The Open Group® Professional Certification Program: Accreditation Requirements, 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).

This Accreditation Requirements document defines the criteria that a certification program and the organization operating such program must meet in order to achieve accreditation in The Open Group Professional Certification Program.