Intermediate Level Certification

IBM Certified BPM System Administration - Business Process Manager

Advanced V8.5

February 14, 2014

IBM is pleased to announce the addition of the following job-role certification and applicable test to the Professional Certification Program from IBM. This certification is available worldwide today, February 14, 2014. By achieving this certification, intermediate level system administrators have validated their knowledge and skills and can demonstrate their technical competence to others.

IBM Certified BPM System Administration - Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5

Test C2180-402: IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5, System Administration

This intermediate level certification is intended for system administrators (and system integrators, infrastructure architects, application architects and solutions architects) who perform the installation, configuration and day-to-day tasks associated with ensuring the smooth, reliable, and efficient operation of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment and IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5 environments focusing on IBM Process Center and IBM Process Server administration.

With regards to IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5, this includes product installation, configuration, topology selection, and deployment of business processes, connecting to back-end resources and troubleshooting. These individuals tune and secure IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5 with respect to resource utilization, scaling, clustering, deployment environments, and load balancing as appropriate.

These system administrators are generally self-sufficient and are able to perform most of the tasks involved in the role with limited assistance from peers, product documentation and vendor support services.

To attain the IBM Certified BPM System Administration - Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5 certification, candidates must possess the skills outlined under Recommended Prerequisites below and pass 2 tests, Test C2180-401 and Test C2180-402.

Test C2180-401is designed to measure skills in the areas of:

Order Area Percentage

1.Architecture11%

2. Product Installation, Configuration and Maintenance15%

3. Application Management (Assembly, Deployment and Configuration) 9%

4.Administrative Tools14%

5.Security configuration and Maintenance14%

6.Clustering and Workload Management 9%

7.Intelligent Management and Resiliency 6%

8.Performance Monitoring and Tuning11%

9.Problem Determination11%

Test C2180-402 is designed to measure skills in the areas of:

Order Area Percentage

1.Architecture and Topology11%

2. Installation and Maintenance19%

3. Configuration 17%

4.Administration and Application Deployment19%

5.Security11%

6.Performance Monitoring and Tuning 9%

7.Troubleshooting15%

Practical experience and in-depth product knowledge are required to ensure success on the tests.

To help candidates prepare, the following information is provided and accessible via the IBM Certified BPM System Administration - Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5

page:

  • job role description/target audience to which the test is built
  • test objectives or detailed skills measured on the test
  • test preparation / training resources used to prepare based on the test objectives
  • sample test questions

Test C2180-401 is a 120 minute test. Test C2180-402 is a 90 minute test The test fee is set to the economy of a country as $200 USD each in developed countries and $100 USD each in emerging market countries. For the test fee per country, please refer tothisurl.

To access the certification roadmap, click here, and refer to the Roadmap for Business Process Management.

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