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BACOE Member Grades | Re-Certification | Business Architect Certification at No Cost |

Some Business Architect certifications and courses focus on theory at the expense of implementation; others focus solely on technology and exclude the interests of non-technical and non-management personnel. Others require no demonstration and have multiple choice, a, b, c, and d tests as the learning foundations.

The discipline of Business Architects is nowhere near the maturity of professional fields like surgeons, engineers, pilots/aviation, and architects for physical structures. There is no industry standard for the Business Architecture profession – only “self-declaration” by the “certification groups.” Compare BACOE to “Others.”

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With BACOE, you can ensure that your investment in Business Architecture provides the most benefit to your career and organization.

Business Architecture Certifications for Practitioners by Practitioners. The Business Architect Industry Practitioner Standard.

BACOE actually does Business Architecture – not just provide courses or education like the others out there. Therefore, we don't guarantee that you will be able to pass an exam.

We ensure that you are able to demonstrate your ability to develop a Business Architecture based on real-world issues and events.

Providing you with actual experience building models and completing analyses in a Business Architecture “project.”

Certification workshops are offered at various locations worldwide, live as a distance learning opportunity, or self-paced or presented on-site at your location. See detail of our training and certification workshops HERE.

BACOE Business Architect Certifications

BACOE practitioner certification provides you with the proven skills and tools to produce and develop usable and profitable Business Architectures.

Getting you ready to develop a Business Architecture "next Monday morning!"
More than theory alone, BACOE certification and training have you participate in all the phases of Business Architecture and certify your ability to transfer that knowledge to your organization.

BACOE certification is the most cost-effective Business Architect Certification - with high returns. When you add up the cost of other certification seminars, exams, architecture tools, and ancillary requirements, BACOE is, by far, the most cost-effective globally recognized Business Architect Certification.

We get those aspiring to do Architecture ready to go, with everything fully integrated, to genuinely develop a Business Architecture.

BACOE certification approaches are simple and straightforward;

Learn the practice of Business Architecture
Perform the Business Architecture you have learned
Be reviewed by the world's most experienced Business Architects
Receive the appropriate certification level
ALL in the Workshop itself!

Additionally, our educational courseware and Business Architecture approach is the foundation for the two Universities that offer Business Architecture degree programs – a testament to the quality of our Workshop and our offerings, and something we are very proud of (and frankly humbled!). We are not aware of other certification bodies or approaches that have the academic rigor we believe is required.

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There are four distinct member grades to recognize the professional accomplishments of BACOE members.

All Members will receive a certificate and lapel pin colored to denote the appropriate business architect classification and noting the expiration date of the classification certification.

Certified members will also have access to a secured area of our website with member content.

Business Architect

Recognizes those BACOE members who have demonstrated classroom performance and presentations, and successfully completed the BACOE Certification Workshop and associated modeling activities.

Valid for up to two years from successful Workshop completion.

Business Architect Certification Level 2

Senior Business Architect

Recognizes those BACOE members with at least 3 years of professional experience, and who have demonstrated performance that sets them apart from their peers.

Three years continuous Architecture experience
Five years of professional experience
Demonstrated performance on one actual Architecture Development reviewed by BACOE
Three recommendations from colleagues
Valid for up to three years from the completion of the Architecture Certification Development- or upon the date of certification from BACOE

Business Architecture Certification Level 3

Distinguished Business Architect

Recognizes those members, with at least 5 years of professional experience that have made significant accomplishments in the Business Architecture field.

Five years continuous Architecture experience
Seven years of professional experience
Demonstrated performance on three actual Architecture Developments that has been reviewed by BACOE
Accomplishment in, or impact on the Business Architecture fields
Four to seven recommendations from colleagues in the field. One of these recommendations must be from BACOE Members
Valid for up to three years from the completion of the third Business Architecture Development

Business Architecture Certification Level 4

Business Architect Fellow

This most prestigious membership recognizes the top BACOE members for their outstanding accomplishments in Business Architecture.

Seven years of continuous Architecture experience
Demonstrated performance on five actual Architecture Developments that have been reviewed by BACOE
Outstanding accomplishments in or significant impact on the Business Architecture fields
Eight recommendations from colleagues in the field. Three of these recommendations must be from BACOE Members
Valid for up to five years from the completion of the fifth Business Architecture Development

Register for BACOE's Practitioner Business Architect Certification

BACOE Business Architect Re-Certification Requirements

Like all GREAT Certifications and Training, there is an "expiration date," and ours have one also – two years. Re-Certification can be done in two different ways:

Option #1

Re-attend our Certification Workshop at a 30% fee reduction from the current Workshop fee,

Distance Learning,
Self-Paced,
1-on-1 (no fee reduction for the private one-on-one workshop).

Option #2

Submit equivalent work products for Re-Certification. To promote the "profession," we do not charge for this work products review service.

In order to obtain Re-Certification (option 2),

which parallels our BACOE Business Architecture Workshop, we require the following key items:

We look for a submission that provides a traceable path,

which we can observe, from a set of architecture models (architecture elements, definitions, structure) (1), transformation of the architecture models into relationship models (2), a transformation path, generation of the architecture and relationship models into projects/initiatives/capabilities (3), the definition for the architecture elements (name, definition) and the representation and definition of the initiatives (4), the provision for the understanding required by multiple stakeholders, and the priority scheme to move the organization to its desired state (5).

We would suggest a submission with these attributes being addressed and assist us by adding the numbers that indicate the different elements of the submission from the Architecture definition.

Please identify which of your submissions are associated with Architecture models (architecture elements, definitions, structures).

Please identify which of your submissions are associated with the transformation of these Architecture models into implementation/relationship models.

Please identify how the transformation from the architecture models to implementation/relationship models occurred, and which items are associated with these transformations – traceability and transparency are imperative.

Please identify which of your submissions are the generation of the projects/initiative/capabilities, from the architecture models and relationship models, and the techniques used for these generations.

Please identify which of your submissions are the definitions of the initiatives/projects/capabilities that were derived from the architecture models, and relationship models.

Please identify which of your submissions identify the various stakeholders, and which of your submissions are related to these various stakeholders.

Please identify which of your submissions identify the prioritization criteria used to prioritize the initiatives/projects/capabilities.

Please contact our team to submit your re-certification. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Business Architect Practitioner Standard. Certification at no cost….

BACOE’s mission is to advance the Business Architect profession, discipline, and base of understanding.

Think you have what it takes to produce BACOE's quality Business Architecture?

You can become BACOE Business Architect certified at no cost by following the same "pattern" noted for "BACOE Re-Certification" in the above section.