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Today I had my SOASchool.com Module 8 exam for the SOA Certified Architect certification. Suggested preparation: You have to follow a course or buy the selfstudy kit Read the chapters of the SOA Design Patterns book Read the reader of the selfstudy kit You really need to understand the Patterns and also the use of the patterns in relation to each other Questions The questions are the same as the other exams Select All That Apply are the difficult ones and there were quite a lot Next is the final Module 9  for me, and this is the Lab. The Certification is valuable, because it shows that you know and understand the terms and challenges you face when working within a Service Oriented Architecture. Or trying to work towards a SOA. The nice thing about this certification is that it is Vendor Neutral. It does not mention a particular platform. It does however address the SOA standards out there and that is a good thing of course. The customers will also recognize this kind...

Friday I had my 3rd exam SOA Design & Architecture . In this exam you also get 50 questions and you need to have 80% right. This exam is about understanding the 8 principles of Service Orientation. It has strong resemblance with the first module, but this exam was more detailed. Up to module 8 of my SOA Architect Certification.

I am currently studying for the first module of the 5 module certification traject for becoming a SOA Certified Architect . What I like about the traject is that you have the option to go to workshops or order self study kits . The workshops can be followed also at the SOA Symposium in Rotterdam in october 2009. Furthermore the exams are based on the books of Thomas Erl a respected author in the SOA field. I have ordered the self study kit and it took a couple of weeks to arrive. It contains two reading materials, one handout of the presentation (fortunately with an audio CD) and one what to study and example questions (unfortunately just three). The audio CDs are a pain to listen to. It looks like generated from text with hardly any tonations. The best way for me was to read the SOA Principles of Service Design book. Tomorrow (4 sept 2009) is my exam for this first module. Keep you up-to-date about the level required. What I am curious about though is how this certification is seen...