Copyright (C) The Open Group 2014

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The Open Group Profession Framework

James de Raeve

VP Certification

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The Open Group

  A global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through the development of open, vendor-neutral IT standards and certifications

  With more than 450 member organizations, we have a diverse

membership that spans all sectors of the IT community — customers, systems and solutions suppliers, tool vendors, integrators and

consultants, as well as academics and researchers

  Our Vision: Boundaryless Information Flow™ achieved through

global interoperability in a secure, reliable and timely manner

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To drive the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow by:

  Working with customers to capture,

understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies, and share best practices;

  Working with suppliers, consortia and

standards bodies to develop consensus and facilitate interoperability, to evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies;

  Offering a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia;

and

  Developing and operating the industry's premier certification service and encouraging the procurement of certified products.

Our Mission

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What The Open Group Does

  Membership & Events

  Forums and Work Groups

  Our members develop our standards and certification programs in our Forums and Work Groups

  International Conferences and Regional Conferences

  Certification

  People – Open Certified Architect (Open CA), Open Certified IT Specialist (Open CITS), TOGAF®

  Products – UNIX®, Architecture Tools

  Services – Training

  Collaboration Services

  Management services to other consortia, including certification

  NFC Forum, NASPL, HTNG

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History of our Profession Framework

  In 2004, HP and IBM approached The Open Group with a request to develop a profession framework and certification program, initially for Architects

  Motivation:

  A global, independent, vendor-neutral way to assure their customers of the skills and experience of their staff

  A best practice approach

  built upon member contributions

  developed and maintained by consensus

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Results

  Launched Open CA for IT Architects in 2005

  Open CITS for Specialists, with significant

contribution also from Capgemini, launched in 2007

  We have added Business and Enterprise Architects to Open CA and extended Open CITS to include 21 specialties

  Accredited programs running within CA, HP, IBM,

Philips, Raytheon.

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Generic skills and experience

People, project management, business

Ro le specific skills an d e x p e ri e n ce

Certification for “ T-shaped ” people

Other technical

Certifications,

e.g. Comptia,

Microsoft…

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Generic skills and experience

People, project management, business

Ro le specific skills an d e x p e ri e n ce

Certification for “ T-shaped ” people

Other technical Certifications, e.g. Comptia, Microsoft…

Knowledge

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Key points:

  Skills and experience based:

  No specific training courses or exams.

  Peer-reviewed:

  Three one hour board interviews by certified Architects/Specialists who ensure that your skills and experience meets the requirements.

  Vendor-neutral:

  Developed by a consortium of globally-recognized industry leaders and administered by The Open Group - a vendor-neutral organization.

  Global:

  The same Conformance Requirements, world - wide

  Portable:

  Certification applies to the individual not the organization and is therefore fully transferable

  Branches on the ICT BoK “Tree”

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Level 3: Distinguished

Has significant impact on the business as Specialist, Chief/

Lead Architect, Enterprise Architect or IT Architect Profession Leader

Level 2: Master

Can perform independently and take responsibility for delivery of systems and solutions as lead architect/

specialist. Typically 8+ yrs

Level 1: Certified

Can perform with assistance/supervision, with a wide range of appropriate skills, as a contributing architect/specialist.

Typically 5+yrs

3 Levels of Certification

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Domains/Streams

  Architecture (Open CA)

  IT Architect

  Enterprise Architect

  Business Architect

  Specialists (Open CITS)

  Business Analysis

  Applications Development

  Packaged Application Implementation

  Data Integration

  Infrastructure Design

  Testing

  Security

  IT Service Management

•  Delivery

•  Consulting

•  Operations

  Specialists ctd

  Business Information Management

  Infrastructure and Application Management

  Storage Systems

  Networking Systems

  Servers

  Cross Systems

  Application Development Products

  Application and Integration Middleware

  Data Management

  Content Management

  Portal and Collaboration

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7,332 certified people, from 160 organizations

