability to identify, establish professional relationship, and communicate with
analytics clients in order to understand business needs.
Framing Problems with Stakeholders: Ability to research and construct problem frames in order to understand
the analysis context and scope that will provide timely, useful results.
Working in Project Teams: Ability to lead and participate in multidisciplinary analytics project teams.
Interviewing Subject Matter Experts: Ability to plan and conduct individual interviews with experts to gain
valid information and data needed for analysis.
Eliciting Information from Groups: Ability to plan and conduct group elicitation sessions with committees or
other working groups to develop and assess alternatives, uncertainties, and value and risk preferences.
Communicating Results to Decision Makers: Ability to explain the results and conclusions of the analytics
process in both written and oral presentation formats.
TO BE COMPLETED BY CONTACT
Contact name (plea