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How to become a certified IT architect?

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Some friends asked about the process of becoming open group master certified architect. It is not hard, but it does take time. Here are some tips:

1) prepare the certification package. here is the template:
http://www.opengroup.org/itac/cert/docs/ITAC_Level_2_template_2.3.doc

Fill in the forms using plain language. assuming the readers do not have any IT knowledge - meaning your grandma (if she speaks English) can understand easily and feel you have done something important. The 3 project profiles are important. Pick the most relevant work products in the chosen methodology and fit them into profiles. Avoid any vendor technology. To me, i should have never mentioned particular cisco or avaya technology; to application architects, you should never let java or .net play a big role. focus on methodology and business impact. Focus on the broadness of your experience, not so much in the depth.

2) prepare for the interviews

after the screening process, you will be contacted for 3 interviews - tough ones by board members. 1 hour each. They probably do not possess the domain knowledge, they probably know nothing of programming or pretending not knowing,but they will ask questions you do not expect, and you would be surprised. Some expected questions are about why you chose these profiles, why you chose this method rather than that, why you use this work product, why you say it this way, why your English is so poorly written, who is your sponsor, who is your mentor, did you ever work directly for an executive before. From two of the 3 interviews, i got the comments that my package was among the most beautifully written they have ever seen.

3) before 1 and 2, prepare yourself the following things:
-find a mentor, who is the board member; find a sponsor, who has some cloud
-mentor at least 3 people
-in an architect role for 4 years, led at least 3 projects that has some major business impact
-complete necessary trainings in PM, methodology, consulting
-submitted enough intellectual capitals to the community

Get at least 2 months of time to go through this. This is not fun. I would not have done it myself, if not because according to the company policy, I had to pass this certification within two years or otherwise I will be fired.更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 工作学习 / 事业与工作 / How to become a certified IT architect?
    • 这是个什么玩意?ITA是个很模糊的职位称呼,是认证得来的么?政府认可专业资历么?管理性的职位我宁愿要ITIL的,技术性职位我宁愿要厂商的高级认证。
      • ITA = Technical Sales + PM
        The ultimate goal is all about signings, revenues and GP.
        • 是charge客户rate的由头。
          • Absolutely
    • 老猫你就不能被fire一次?给那些把IT庸俗化大众化企图抹煞不同产品之间差别的半吊子们看看,为了赎他们的罪,你也可以在他们中间。
      你工作的那个三个字的公司,特别是加拿大分部,大部分是crap, 可是到了band 9, 就完全不一样了, hats off to you! i guess band 9相当于少林护法,如果那公司可以比做少林寺的话。
      • Nothing really to brag about working at the same company for that many years. Toad has more experience in that regards. My post could be useful for some old lazy folks like myself.
      • 有不同意见可以提吗,用不着阴阳怪气,污言秽语的。老猫对不起,打扰了。
    • 请问"intellectual capitals to the community" 是指什么?能具体一点吗?谢谢。
      • In my case,nothing more than setting up a db to share all the docs and templates how I do things
        • In what kind of community was you DB exposed
          • internal
            • Then it's not really "community":-).
              • then communism isn't really 共产主义.
              • 得跟老猫学啊! 下回俺share documents, 也要跟上司汇报contributed intellectual capitals to community.
                • LOL. I am at an expert level understanding office politics, just pretty bad playing with it.