CASSIDIAN'Cybersecurity Daimler'AG JENTT Royal'Bank'of'Canada'(RBC) Unisys

ADNOC Dassault'Systemes JODAYN SAMSUNG'SDS Unitarc,'LLC

AT&T Deloitte JPMorgan'Chase SAP'AG UnitedHealthcare

Acando'AS Deloitte'&'Touche'Consulting Jalser'IT'Strategy'and'Architecture''Consulting SAS'Canada University'of'Toronto

Accenture Department'of'Health'&'Ageing'(Australia) KPMG SAS'Institute'(NZ)'Limited Uralsib

Aduno'Gruppe Department'of'Interior'P'Interior'Business'Center Kadaster SCCS,'Inc VCE

Amazon Deutsche'Bank Koch'Business'Solutions SENAC' VMware

Amerant Dutch'Tax'Office LG'CNS SHD'GmbH Varilly'Associates'Limited

Amprion'GmbH ECS'Federal LUCRUM SITA Versicherungskammer'Bayern

Apex'Solution'Analysis EMC'Corporation Leo'Architecture'Ltd SIX'Group Vodacom

Apogee'Solutions'Inc. EY Liverpool SMC'Salzmann'Management'Consulting Volvo'Financial'Services

Aramark'Uniform Ekul'Technology'Limited Logica SR'Operations Walmart'Global'Technology'Services

Asurion Enbridge MATRIXX'Software SRA'International

Atos Engen'Petroleum'Limited MELLANOX'TECHNOLOGIES,'INC. SWITCH

Australia'Post Enterprise'Technology'Solution,LLC'USA MRIS SYSTEMS'FLOW,'INC.

BPSource'SA Enterprise'Thinking Marsh'&'Mclennan Securities'and'Futures'Commission

BC'Ferries Farmers'Insurance Medifox Selex'ES'Ltd

BMC'Software First'Canadian'Title Microsoft Shell

BMW'AG Fonterra'NZ Mobiliar'Insurance Shop'Direct

BUSINESS'INTEGRATION'PARTNERS Fujitsu Motorola'Solutions Software'AG

Bank'of'Montreal GE NAB Spirit/21

Belastingdienst'(Dutch'Tax'Office) GTECH'Corporation NNIT Stefanini

Blue'Panther'Group GTS NORD/LB Stringcastle'Software'Corp

Bluefish'communications Gartner Nationwide SunTrust

Business'Development'Bank'of'Canada General'Motors NetCentric'Technology TPSystems

CA'Inc. Generali'Deutschland'Informatik'Services'GmbH NiSource TATA'Consultancy'Services

CGI GfK'SE Nodavare'Corporation TD'Bank'Financial'Group

CIBC Global'Services Nokia'Siemens'Networks TP'Systems

CMT Graphica'Software Novartis'Pharma'AG TSE'&'TSE'business'and'technology'consulting

CSC Gulf'Business'Machines Oakton TeamSystem

CVS'Caremark HP Oracle Telephone'and'Data'Systems

Capgemini Hitachi'Data'Systems'(Poland)'Sp.'z'o.o. PEOSPIT'Management'Consulting Telstra

Cenovus'Energy'Inc. Hochschule'fuer'Technik'(HSR'FHO) Philips Telstra'Corporation'Ltd

Cisco IBM Prolifics Teradata

Cognizant ICBC Provinzial'Rheinland'Versicherung'AG Thales'Raytheon'Systems'Company'LLC

Corning'Incorporated IMS'HEALTH PwC The'KTL'Group,'Inc.

Costco ING QR'Systems'Inc Tibco'Software'Australia

Credit'Suisse'AG IS'Architecting'Office,'Ltd. Quintiles Toshiba

DATEV'eG ITA'Consulting Raytheon'Company Travelport'LLC

DHBW'Stuttgart ITERGO Red'Hat Triari'Consulting'Ltd

DIRECTV ITGAIN'Consulting'Gesellschaft'fÃ¼r'ITPBeratung'mbHRex'Healthcare UPS

DST'Consulting Intel'Corporation Riosoft'Consulting USAA

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How Certification Works

  Conformance Requirements define the skills and experience that Candidates must possess to achieve certification

  www.opengroup.org/openca/cert for Architects

  www.opengroup.org/opencits/cert for IT Specialists

  Candidates may apply for certification directly to The Open Group

  Certification Board reviews all applications and interview Candidates

  Companies may apply to have their internal staff development / certification programs Accredited by The Open Group

