Certified Outsourcing Professional® (COP) Family of Certifications - Associate Certified Outsourcing Professional (aCOP)
The Certified Outsourcing Professional® (COP) family of certifications is for individuals responsible for the design, implementation, and management of outsourcing relationships. Within this family of designations individuals can specialize in selected industries, functions, processes, stages of the outsourcing life-cycle (strategy, deal design, transition, and governance), and in professional fields that directly support outsourcing programs such as finance, legal, business process analysis and others.
Associate Certified Outsourcing Professional™ (aCOP) aCOP Application
Guide to Becoming an Associate Certified Outsourcing Professional (aCOP) and FAQs
The Associate Certified Outsourcing Professional (aCOP) designation distinguishes individuals as leaders in the field of outsourcing. It powerfully demonstrates that they possess the knowledge required to design, implement, and manage outsourcing initiatives that have a high probability of achieving an organization’s intended outcomes.
This professional designation, which focuses on the management process of outsourcing itself, is equally valuable to individuals working as customers, providers, or advisors. It promotes an environment where all of the parties to an outsourcing business relationship have a common and shared professional knowledge, approach and commitment to mutual success.
Requirements
To become an aCOP an individual must demonstrate having the knowledge it takes to successfully lead outsourcing initiatives that have a high-probability of achieving an organizations intended outcomes. Candidates do this by:
1. Documenting knowledge in the
online aCOP application through successful completion of the
live or online COP Master Class 2. Passing the COP Examination which is part of the online application.
3. Keeping the certification in force by re-taking and passing the COP exam every three years.
If you have 5 or more years of project experience in outsourcing, you may want to see if you meet the requirements for the Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP) designation.
aCOP Recertification
Associate Certified Outsourcing Professionals must recertify every three years by retaking and passing the COP Exam. Once you have achieved aCOP certification, details will be automatically emailed to you.
An aCOP may upgrade to the COP Application, once they have earned the minimum experience requirements by contacting copprogramservices@IAOP.org
Questions about the COP Family of Certifications? Email copprogramservices@iaop.org. Interested in bringing IAOP certification programs division- or company-wide? Contact your account executive or email sales@iaop.org.