pakgeek wrote: » Congrats on the pass. How does this differ from ITIL and how does this add value? What are the requirements for writing the exam?
eMeS wrote: » Congrats on the pass...you're the only person that I know of that has this one. MS
N2IT wrote: » What do you think of the SOA Foundations? I found some really good material from IBM Press that I think will help me get the basics. Do you think the SOA foundations is a good stepping stone?
N2IT wrote: » After reading the description of the exam and the intro of the books I got kind of gitty. The process is a lot different, at least the models seemed to be. So I suppose that will be my next step. For some reason I really don't have the drive for the technical certs like I once did. I really enjoy reading about the different processes and how they mirror the business needs of a organization.
N2IT wrote: » SOA is an amazing model / concept that I buy into 100%. I am not sure how difficult the cert is, but that is not what drives me to read the book, it's a great read.
eMeS wrote: » I don't think the market really knows anything about these certs. I think if you wanted an IBM job related to SOA, or wanted to work for an IBM partner heavy in the SOA space, then it might be a good thing. It's good stuff, but most people miss the similarities between ITIL and SOA. In many ways the body of knowledge that is referred to as "SOA" seems to purposefully try to complicate things that don't need to be complicated. I tend to think of ITIL working around the concept of services from the business-down, whereas SOA tends to work more from a technical perspective. The concepts described by SOA are really nothing new. If you ever took any kind of procedural or OO programming language, most of the concepts are the same, just done on a much larger scale. SOA is really the way things are done, whether or not anyone objects to the concept of SOA in its current form. Is this the book you're reading: Amazon.com: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Compass: Business Value, Planning, and… It's a good one, it's probably my favorite high-level overview of SOA as told by IBM Press... MS
N2IT wrote: » It was a great experience. I found the material from the book I purchased off line a tremendous resource. I scored a perfect 100%, I really needed that after tossing up a miserable 390 on the Project+ exam. Being in service management I obviously over stepped my skill set with Project +. Anyway it was a great experience and I am glad to have passed. It taught me a lot more about processes. I feel ISO 20000 goes into more depth as far as business processes go. If you have any questions about this exam PM me. Woohoo! **** Disclaimer for bad grammar**** I had 5 shock tops with an orange. *** Sorry forgot to list the book. It was the intro book on ISO 20000 from the Exin site.
