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Training Program Introduction

Mature professions have well established and recognized educational, internship and certification programs. If an individual wants to become a medical doctor, for example, they must be accepted to medical school and pass a number of examinations, successfully complete an internship and residency and take rigorous board certifications.    It is time we took a similiar approach to IT architecture as well.

IASA members have already defined the description of the knowledge and skill competencies necessary for a professional IT architect within three specializations: business architecture, software architecture and infrastructure architecture.  The knowledge and skills are defined at the foundation level and the specialization level.  (visit the Skills Library for additional information) 

Overview

The IASA Training Program includes the following components:

  • 88 online courses to be delivered in phases (eighty lower level and eight mid-level courses) view course catalog
  • A Skills Assessment Module to test an architects current capabilities
  • Courses will be released online at rates comparable to university classes and industry conferences view rates
  • An Accreditation for Training Providers to scale the training both in person and online around the world
The training program will not compete with existing training providers but provided a comprehensive measurement against which an organization can judge their services. The training content will be updated annually by the course
instructors.
 
 
Specialties and Levels of Mastery
 
IT architecture mastery breaks down into three broad categories of specialization (future additional specializations are possible):
  • Software architecture (applications and services)
  • Infrastructure architecture (networks and operations)
  • Business architecture (business and technology alignment)
Although there will be overlap in preferred coursework for each of these specialties, most students will track themselves to one of the above specialties. A future project will define specific certifications to be delivered upon proven completion of three levels of these specialties:
  • Associate Architect (ready to work under the auspices of Professionals or Masters)
  • Professional Architect (capable of working alone)
  • Master Architect (capable of training other architects)