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Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence

Individual professional certification for leaders of quality and organizational improvement initiatives; it is not a license or registration.

Licensing authority: ASQExcellence · Application information

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Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence
Applicant
Individual seeking initial CMQ/OE certification in the US; English computer-delivered examination in the selected January 2027 window.
Date Boundaries
Credential, route and claim starting dates are unpublished and left null. The exam BoK has an explicit July 1, 2026 adoption date; no retirement date is stated in the current official sources.
Education Waivers
Only one waiver may be claimed against the ten-year experience requirement: technical/trade diploma one year; associate degree two years; bachelor's degree four years; master's or doctorate five years. Outside-US degrees/diplomas must be equivalent to US institutions; the handbook requires accreditation accepted by ASQ.
Experience
Ten years of full-time paid on-the-job experience in one or more CMQ/OE BoK areas, including at least five years in a decision-making position. Decision-making is authority to define, execute or control projects/processes and responsibility for outcomes, whether or not a management or supervisory position.
Previous Certification
Experience already used for ASQ quality auditor, reliability engineer, software quality engineer or quality engineer certification can count toward CMQ/OE eligibility subject to the ten-year minimum; those other certifications or examinations are not required prerequisites.
Professionalism
Application includes agreement to the ASQE Testing Agreement and ASQ Code of Ethics; handbook award criteria include proof of professionalism.
Selected Window
January 1-31, 2027; qualifying overlap with the requested interval is January 1-24, 2027; application deadline December 7, 2026. The window and deadline are scheduling facts, not credential or route effective dates.

Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence

Provider
Prometric
Format
One-part, open-book multiple-choice examination; English CBT for the selected US window.
Exam questions
Total questions: 180; Scored questions: 165; Unscored questions: 15; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
CBT: 4 hours 18 minutes examination time; 4 hours 30 minutes appointment.
Exam fee
Initial examination: USD 585 list price.
Examination outline
  • Leadership (16.97%)
    • Organizational Structures
    • Leadership Challenges
    • Teams and Team Processes
    • Business governance, ethics and compliance
  • Strategic Plan Development and Deployment (13.94%)
    • Strategic Planning Models
    • Business Environment Analysis
    • Strategic Plan Deployment
  • Management Elements and Methods (15.76%)
    • Management Skills and Abilities
    • Communication Skills and Abilities
    • Project Management
    • Quality System
    • Quality Models and Theories
  • Quality Management Tools (18.79%)
    • Problem-Solving Tools
    • Process Management
    • Measurement: Assessment and Metrics
  • Customer-Focused Organizations (13.33%)
    • Customer Identification and Segmentation
    • Customer Relationship Management
  • Supply Chain Management (11.52%)
    • Supplier Selection and Approval
    • Supplier Risk Management
    • Supplier Communications
    • Supplier Performance
    • Supplier Improvement
    • Supplier Certification, Partnerships, and Alliances
    • Supplier Logistics and Material Acceptance
  • Training and Development (9.7%)
    • Training Plans
    • Training Needs Analysis
    • Training Materials, Development, and Delivery
    • Training Effectiveness and Evaluation
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