The Open Group® Professional Certification Program: Accreditation Policy, Version 1.0

The Open Group Professional Certification Program is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of business or IT-related specializations. The Program is skills and experience-based and goes beyond validating the mastery of any specific knowledge base. The program covers multiple professions: Architect (Open CA), Technical Specialist (Open CTS), IT Manager (Open CITM). Data Scientist (CDS).

This Accreditation Policy document sets out the policies and processes by which an organization may achieve accreditation for their third-party professional certification program.