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BICSI CONDUCTS DCDC EXAM SCRUB AND STANDARD-SETTING STUDY (continued on page 21) BICSI engages in credentialing body standards and best practices to create and update the credentialing exams. Practicing ICT professionals are involved in every step of the exam development process with facilitation by a third-party expert testing organization. BICSI's credentialing program could not be successful without an enormous network of committed, talented and engaged volunteers who give their time, resources and knowledge to help create relevant credentialing programs that meet the highest of industry standards. BICSI's Registration and Credentials Supervi- sion Committee (RCSC) would like to extend a sincere thank you to the following individ- uals for their recent contributions to the BICSI Data Center Design Consultant ™ (DCDC ™ ) Credentialing Program: • George Thorning, RCDD – RCSC Chair • Tony Whaley, RCDD, DCDC, ESS, NTS, WD – DCDC Subcommittee Chair • Rui Takei, RCDD, DCDC – DCDC Subcommittee Vice Chair and RCSC Global Subcommittee Chair DCDC Exam Item Writing • Michael Amodeo, RCDD, DCDC • Rick Gideon, RCDD, DCDC • Jason Hallenbeck, RCDD, DCDC • Shaimaa Hashem, RCDD, DCDC • Kenneth Perea, RCDD, DCDC, NTS • Takako Saeki, RCDD, DCDC • Stephen Soul, RCDD, DCDC, TECH • Raymond Weber, RCDD, DCDC, NTS, OSP, WD The exam items are devel- oped from the Exam Content Outline created out of the Job Task Analysis (JTA) through a process called "Item Writ- ing" by volunteer teams who serve on the RCSC, ICT industry subject matter professionals who hold the given credential and in partnership with third- party exam development expert profes- sionals. The questions are reviewed via a three-step quality control process by the volunteer SMEs and are balanced against the Exam Content Outline. DCDC Exam Scrub • Michael Amodeo, RCDD, DCDC • David Lester, RCDD, DCDC, ESS, NTS, OSP, RTPM, TECH • Kenneth Perea, RCDD, DCDC, NTS • Stephen Soul, RCDD, DCDC, TECH • John Wall, RCDD, DCDC Newly Revised DCDC Credentialing Program Just Released! Featuring: • New DCDC Standards • New DCDC Manual • Updated DCDC Courses • New DCDC Exam Learn more at bicsi.org/newdcdc. CREDENTIALING Page 20