Monday, November 10, 2008

Gosh - OCEB Fundamentals certified

41 and getting a diploma....

As a betatester, I got certified as OMG's OCEB Fundamentals Certified Expert in BPM. Tada...

I think it is a good enough certification program, which is aware of the many schools in BPM thinking. The more European/Dutch focus on Risk management ("AO/IC") is lacking a bit, but in the Business Intermediate this is covered better.

Not sure if I will do betatesting for the rest. For some reason, OMG seems to be really pushing the schedule. For the Fundamentals exam, I received the invitation on June 25th, and had to do the exam before july 25th. The results I received only recently. The Business Intermediate invitation I received on October 10th, with a deadline of November 14. And now the Technical Intermediate has a deadline of Dec 4th - 3 weeks after the deadline of Business Intermediate. While the amount of materials is growing and growing.

Hm.... BPM consultants are busy and have family lives... (or is that a European bias?)

But anyway, I seem to be the first Dutch OCEB certified... Or?

6 comments:

  1. Roeland,
    Congrats for your OCEB certification. Can you please share some details about the exam like

    1) Number of questions and passing score
    2) Which books did you refer to? I was planning to buy only one book from the list of recommended books. Which book would you recommend?
    3) What would be the typical preparation time for the exam (for a Business Analyst with basic understanding of BPM)

    Thanks in advance
    Makarand

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  2. Thanks.
    Sure, some details:
    - As a beta tester, I think I got more questions. But the exam (as said on the OCEB websit, see http://www.omg.org/oceb/index.htm) has 90 multiple choice questions
    - The material to be studied can also be found at the OMG OCEB website
    - I spend about 40 - 60 hours studying.

    Good luck!

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  3. Hi Roeland,
    Congrats on your OCEB certification. I am a BPM Consultant and am interested in pursuing the same. Can you please let me know the fees for the Fundamental, Business Intermediate and Business advanced exams?
    Thanks,
    Duhita

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  4. I would suggest to check the OMG website itself.
    http://www.omg.org/oceb/

    Regards,
    Roeland

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  5. Hi Roeland,

    Congratulations! I've been hearing some very positive comments on the Executive Master Class in Business Process Management, organised by Vlerick Management School in Belgium. I was told it would be a programme that unites BPM knowledge with enterprise management skilss. I think I will consider this to achieve an executive master certificate. Anyone else with some reactions on this master class programme? (fyi: www.vlerick.com/mcbpm). Regards, Tony

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  6. Congratulations!
    Me too got this OMG OCEB Fundamental certication and I´m waiting for the other OMG's certifications results...

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