ProCert Labs provides objective and reliable courseware product testing against published exam objectives and instructional design criteria. A passing mark from ProCert Labs assures interested customers that the course will help them achieve professional certification in an effective manner.

The ProCert Labs testing process incorporates three primary areas of testing that result in a thorough and valuable review of your courseware product. The three areas tested are:

1. Exam Objectives Correlation
This test is designed to determine whether the course covers all the certification exam objectives for which it is designed. Our review team meticulously matches each and every published exam objective to the course content to assure that each objective is accurately covered in the course. The location of each correlation is identified and reported to the courseware developer in a confidential report for a validation of the correlation.

2. Instructional Design Integrity
This test determines whether the course meets instructional design standards to assure exam concepts are logically organized and conceptually understandable. Using a proprietary methodology based on accepted instructional design standards, our review team assesses the instructional design integrity of the course including concept flow, graphic correlation and integration. Our confidential report includes a thorough review of the course with commentary on each section. Sections are rated using a standardized set of questions based on the course modality and the audience.

3. Benchmark Comparison
To provide you with a benchmark comparison to similar courseware products, our review team compares the course to the fourteen points of effective courseware. This section is based on a standard set of fourteen Yes or No questions. Our confidential report on this section will give you an idea of how your course compares to others in its category.

In addition to these three standardized tests, ProCert Labs has agreements with specific vendors that have provided additional test questions that relate to their specific programs. If you have chosen to participate in a vendor program, additional questions relating to the vendor's specific requirements may also be applied to your courseware. We call these "Vendor Modules". The results of a Vendor Module test will be reported to the hosting vendor and provided in a confidential report to the courseware developer.

ProCert Labs testing is designed to provide you with critical feedback that can be used for quality benchmarking, product improvement and to identify marketable features.