Why Should I attend the CPSA® Foundation Level Training Course?
The iSAQB’s Certified Professional for Software Architecture program (CPSA) is a program of further education. It is aimed at anyone who works on solution structures in IT projects. Within the multi-level CPSA program, the Foundation Level is the first step. It provides a solid and pragmatic introduction to software architecture. But why exactly should you,…
Read MoreSAG 2021 Session Recording: “Essential Architectural Thinking”
There is a lot of confusion regarding architectural work these days. When? How much? Who? Tons of heated debates, and nobody is asking the essential question: Why? But without asking Why, all the other questions are futile. Thus, this session at the Software Architecture Gathering 2021 by Uwe Friedrichsen will start by asking: *Why* do…
Read MoreSetup for Hybrid Workshops
Abstract Hybrid: From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. (Source: Wiktionary) Hybrid workshops allow people online and on-site to collaborate, both in education/training, or other types of meetings. Before COVID-19, workshops and trainings were…
Read MoreHow to Identify a Good Certificate?
There is a wide range of certificates on offer, yet most certificates and certification procedures are based on a similar process with some comparable variants…
Read MoreThe (new) Software Architecture Foundation Curriculum
Want to learn Software Architecture? Look no further – the recently released iSAQB Foundation Curriculum covers all your needs! A group of international software architecture experts has been working on optimizing and streamlining this systematic education path, resulting in the most systematic and practical curriculum ever. The 2021 update is the result of nearly 12 months…
Read MoreMigrating the iSAQB® Mock Examination to AsciiDoc
The iSAQB provides a mock exam for the Foundation Level certification. This post shows how we moved this exam from docx format to AsciiDoc, facilitating collaboration and enabling automated generation of the required multilingual document variants. So, this is the story of how we moved from Microsoft Word to AsciiDoc for the collaboration on files…
Read MoreThe iSAQB CPSA Certification Scheme – Meaning, Benefits, and Structure
In this brand-new podcast episode, Carola Lilienthal, Gernot Starke, and Eberhard Wolff sat together to discuss the iSAQB’s two-level certification scheme CPSA – Certified Professional for Software Architecture – in detail. What are the reasons for, and what is the actual meaning of the CPSA certification program? Which are the benefits for participants, but also…
Read MoreSoftware Architects in Changing Times
Christoph Witte: Hello, my name is Christoph Witte. I’m a freelance journalist. I’m here in front of the booth of the International Software Architecture Qualification Board at the OOP conference in Munich. And I want to talk to Mischa Soujon. He’s working at IBM as a solution architect, making prototypes, and proof of concept for…
Read MoreIntroduction to the iSAQB® CPSA® Certification Program
You are a software architect, or interested in becoming one, and would like to know more about the iSAQB CPSA certification program, and how your career could benefit from it? Then take a look at this presentation, created in a cooperation with iSQI. iSAQB member Roger Rhoades gives an overview of the field of software architecture,…
Read MoreSoftware Architecture Fundamentals
Mirko Hillert: Hello, we are here at OOP in Munich. Standing next to me is Mahbouba Gharbi, chairwoman of the iSAQB. Mahbouba, you are an author, software architect and trainer. You wrote a book with Arne Koschel, Andreas Rausch and Gernot Starke. It is called Software Architecture Fundamentals. The book is quite successful and is…
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