IASA Distinguished
January 12, 2025 2025-01-27 18:56IASA Distinguished
The Iasa CITA-Distinguished certification is awarded to the leading Business & Technology Architects of our time.
This certification is incredibly difficult to achieve. Candidates must demonstrate to a board of their peers, mastery in the Iasa 5 pillars of Architecture through their experience and career.
Achieving CITA-Distinguished highlights this experience and mastery of the pillars of architecture across a career
Is 'Distinguished' right for You?
Path to Certification
Over 10 years in the industry as a senior practicing architect.
A track record of industry and enterprise-level contribution to architecture
CITA-Professional level certification or equivalent is highly recommended.
Extensive documentation is required prior to being scheduled to sit this review board.
Coaching – Registration to be considered for a CITA-D board level review & certification includes a set number of coaching sessions with an IASA CITA-Distinguished architect. This process is designed to provide guidance to the candidate as they prepare their materials for the board. The coach also serves as a gate keeper to ensure that candidates are ready in their career to successfully pass the board.
Extensive documentation is required prior to being scheduled to sit this review board. A full manual and a recorded mock board is available following registration.
The CITA-D credential is achieved by passing a rigorous board review by your peers who are practicing CITA-D’s themselves. The board is a three hour review process (online or onsite) including:
a. 30 minute presentation given by the candidate
b. 60 minute Q&A Session on documentation provided and presentation made
c. 10 minute break
d. 40 minute final Q&A session
e. 10 minute wrap up and next steps
A decision is made by the independent board and conveyed to the candidate by the moderator within 48 hours of the review board.
The Iasa Continuing Education Program exists to ensure that architects are continually learning new skills and keeping up-to-date with state of the art practice. The Certified IT Architect – Associate (CITA-A) level requires individuals to maintain an active Full Iasa Membership. Credential holders are also required to collect at least 80 hours of CEU’s (Continuing Education Units) the equivalent of two work weeks, bi-annually. In combination with obtaining CEU’s, the credential holder is also required to have worked as an architect for a period of at least 16-weeks. All CEU’s can be submitted at one time or at your convenience within that period. More detail can be found through the links below.
Certification Details
- Multiple-Choice Exam
- Exam Time: 150 minutes
- Critical Areas of the BTABoK
- Exams deployed online and onsite
- Core Ideas and Language
- Over 5,000 Satisfied Students
- More than 200 organizations trained
Which certification is right for you?
Iasa certifications are the first global industry architect certifications that are completely vendor independent and run only by practicing architects. Iasa provides four levels of certification which describe the major milestones in an architect’s career.
Regardless of where you are in your career Iasa Global has a certification for you. The Iasa Certification Program delineates a four-tier certification path designed to level-set architects based on a combination of criteria including education, experience and test-based examination of professional knowledge of architectural skills and management.
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Certification Highlights
- Written by architects – vendor agnostic
- Knowledge and experience based
- Multiple levels – Foundation through Professional
- Exams deployed online and onsite
- Multiple review board options
Instructor-led Training
The Iasa community is at the forefront in providing the most current skills training, best practices and business development strategies. Our courses and certification examinations are lead by the Iasa Board of Education, which is a volunteer, member-based board of certified architects who are responsible for setting our global curriculum, certification and education policies.
