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Professional Certification Program from IBM role
names emphasize a level of competency or skill. The role names are
qualified by the specific product or skill area being certified. Together
the two components are recognized as a certification role.
Three levels of certification are offered by the Professional Certification
Program from IBM, each characterized by a different level of competency.
(Note: not every certification category, such as Data Management or e-business, will have certifications roles at all levels --- only at the levels that are appropriate.)
Within each level, more than one role name may be possible, depending
on the discipline being certified. For example, the roles "Solutions Expert" and "Solution Developer" are both options within Level 2. See the table below for the list of possible
IBM certification role names.
Certifications for IBM software are in transition to a new role title and level structure in the first half of 2003. For more information, see the announcement, and details of the new role structure.
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Level 1
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- IBM Certified Specialist
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- IBM
 Certified Specialist
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Performs basic
operational services such as basic planning, configuration,
installation, support, management, and maintenance, with limited
assistance
- or -
Performs
administration of a product, with limited assistance.
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Has working product and environment knowledge and can code to design. |
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Level 2
| Certifies the candidate:
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- IBM Certified Solutions/ Systems Expert
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- IBM Certified Solutions/ Systems Expert
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Demonstrates breadth of
basic operational services skills in more than one environment
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Demonstrates depth of advanced
operational services skills such as customizing, integrating, migrating
and tuning, in one environment. |
- IBM Certified Solution Developer
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Demonstrates the capability
to plan and design an application requirement and build a
prototype. |
- IBM Certified for e-business
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Demonstrates a broad working knowledge of the
IBM Application Framework for e-business,
and the ability to apply it's methodologies,
best practices and use of open standards to sell,
advise, design and/or consult on e-business solutions. |
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Level 3
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Certifies the candidate:
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- IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert
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Demonstrates multiple skills, such as expert advice and leadership in understanding
and use of IBM solutions without assistance, and with
references
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Has demonstrable
skill, or experience on the job<
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Demonstrates depth and breadth of advanced operational services skills
in more than one environment. |
- IBM Certified Enterprise Developer
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This developer works with business analysts, application architects, application
assemblers, and administrators to develop distributed enterprise software
components that model an organization's practices, processes, and concepts.
This developer understands application assembly of
specific enterprise software components within the business domain across a
multi-tier architecture, and has the system administration skills
required to tune the application to meet performance requirements. |
- IBM Certified Enterprise Expert
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Demonstrates skills across eServer lines for a role |
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