IBM Certified Solution Designer - Rational Software Architect

This intermediate level solution designer is an individual with extensive product knowledge who will develop well-architected applications and services using IBM Rational Software Architect. This individual will design applications using RSA's tools that leverage model-driven development with UML. This individual designs and develops solutions in a RUP-driven software development process. As part of their designs, this individual is able to incorporate existing code and reusable assets in their projects. In addition, this individual leverages the extensibility features of RSA including the use of patterns, profiles and transformations. It is expected that this individual is familiar with using RSA in a team environment and is familiar with ways in which to structure their models for team sharing and use of the RSA capabilities for supporting team development. It is expected that this solution designer will generally be self-sufficient and able to perform the tasks involved in the role with limited assistance from peers, product documentation and vendor support services.

To attain the IBM Certified Solution Designer - IBM Rational Software Architect certification, candidates must pass 1 tests.

• PRJ110v3: Principles of IBM Rational Unified Process v7.0 [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV325: Essentials of Model Driven Architecture [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV343: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Getting Started [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV344: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Team Development [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV345: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Patterns and Transformations [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV346: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Model Analysis and Code Review [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV347: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Developing J2EE Components [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV348: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Introduction to SDO [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV349: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Presentation Layer Components [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV351: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Component Testing Features [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV352: Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect: Performing Runtime Analysis [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV110v2: Principles of Modeling with UML 2.0 [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV111v2: Principles of Use Case Modeling with UML 2.0 [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV112v2: Principles of Analysis I with UML 2.0 [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV113v2: Principles of Analysis II with UML 2.0 [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV160v2: Principles of Modeling Behavior with UML 2.0 [CBT] [WBT]
• DEV496: Mastering IBM Rational® Software Architect

• Use views and editors from the Modeling perspective to navigate a model.
• Identify common best practices for architecting solutions and components.
• Analyze existing use-case, analysis, design, and deployment models and describe how they are organized.
• Create a design model from an analysis model.
• Incorporate existing code and reusable assets in the development of a new application.
• Model subsystems, subsystem interfaces, and dependencies.
• Create, or as appropriate, generate UML diagrams.
• Develop models in RSA as part of a development team.
• Apply reusable assets in the development process, including: Apply built-in patterns, Load new pattern assets, Use patterns, Perform model transformations
• DEV275 Essentials of Visual Modeling with UML 2.0
• DEV475 Mastering Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML 2.0
• DEV476 Mastering OOAD: UML 1.x to UML 2.0 Migration
• DEV396 Essentials of Rational Software Architect v2005.01

• Test 649 Objectives
• Test 649 Sample test
• Test 649 Recommended educational resources
• Approximate # of questions: 50
• Duration in minutes: 75
• Format: Multiple choice
• Required Passing Score: 60%