Professional Certification: Level 2 - Master Certified Digital Architect
Issued by
The Open Group
Digital Architects create the formalized description of digital solutions and roadmaps for enterprises to determine how they can undergo Digital Transformation to enable innovation to achieve their strategic goals. They support the synthesis of complex business, technology, and client issues into real-world strategies through the application of innovative approaches to solutions through development, procurement of services, and management of relationships with suppliers. (Open CA DA L2)
Additional DetailsSkills
- Act As Trusted Advisor
- Architecture
- Architecture Decisions
- Architecture Methods
- Architecture Validation
- Conflict Resolution
- Digital Architecture
- Digital Assurance
- Establishing Vision
- Functional Requirements
- Leading Teams
- Management Of Risk
- Modeling
- Non-functional Requirements
- Outside-in Design
- Professional Communication
- Requirements Gathering
- Scoping Digital Transformation
- Solution Development
- Stakeholder Management
- Transition Planning
- Understanding Of Business
- Use Of Standards
Earning Criteria
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Master Certified Digital Architects achieve Certification by successfully completing three interviews by other Level 2 or Level 3 Certified Architects, 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 2, Architects must be able to demonstrate these skills at a "deep" level, having mastered the state of the art.
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Master Certified Digital Architects must have at least 3 years of Architecture work experience in one or more projects or engagements in which they were accountable for the Architecture aspects and must have performed in the role of Lead Architect on successful architectural engagements or projects that met their acceptance criteria.
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Master Certified Digital Architects have a variety of experiences that demonstrate their ability to deliver successful solutions to complex problems covering e.g., people, process, technology, and management, and involving at least four dimensions (products, technologies, services, processes, management, security, governance, etc.) and/or domains (Business, Data, Information, Application, Technology, Security, Integration, etc.)
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Master Certified Digital Architects must have experience producing solutions/business-related change that involves different types of systems/architectures and multiple hardware and software platforms
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A Master Certified Digital Architect's experience must include the solution lifecycle from strategy, design, and implementation through to completion, enabling the Architect to produce solution designs that are successful.
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Master Certified Digital Architects must have completed formal training in the discipline of architecture (i.e., methods/frameworks for designing and defining architectures), either through attendance at a taught course, or through self-study, and are expected to continue to develop their skills and to stay up-to-date with the development of their profession.
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Master 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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Master Certified Architects must make contributions to the architecture profession; for example, architecture-related publications, research collaboration, development of training, or contributions to standards bodies or professional organizations. They must also contribute to the development of professional architects through teaching, serving on certification boards, coaching, and/or mentoring.
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Candidates must already hold valid Open CA Level 2 Professional Communication and Professional Development Milestone Badges plus three Level 2 Experience Profile Milestone Badges, at least two of which must be in Digital Architecture