Professional Certification: Level 1 - Certified Architect - Business
Issued by
The Open Group
Business Architects create formalized descriptions of how an organization uses its essential competencies for realizing its strategic intent and objectives, as defined in the Open Business Architecture (O-BA) Preliminary Standard. This typically describes the structure and interaction between business strategy, organization, functions, business capabilities, and information needs. Business Architects capture strategic intent and develop the Business Architecture. (Open CA BA L1)
Additional DetailsSkills
- Act As Trusted Advisor
- Architecture Decisions
- Architecture Methods
- Architecture Validation
- Business Architecture
- Conflict Resolution
- Derive Value Drivers
- Discover Business Goals
- Establishing Vision
- Functional Requirements
- Leading Teams
- Management Of Risk
- Modeling
- Non-functional Requirements
- Professional Communication
- Requirements Gathering
- Solution Assessment
- Solution Development
- Stakeholder Management
- Understanding Of Business
- Use Of Standards
Earning Criteria
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Certified Architects achieve Certification by successfully completing an interview by a Level 2 or Level 3 Certified Architect, based upon a comprehensive package of information describing project and other experiences. The criteria used to decide on certification include all of the Skills mentioned above. At Level 1, Architects must be able to demonstrate these skills at an "applied" level, perhaps with support and mentoring.
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Certified Architects must have at least 2 years of experience of contributing to the development of the architectural aspects of one or more projects or engagements, possibly with support or mentoring, and must have participated in the role of Architect in two successful, complex architectural engagements or projects.
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Certified Architects must have a variety of experiences that demonstrate their contribution to successful solutions to complex problems (covering e.g., business vision, mission, business logic, ambition) with some operational aspects (e.g., people, process, technology, management) involving one or more dimensions (products, technologies, services, processes, management, security, governance, etc.) and/or domains (Business, Data, Information, Application, Technology, Security, Integration, etc.)
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Certified Architects must have experience producing solutions/business-related change that involves more than one type of technology and/or architecture.
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Certified Architects must have demonstrated their appreciation of the impact of their architectural decisions on the realization and operation of a solution.
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A Certified Architect's experience must include the understanding and appreciation of the solution lifecycle from strategy, design, and implementation through to completion, enabling the them to produce solution designs that are successful.
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Certified Architects must have completed formal training in the discipline of architecture (i.e., methods/frameworks for designing and defining business architectures), either through attendance at a taught course, or through self-study.
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Certified Architects must continually develop their technical and professional knowledge and skills in technology trends, vertical industry sectors, and architecture trends and techniques.
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Candidates must alreday hold valid Open CA Level 1 (or 2) Professional Communication and Professional Development Milestone Badges plus two Open CA Level 1 Experience Profile Milestone Badges, at least one of which must be in Business Artchitecture.