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Annual Renewal / Program Participation Fee

The Open Group Professional Certification Program has required certified individuals to pay an Annual Fee each year on the anniversary of achieving certification in order to maintain their certification and continue to participate in the program.

The Annual Fee has been discontinued effective July 1, 2019, but the re-certification fee due every 3 years remains. See the Fee Schedule for further information.

Joining a Peer Review Board

A Peer Review Board is a group of subject matter experts appointed by the Certification Authority to assess applications for a Milestone Badge or for certification. Participation in a Peer Review Board is by invitation only. To be eligible, you must meet one of the following criteria:

Open Professions Legal Agreements

The following agreement is entered into by candidates for all activity in the Open Professions program, including for Milestone Badge applications, Experience Applications (for certification), and the Open CA Declaration of Continued Practice (for Open CA re-certification).

Problem Reporting and Interpretations

During the certification and accreditation processes or during the preparation phase, you may encounter a problem that inhibits or will inhibit your certification effort. You can file a Problem Report via this website to obtain resolution to the issue. The Open CA Certification Authority is the sole interface that you need to deal with for such problem reporting, although other parties may be involved in determining the resolution.

The types of problems that may be found include:

Recognized Methods for Architecture

Accenture Delivery Methods (ADM)
Advanced Generali Systems Engineering Method (AGSM)
Allstate Architecture Standards and Methods (AASM)
BearingPoint Configure To Fit Method
BearingPoint Methodology
Bredemeyer VAP

Application Forms for Data Scientist Milestone Badges and Certification

The Application Forms are used to enable candidates to provide evidence of meeting the applicable Conformance Requirements for a Milestone Badge or for certification.

Candidates need to register for a Milestone Badge or certification and, as part of the process of obtaining the Milestone Badge or certification, will be asked to submit the application form. Registration for certification is only available after you have obtained the required Milestone Badges as defined in the Configuration Document.

Directory of Certified Data Scientists

The Open Certified Data Scientist (Open CDS) program launched in January 2019. There are no Certified Data Scientists yet.

Prior to achieving certification, individuals must obtain Milestone Badges (4 or 5, depending on the level of certification). These Open Badges are published with The Open Group's partner, Acclaim. Learn more about The Open Group's Open Badges program.

Open Professions Milestone Badge and Certification Fees

Milestone Badge Fees

The Milestone Badge Fees are per badge registration and due at the time the Milestone Badge Application is submitted to the Certification Authority. To pay your fee, select the badge name to be taken to our shop.

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