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Official Activity Certificates

ivokivo — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:27:32 GMT

Hi,We are participating in a tender, which requires our developers to be certified in all tools that they are using for the implementation.We will be using Activity as a BPM. Do you know how do I get 5 or 6 certificates for my developers for Activity…Evo

Re: Official Activity Certificates

frederikherema1 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:55:15 GMT

We don't have any Activiti certification process in place for the moment and not planning anything in this direction. The only thing *remotely* activiti-certification is the "Alfresco Certified Engineer" program, although that only covers actvitvi workflow for a very small part.

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ivokivo — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:49:40 GMT

Thank you for the reply!

Is there a way for us to obtain an approval from someone from Alfresco who can sign that we can use it on a paper like a certificate.

Evo

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ronald_van_kuij — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:17:10 GMT

Is there a way for us to obtain an approval from someone from Alfresco who can sign that we can use it on a paper like a certificate.

I have no clue what you want here… The only thing that comes to mind is that it sounds like 'fraud'…. Can you elaborate?

Re: Official Activity Certificates

jbarrez — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:11:01 GMT

We indeed do't have any official certification.

On a personal note (and this is my opinion), software certifications are a thing of the past. A real 'certification' is url's to commits, pull requests, forum posts, blogs, etc ….
(but that is of course my personal opinion, not that of my employer 😉 )

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ivokivo — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:01:59 GMT

🙂

I didn't intend any fraudulent activities at all…

🙂

What I meant is the following:

Our developers (5 of them) who are extremely good in Activity get examined / questioned / whatever by someone in Activity/Alfresco. If they pass the Certification Exam - the person who examined them signs that they are indeed versed/certified in Activity.

With no official certification process, this was the closest to it as possible.

Evo

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ivokivo — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:03:57 GMT

Hi jbarrez,

You are absolutely right - certificates are nothing but pieces of paper.

Unfortunately this tender is at a Governmental level, and they require them or else - we can not participate… 😞

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ronald_van_kuij — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:11:40 GMT

I hope they don't use vi/textpad/gedit/svn plugins/… You'd loose the tender because you prices go skyrocket due to all the expensive certifications…

But seriously… You'd fail the exam, since the first question is 'what is this examination for' and the correctbanswer would be ActivitI with an i, not a y, so the required 100% score is already gone…

Ok now really serious… Hhhmmm should, I'm only part of the project, not working for Alfresco, so no chance for me to earn money from this…

Re: Official Activity Certificates

jbarrez — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:15:26 GMT

We don't have any official Activiti certification.

Like Frederik said, the closest you can get is the Alfresco training (they have an Activiti specific training) and the Alfresco certification (but that's more than Activiti only).

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ivokivo — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:50:15 GMT

Hello all,

I looked through the Alfresco certification but it is more geared towards developers…

For us, Business Analyst Activiti certificate is essential.

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ivokivo — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:55:53 GMT

Hello Ronald and Jombarez,

Do you think that we can do that:

1. We create a certification exam, which should be able to certify a Business Analyst can use Activiti
2. Someone in Alfresco/Activiti reviews it and agrees that it is enough for a certificate
3. Our analysts pass the exam
4. We submit the exam to Alfresco, so you can use it in the future for other certificates?

I really hope that works. I can even go to Maidenhead to talk to the Alfresco Training department if that makes sense?

Evo

Re: Official Activity Certificates

jbarrez — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:32:54 GMT

I really hope that works. I can even go to Maidenhead to talk to the Alfresco Training department if that makes sense?

I think that makes most sense, if it is that important to you. Cause I could look at it, but it would have very little value. Also, I'm obviously more geared towards developers. Send me a PM a with your email and I'll bring you in contact with someone in training.

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ivokivo — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:34:29 GMT

Here is my phone and email:

evo.stefanov@methodia.com
07789405070

Thank you

Re: Official Activity Certificates

ronald_van_kuij — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:29:18 GMT

Mybe camunda.com can help out here… They are also focussed on te business alnalysts.