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Als integratie architect lees ik veel boeken en veel blogs om mezelf te blijven ontwikkelen als architect. Zowel op technisch als persoonlijk vlak. Ik krijg dan ook regelmatig de vraag welke boeken te lezen als (beginnend) architect. In deze blog heb ik een aantal van deze boeken voor je verzameld op de Architecten boekenplank. Algemeen The Software Architect Elevator - Gregor Hohpe Dit boek neemt je mee in de veranderende rol van de software architect, zowel op technisch- als op business- en organisatorisch niveau. Dit boek is geschikt voor de medior/senior architect. Deze schrijver zul je wellicht herkennen, want hij heeft de integratie "bijbel" geschreven: Interprise Integration Patterns . A must-have voor iedere integratie architect natuurlijk. Just Enough Architecture - George Fairbanks Een goed boek om als beginner meer te leren over de verschillende architectuur modellen die er zijn en hoe deze te gebruiken. Beginnend bij het conceptuele model, via domain model en desi...

I am a proud man ! Today i received my Cordys Solution Architect Certification. I am the first Certified Solution Architect and thats why what makes it so special. I started the certification program back in 2012 with the Cordys Solution Architect program. It was a three days course on several aspects of the Cordys BOP produkt. After that I got myself three certificates: * Cordys Fundamentals * Cordys BPMS * Cordys Solution Architect For each certification you had to go through three phases: theoretical exam, practical exam and an interview where you have to defend your practical solution. More can be read here:  https://wiki.cordys.com/display/cordyscert/Home

This month i started the BPMS Certification of Cordys. I already have my Fundamentals Certification. My final goal is to get the Solution Architect Certification. The certification has three parts: Theoretical exam Handson exam Interview Within the theoretical exam you are supposed to answer 60 questions within 1 hour. The questions can be made online and are quite detailed. You really have to know your stuff. In fact in my first attempt i only got 71% and you have to get 75%. So i took it too lightly. The handson is one big case that you have to work out. It is also bigger (of course) than the exercises you get with the Fundamentals. You have 10 working days for the handson. After the handson you get an interview. In this interview you have to explain your solution and you get answers about the handson. Some tips: Really dive into the learning path. You do not really have to follow a training course, you can do it self paced.  Also install the Cordy...

On the 30th and 31th of May 2012 the first Cordys Solution Architect Accelerator Program took place at Putten, The Netherlands. A couple of potential Cordys Solution Architects of partners were invited to follow this program. I was one of the "lucky" ones. This program is setup so that more solution architects are trained and can be used in projects, because there is a miss in the field of Cordys projects. This was a first session and this session will also be held in US, UK and India. As always Cordys had organized this event very nice. There was also place for discussions and a social event in the evenening with bowling and BBQ. The program was: Day1: * High Level architecture overview of BOP4 * Security Models * Case Management * Workflow (part 1) Evening: Bowling, BBQ and Beers Day2: * Workflow (part 2) * CWS * Cordys Cloud Provisioning Next steps: The architecture team will help in developing more architectural patterns and best practices ...