1	Architect and Certification Steven van ’t Veld SCIA executive committee Certified Principal Information Architect A/I/M bv. in Rotterdam
2	Architect ARCHI = Leading TEKTON = Carpenter
3	“Architecture is ...” discussion Model of a (part of a) reality versus View on a reality
4	“Reality”
5	Architectures
6	Certifying organizations Commercial certification of Architects end 2001: IBM HP ( / Compaq) Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Expected: Universities, Bachelor/Master, Commercial etc.
7	IBM (2001) Identifies: IT architect Levels: First: consultant or IT specialist, then: 8 – IT architect 9 – Consulting IT architect 10 – Senior Consulting IT architect Own education program (18 modules)
8	IBM (2001)
9	HP / Compaq (2001) Identifies: Solution Architect (SA) Project Architect Probably also for hardware Levels: Associate – supervised practice Professional – competent: reviewed practice Master – senior Solution Architect International
10	HP / Compaq (2001)
11	Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (2001) Identifies: Business / Information Architect IT Architect (before: System + Infrastructure) Possible in time: Software architect Levels (ultimo 2001): Architect (50) Senior Architect (35) Enterprise Architect (5) Global Architect (2) Own education programs
12	Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (2001)
13	Gartner
14	SCIA Architects
15	Certification in general Proposal by others or self-application Background: Experience – in general: more then 8 - 10 years Knowledge: Starts: deep in area of expertise Later: broader, more kinds of knowledge Behavior: business, communication, sales (support), presentation, negotiation etc. Approval by “peers” or by a “broad forum”
16	Skills of an architect There different kinds of architects Skill in terms of: Knowledge: Basic area of expertise, dependent on the kind of architect Broad orientation on own and other areas of expertise Ability, Competence: able to abstract, much experience in many situation Being: behavior, catalyst, able to put oneself in somebody else's shoes, ability to assess, integrity etc. Broad, usually based on a certain area of expertise
17	After the first certification Keep up-to-date Architects on several levels: growth always possible Ever-growing experience is absolutely necessary Trend: increasing requirements on the architect Regular repeating certification (eg. every 3 years) Permanent education (eg. 20 - 40 hours / year)
18	SCIA: Society for the Certification of Information Architects Separate organization because of function-separation SCIA started by looking at, talking to and using: Existing Bodies of Knowledge (BoK’s) Existing certifying organizations For example IBM, HP/Compaq, CGE&Y, Universities, Commercial, Method-based etc. SCIA accreditation of organizations for certification Start in the Netherlands, then Europe and Worldwide
19	SCIA organization According to the norm NEN-EN-45013 Executive committee, includes specialisms: Certification Architectures Education, personal skills, psychology, sociology Advisory Board: group internationally acclaimed specialists Committee of Appeal and Arbitration Committee Maintenance of Certification
20	Become a certified architect because ... .. others will be certain of your knowledge, ability / competence and being. And: universities will be able to prepare people further education can be fitted in positioning in current chaotic world of architects obligation to improve through permanent education design of the “building of personal functions” and personel appreciation for organizations basis for a sound search- & hire-policy, and basis for an architect to be found
21	Advantages of being a certified architect Summarized as: An independent authority regularly determines your skills as an architect in terms of: Knowledge Ability – Competence, and Being
22	Challenges for 2003 Body of Knowledge (BoK): many people/organizations, many opinions Country dependent: are we allowed to call ourselves architects? Broad recognition Question: “What is the value of a method- or guru-based certification?” Commercial motives: “Compete” à Cooperation. Competition in this context is futile and even destructive Architect ßà Contractor (= system- and software-vendors) discussion Not only knowledge, also ones ability and being: what is the purpose and use of certification of graduates etc.? Look for consensus in the education industry What does this mean: “I want to become a different kind of architect?” One-time certification is very different from lifelong repetition of certification Growing from the Netherlands to Europe and the World. How to tackle the problem of languages? The introduction of local certification seems to be inevitable.
23	SCIA requirements for certification Ultimo 2002: Peer review of Knowledge, Ability/Competence and Being References Relevant experience: Junior (8 years) Medior (12 years) Senior (16 years) Principal (20 years) Personal presentation (if and when necessary) 2003 and on: BoK’s for Information, IT-Business and IT- architect Partner to develop the BoK for the business(process) architect
24	SCIA certification process Cost of open certification: Certification = €. 500,-- (only when needed: re-certification = €.100,--) Cost per register per year = €. 200,-- February 13^th, 2003: The first 50 certificates will be presented by the President of pertinent European Council! En-bloc certification of groups may be easier (…), for instance when: Information about the architects is presented in a similar fashion SCIA knows about the approach which is familiar to the group Check of permanent education by the group ... Certification every 3 years (incl. permanent education)
25	(near) Future “At last” integral development of expertise: clear and understandable BoK’s Broaden recognition Trend à increase in what is required of an architect Positioning of the architects within the other Information and IT occupations: “Local” Europe Worldwide Code-of-Ethics or Code-of-Conduct for architects Trend à more capable architects means better solutions and less IT personnel necessary ß Clear position of architect in an organization. Architect relation to the CIO (CIO not as defined as in the USA, but in terms of Gartner’s CCO concept!)
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