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Master
THE IIDA · Data and AI Certification
Professional Certification
CFDE – Certified Forward Deployed Engineer
A tiered certification system for enterprise AI delivery professionals, spanning discovery, data and knowledge architecture, RAG, Agent engineering, integration, delivery, and governance.
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Individual learners and corporate teams are both welcome to participate.
Business & AI Integration
Bridge business needs with AI technologies to identify valuable enterprise use cases.
Enterprise Data Foundation
Build strong data foundations through governance, architecture, quality, and knowledge management.
AI Solution & Agent Design
Design enterprise AI solutions, RAG systems, and intelligent Agent applications.
Enterprise AI Delivery
Develop the capability to implement, manage, and optimize AI projects in real business environments.
Target Audience
CFDE develops professionals who connect business needs, data foundations, AI engineering, and enterprise delivery.
Course Syllabus
Click on each lesson to view the learning objectives, core skills, and course description.
WorkShop
workshop · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Workshop 1 : Business Interviews
- Workshop 2 : AI Requirements Analysis
- Workshop 3 : Prompt Design
- Workshop 4 : RAG Design
- Workshop 5 : Agent Design
- Workshop 6 : Enterprise Demo Development
- Workshop 7 : Project Defense
Skills you will acquire
Why Is FDE Needed In the AI Era?
Lesson 1 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Enterprise Transformation in the AI Era
- Enterprise AI Success Stories
- Reasons for Enterprise AI Failure
- FDE Development Trends
Skills you will acquire
FDE Capability Model
Lesson 2 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- FDE Responsibilities
- Capability Framework
- Difference between AI Engineer and AI Engineer
- Difference from Solution Architect
Skills you will acquire
Business Discovery
Lesson 3 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Corporate Strategy Understanding
- Business Capability
- Business Process
- Business Object
- Business Rules
- KPI Analysis
- ROI analysis
- Enterprise needs interview
Skills you will acquire
Enterprise Data Foundation
Lesson 4 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- Data governance
- Data quality
- Master data
- Metadata
- Data Standards
- Data assets
- Data security
- Enterprise knowledge system
- RAG Data Preparation
Skills you will acquire
LLM Foundation
Lesson 5 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Transformer
- Token
- Embedding
- Context
- Reasoning
- Tool Calling
- MCP
- Function Calling
Skills you will acquire
Prompt Engineering
Lesson 6 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Prompt principle
- Few-shot
- Chain of Thought
- ReAct
- Reflection
- Structured Output
- Prompt Security
Skills you will acquire
Enterprise Agent Engineering
Lesson 7 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Agent architecture
- Workflow
- Multi-Agent
- Planning
- Memory
- Human-in-the-loop
- Enterprise Agent Model
Skills you will acquire
AI Solution Design
Lesson 8 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- AI Opportunity Recognition
- Scene design
- PoC design
- MVP design
- ROI analysis
- Business Value Analysis
Skills you will acquire
AI Project Delivery
Lesson 9 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Project Planning
- Implementation route
- User Training
- Change Management
- AI Operations
Skills you will acquire
Enterprise Integration
Lesson 10 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- API
- MCP
- ERP
- CRM
- OA
- MES
- Enterprise security
- Access Management
- Enterprise AI Platform
Skills you will acquire
Industry Case Analysis
Lesson 11 · 2 hours
What will you learn
- Manufacturing
- Finance
- Medical
- Energy
- Government
- Retail
Skills you will acquire
Courses and certification arrangements can be configured to meet the needs of individual learning or corporate teams.