Danish IT Society Architecture Certification™ Foundation

The Foundation Certification provides a broad common starting point and better communication for IT architects and others who are involved with IT architecture. The Education for IT Architects is a Danish certification model targeted IT Architecture with FDA (Fællesoffentlig Digital Arkitektur - The common public-sector digital architecture) and The Danish IT Society Architecture Competence Framework – DIT ACF as a context, and also incorporates TOGAF. This certification model forms the basis for Practitioner and Master courses.

Download and read the syllabus here.
The syllabus contains and describes learning objectives, teaching hours, literature, etc.
Download the glossary here.
Access the Danish IT Society Architecture Competence Framework, DIT ACF, here.

The Foundation certification represents the level of introduction of Danish IT Society's certification model in IT architecture. The certification model is illustrated below.

The purpose of this level of Foundation is to present essential models, problems as well as concept clarification. The focus lies on conceptual understanding and knowledge of different IT architecture considerations. The focus also lies on the communication for IT architects and involvement of the right decision makers in order to achieve the goals of the projects.

The target group for the certification is for all with an interest in IT Architecture. The typical participant has some years of practical IT experience focusing on software development, system management, project management or similar.

The certification provides access to the specialized Practitioner certifications and will therefore address relevant issues.

IT Architecture Certification Overview Figure

Duration: 60 min. (+ 15 min. in a language other than native language)
Number of questions: 40
Passing percentage: 65%
Format: Online or paper-based exam. Multiple Choice questions.
Available languages: Danish and English
Assistive devices: Not allowed
Level: Foundation
Requirements: None. Self-study is allowed

All courses are provided by Danish IT Society's course partners that are approved by Danish IT Society.

The same for all course partners are:

The content and the quality of the course meet the requirements of Danish IT, including the competence description
Possibility to take a final certification documenting the knowledge in accordance with the competence description

What can vary between course partners are:

Course duration
Teaching methods
The teacher
Location
Welfare
The price

For more information and registration, please contact the individual course provider by clicking on their logo in the next section.

If you are interested in taking a certification in IT Architecture Foundation in English, you can choose to self-study and attend the public exam at Danish IT Society.

Read more about self-study and public exams here.

If you are interested in a course on-demand, please contact one of the accredited course providers below: