Intermediate Level Certification

IBM is pleased to announce the addition of the following job-role certification and applicable test to the Professional Certification Program from IBM (www.ibm.com/certify). This certification is available worldwide today, October 9, 2009. By achieving this certification, intermediate level solution developers have validated their knowledge and skills, and can demonstrate their technical competence to others.

IBM Certified Deployment Professional - WebSphere Process Server V6.2

Test 000-375, IBM WebSphere Process Server V6.2, System Administration
Test 000-253, IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1, Core Administration
Test 000-806, IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1, Advanced Administration

This intermediate level certification is intended for deployment professionals that perform the installation, configuration and day-to-day tasks associated with ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the WebSphere Process Server runtime environment. This includes product installation, configuration and deployment of business processes and adapters, connecting to back-end resources and troubleshooting. These individuals tune and secure the WebSphere Process Server runtime environment with respect to resource utilization, scaling, clustering, deployment environments, and load balancing as appropriate.

This deployment professional is generally self-sufficient and is able to perform most of the tasks involved in the role with limited assistance from peers, product documentation and vendor support services.

To attain the certification credential, candidates must pass 2 tests: Test 000-375 plus (Test 000-253 or 000-806).

Test 000-375 is designed to measure skills in the areas of:

Order	Area	Percentage
1.	Product Architecture Overview	8%
2.	Installation and Configuration	22%
3.	Administration of Services and Resources	19%
4.	Application Deployment	11%
5.	Security	9%
6.	Cluster and Topology Configuration	9%
7.	Monitoring and Performance Tuning	7%
8.	Problem Determination	15%

Test 000-253 is designed to measure skills in the areas of:

Order	Area	Percentage
1.	Architecture	17%
2.	Installation/Configuration of Application Server	13%
3.	Application Assembly and Deployment	17%
4.	WebSphere Security	11%
5.	Workload Management, Scalability, Failover	11%
6.	Maintenance and Performance Tuning	18%
7.	Problem Determination	13%

Test 000-806 is designed to measure skills in the areas of:

Order	Area	Percentage
1.	Architecture	13%
2.	Installation/Configuration of Application Server	8%
3.	Application and Server Resource Configuration	12%
4.	WebSphere Security	15%
5.	Workload Management, Scalability and High Availability	19%
6.	Maintenance and Performance Tuning	19%
7.	Problem Determination	12%

Practical experience and in-depth product knowledge are required to ensure success on the test.

To help candidates prepare, the following information is provided, and accessible via IBM Certified Deployment Professional - WebSphere Process Server V6.2:

• job role description/target audience to which the test is built
• test objectives or detailed skills measured on the test
• test preparation / training resources used to prepare based on the test objectives
• assessment test to gauge ones readiness for the actual test

Tests 000-375, 000-253, 000-806 is available via test delivery vendor Prometric (link resides outside of ibm.com).

Tests 000-375, 000-253, 000-806 are also available to IBM employees at a reduced rate via the IBM SWG Prime Test Centers, and IBMers can obtain test registration information via certify@us.ibm.com.

NEW Test 000-375 is a 90 minute test. The test fee is set to the economy of a country as $200 USD each in developed countries and $100 USD each in emerging market countries. The test delivery vendor can verify the specific test fee within each country.

To access the certification roadmap, click here, and refer to the Roadmap for Dynamic Business Process Management. The updated roadmap will be available by October 26, 2009.

For any inquiries regarding this announcement, please send a note to certify@us.ibm.com.