  Candidates certified through an Accredited program become Open Group certified

  HP, IBM, Raytheon, Philips and CA run accredited programs

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Conformance Requirements

  Both programs have

  Core Foundation Skills

  Domain specific skills

  Experience Requirements

  Community Contribution criteria

  Professional development criteria

  For Specialists, we also have Client Focus Skills

  Services, Sales, Support, Training

  See draft BoK section 4

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Relationships

  Partners:

  Korean Software Technology Association – KOSTA

  Computer Society of India

  Mappings

  We publish mappings to e-CF and SFIA

  G131, G132, G133, G134 at the Open Group bookstore

  https://www2.opengroup.org/ogsys/jsp/publications/mainPage.jsp

  Recognition

   British Computer Society (BCS) accept Level 2 in Open CA and Open CITS as meeting the skill and experience requirements for CITP

  i.e. SFIA Level 5

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Philips

An Open CITS Case Study

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Philips Vision

  At Philips, we strive to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Our goal is to improve the lives of 3 billion people a year by 2025.

  We will be the best place to work for people who

share our passion. Together we will deliver superior value for our customers and shareholders.

http://www.philips.com/about/company/missionandvisionvaluesandstrategy/index.page

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Competence Development at Philips

  In 2009, Philips embarked on project to transform their internal IT organization from a distributed to a centrally run function with

specific domains for each IT discipline.

Their objectives at the start of this process were to:

  Improve Employee Engagement – Individuals were looking for career development opportunities

  Enable more Philips employees to work on, and lead, critical projects

  Support employees in their development

  Be a professional organization with professional people

  Be an attractive employer that is able to hire and retain the best

people

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Competence Development at Philips

  Philips carried out assessments on 900+ IT staff to benchmark them against the program.

  Individual development plans

  Readiness for Certification – and a plan to achieve it

  Over 140 people from the Netherlands, US and India have achieved Open CITS certification.

  Service Management streams added in 2012 at Philips’s request

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Copyright (C) The Open Group 2014

The Open Group Profession Framework

James de Raeve

VP Certification

The Open Group

 A global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through the development of open, vendor-neutral IT standards and certifications

 With more than 450 member organizations, we have a diverse

membership that spans all sectors of the IT community — customers, systems and solutions suppliers, tool vendors, integrators and

consultants, as well as academics and researchers

 Our Vision: Boundaryless Information Flow™ achieved through

global interoperability in a secure, reliable and timely manner

To drive the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow by:

 Working with customers to capture,

understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies, and share best practices;

 Working with suppliers, consortia and

standards bodies to develop consensus and facilitate interoperability, to evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies;

 Offering a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia;

and

 Developing and operating the industry's premier certification service and encouraging the procurement of certified products.

Our Mission

What The Open Group Does

 Membership & Events

 Forums and Work Groups

 Our members develop our standards and certification programs in our Forums and Work Groups

 International Conferences and Regional Conferences

 Certification

 People – Open Certified Architect (Open CA), Open Certified IT Specialist (Open CITS), TOGAF®

 Products – UNIX®, Architecture Tools

 Services – Training

 Collaboration Services

 Management services to other consortia, including certification

 NFC Forum, NASPL, HTNG

History of our Profession Framework

 In 2004, HP and IBM approached The Open Group with a request to develop a profession framework and certification program, initially for Architects

 Motivation:

 A global, independent, vendor-neutral way to assure their customers of the skills and experience of their staff

 A best practice approach

 built upon member contributions

 developed and maintained by consensus

Results

 Launched Open CA for IT Architects in 2005

 Open CITS for Specialists, with significant

contribution also from Capgemini, launched in 2007

 We have added Business and Enterprise Architects to Open CA and extended Open CITS to include 21 specialties

 Accredited programs running within CA, HP, IBM,

Philips, Raytheon.

