Society for the Certification of Information Architects Stichting ter Certificering van Informatie Architecten

SCIA is the association of certificied (enterprise) information, IT-business and IT architects. It is a non-profit organisation created in 2001. The organisation of SCIA, including the Advisory Board, can be seen by clicking this link

Do you want to know why you should become a certified Information, IT or IT-Business Architect? Click (also available in Dutch language).

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NEWS: SCIA meeting september 14th, 2004

NEWS: SCIA has decided to add contact info to the certified architects in the registers. This information may be used to ask certified architects questions etc.

NEWS: SCIA in the press.

NEWS: Presentation of certificates to the first group of 50 certified Information, IT and IT-Business Architects by Prof.dr. Wolffried Stucky of CEPIS. Click for more information such as photos and the presentations.

NEWS: SCIA has introduced an Advisory Board. For more informatie, click Advisory Board

NEW: Want to contact a certificied (enterprise) information-, IT-business or IT-architect? Write a mail and send it.

NEW: For dutch-speaking people: the architect-contractor discussion in the Netherlands.Click to read about it.

NEW: For dutch-speaking people: the discussion in the Netherlands around the National Register of Registered Informaticians. Click to read about it.

The terms Architect and Architecture are old and well-known for buildings, gardens etc. In the Information- and IT-communities they are introduced for a number of purposes and reasons. SCIA identified a number of definitions for the term Architecture in Information and IT as shown if you follow this link.

To certify an architect requires a Body of Knowledge (in short: BoK). SCIA has identified a number of architects in the information and IT world. Each of these architects have a BoK. In these BoKs the "Knowledge, Skill/Competence/Ability and Being" of the resp. architect is described.

Currently SCIA identifies BoK's for the following architects:

1. Information Architect, mainly concerned with Information as a production factor.
2. IT-Business Architect mainly concerned with aligning IT with the business.
3. IT-Architect, mainly concerned with the arrangement of IT-Infrastructures

and is interested in information on:

• Business (-process) Architect, mainly concerned with the way people in companies and other organisations work together.
• Project Architect, working in projects to realize changes to improve IT-infrastructures.

Next to these SCIA BoK's a number of companies have their own BoK's for their architects. For more information, follow this link.

SCIA publishes the names and BoKs of the information, IT and IT-Business Architects that are certified in public registers. The current existing registers are:

• The International register
• The Dutch register
• The US Register
• The UK Register
• The German Register

Certified Information, IT and IT-Business architects have to further their "Knowledge, Skill/Competence/Ability and Being" to stay certified. Therefore permanent education is required. To be able to further their education this site offers a large number of recommendations. Click on the following links and see:

1. Books, articles etc.
2. Education and courses
3. Events for architects
4. Links to sites of interest

If you are interested in becoming a certified architect, you can read or download a description of the procedure and an application form. Or contact the SCIA secretariat.