ICCP also created the Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) in 2004 on a request from one of its constituent societies DAMA International.
Creators and Developers of the CDMP program were: Kewal Dhariwal, Patricia Cupoli, Brett Champlain.
Editors of the DMBoK were Patricia Cupoli, Deborah Henderson and Susan Earley (all members of the ICCP Certification Council).
Deborah Henderson was the President of DAMA Education Foundation who then fostered the development and editing of the DMBoK publication.
ICCP Examinations test for stringent industry fundamentals and assesses for expert mastery skills, along with work experience requirement and/or education.