Generic skills and experience

People, project management, business

Ro le specific skills an d e x p e ri e n ce

Certification for “ T-shaped ” people

Other technical

Certifications,

e.g. Comptia,

Microsoft…

Generic skills and experience

People, project management, business

Ro le specific skills an d e x p e ri e n ce

Certification for “ T-shaped ” people

Other technical Certifications, e.g. Comptia, Microsoft…

Knowledge

Key points:

 Skills and experience based:

 No specific training courses or exams.

 Peer-reviewed:

 Three one hour board interviews by certified Architects/Specialists who ensure that your skills and experience meets the requirements.

 Vendor-neutral:

 Developed by a consortium of globally-recognized industry leaders and administered by The Open Group - a vendor-neutral organization.

 Global:

 The same Conformance Requirements, world - wide

 Portable:

 Certification applies to the individual not the organization and is therefore fully transferable

 Branches on the ICT BoK “Tree”

Level 3: Distinguished

Has significant impact on the business as Specialist, Chief/

Lead Architect, Enterprise Architect or IT Architect Profession Leader

Level 2: Master

Can perform independently and take responsibility for delivery of systems and solutions as lead architect/

specialist. Typically 8+ yrs

Level 1: Certified

Can perform with assistance/supervision, with a wide range of appropriate skills, as a contributing architect/specialist.

  A global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through the development of open, vendor-neutral IT standards and certifications

  With more than 450 member organizations, we have a diverse

  Our Vision: Boundaryless Information Flow™ achieved through

  Working with customers to capture,

  Working with suppliers, consortia and

  Offering a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia;

  Developing and operating the industry's premier certification service and encouraging the procurement of certified products.

  Membership & Events

  Forums and Work Groups

  Our members develop our standards and certification programs in our Forums and Work Groups

  International Conferences and Regional Conferences

  Certification

  People – Open Certified Architect (Open CA), Open Certified IT Specialist (Open CITS), TOGAF®

  Products – UNIX®, Architecture Tools

  Services – Training

  Collaboration Services

  Management services to other consortia, including certification

  NFC Forum, NASPL, HTNG

  In 2004, HP and IBM approached The Open Group with a request to develop a profession framework and certification program, initially for Architects

  Motivation:

  A global, independent, vendor-neutral way to assure their customers of the skills and experience of their staff

  A best practice approach

  built upon member contributions

  developed and maintained by consensus

  Launched Open CA for IT Architects in 2005

  Open CITS for Specialists, with significant

  We have added Business and Enterprise Architects to Open CA and extended Open CITS to include 21 specialties

  Accredited programs running within CA, HP, IBM,

  Skills and experience based:

  No specific training courses or exams.

  Peer-reviewed:

  Three one hour board interviews by certified Architects/Specialists who ensure that your skills and experience meets the requirements.

  Vendor-neutral:

  Developed by a consortium of globally-recognized industry leaders and administered by The Open Group - a vendor-neutral organization.

  Global:

  The same Conformance Requirements, world - wide

  Portable:

  Certification applies to the individual not the organization and is therefore fully transferable

  Branches on the ICT BoK “Tree”

  Architecture (Open CA)

  IT Architect

  Enterprise Architect

  Business Architect

  Specialists (Open CITS)

  Business Analysis

  Applications Development

  Packaged Application Implementation

  Data Integration

  Infrastructure Design

  Testing

  Security

  IT Service Management

•  Delivery

•  Consulting

•  Operations

  Specialists ctd

  Business Information Management

  Infrastructure and Application Management

  Storage Systems

  Networking Systems

  Servers

  Cross Systems

  Application Development Products

  Application and Integration Middleware

  Data Management

  Content Management

  Portal and Collaboration

  Conformance Requirements define the skills and experience that Candidates must possess to achieve certification

  www.opengroup.org/openca/cert for Architects

  www.opengroup.org/opencits/cert for IT Specialists

  Candidates may apply for certification directly to The Open Group

  Certification Board reviews all applications and interview Candidates

  Companies may apply to have their internal staff development / certification programs Accredited by The Open Group

  Candidates certified through an Accredited program become Open Group certified

  HP, IBM, Raytheon, Philips and CA run accredited programs

  Both programs have

  Core Foundation Skills

  Domain specific skills

  Experience Requirements

  Community Contribution criteria