Become an SEI Partner for Software Architecture

The SEI is seeking qualified organizations to become SEI Partners for providing SEI courses in Software Architecture. SEI Partners for Software Architecture are licensed to provide the Software Architecture: Principles and Practices and Documenting Software Architectures courses.

SEI Partners who deliver the Software Architecture: Principles and Practices (SAPP) course enable practicing software professionals to quickly gain insight into the latest concepts surrounding software architecture it successful use. The SAPP course was designed for professionals who design, develop, or manage the construction of software-intensive systems.

SEI Partners who deliver the Documenting Software Architectures (DSA) course will teach software architects how to produce a comprehensive documentation package for a software architecture that is useful to stakeholders.

STEPS FOR BECOMING A PARTNER FOR SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

1 Meet qualifications

As an SEI Partner for delivery of Software Architecture courses, you must sponsor one or more SEI-Certified instructors or SEI-Certified instructor candidates. For more information about the requirements for SEI-Certified SAPP and DSA instructors, visit SEI Certification.

2 Apply

Apply to become a Partner at http://partner-application.sei.cmu.edu/.

SEI representatives will review your application and respond to you within 45 business days. When SEI Partner Network representatives review applications, they are seeking organizations with the following:

• The ability to provide the highest quality training and consulting services and include quality assurance measures for those services.
• Demonstrated ability to transition technology practices in commercial settings, including competence in organizational change management.
• The financial ability to sponsor candidates through the qualification process, to effectively market software architecture technology and services to their target market and/or or to effectively introduce and implement software architecture technology and services into their organizations, and to make other investments that may be necessary to achieve their business plans.
• An interest in providing or a plan to provide software architecture training in parts of the world that may currently be under-served and in languages that may currently be under-represented in our current pool of SEI Partners.

3 Complete SEI Partner License Agreement

The License Agreement defines the responsibilities of both the SEI and the SEI Partner. After your application has been reviewed and your organization has been accepted as a candidate SEI Partner, you will be asked to sign the agreement.

4 Maintain your Partner status

Partner fees
SEI Partners pay annual organizational and support fees in addition to fees for instructor certification. These fees depend on how many instructors your organization sponsors. 

Certification
SEI-Certified instructors are required to maintain their certifications by instructing courses, staying up to date with the latest materials, and performing professional development activities.

Detailed Information: SEI Partners for Software Architecture Product Suite

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