IBM Software Group

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IBM Software Group
Lotus Workplace Certification and Program
Updates Barbara Bowen, Manager, WW Professional
Certification Programs Bill McCook, Manager, Exam
Development
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What We'll Cover Today

• Lotus Certification Programs Overview
• Lotus Workplace
• The products, the program, the exams, and getting
  ready
• Education offerings - what's available and what's
  coming
• Skills Roadmaps - moving beyond Domino
• Notes and Domino certification updates
• Overall Program Updates

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Lotus Certification Programs - an overview

• 3 Distinct Programs
• Lotus Notes and Domino
• Collaborative Solutions
• Lotus Workplace
• 3 levels associate, professional, advanced
  professional
• Role based administrator, developer, instructor
• Part of the IBM Certified Professional program
  from the IBM Software Group
• Same levels and brand appropriate roles found in
  DB2, WebSphere and Tivoli (coming soon -
  Rational)

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IBM Lotus Workplace - What is it? (KISB)

• A family of integrated collaborative products
  that connect people with business processes.
• IBM Lotus Workplace products can be combined as
  needed to meet business or industry-specific
  needs. A rich client experience is available,
  providing a choice that is suitable for advanced
  users and that can be extended based on their job
  roles.
• E-mail
• Calendaring and scheduling
• Personal address book
• Instant messaging and presence awareness
• Customizable team spaces
• Discussion forums
• Document sharing
• Web conferencing
• Document web content management
• Collaborative learning
• People finder

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Lotus Workplace Products

• IBM Lotus Workplace Messaging 2.0
• enabled by IBM Workplace Client Technology,
  flexible cost effective way to extend the reach
  of standards based messaging to a broad range of
  users.
• IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management 2.0
• helps resolve IT and webmaster bottlenecks by
  placing content creation and management in the
  hands of content experts for "author once,
  publish everywhere" control.
• IBM Lotus Workplace Team Collaboration 2.0
• helps individuals, teams, and entire
  organizations -- together with their customers,
  business partners, and suppliers -- increase
  business efficiency.
• IBM Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.0
• helps organizations manage their training
  programs more efficiently and deliver a variety
  of learning experiences to users.
• IBM Lotus Workplace Documents 2.0
• powered by IBM Workplace Client Technology,
  provides a low cost, secure-rich, standards-based
  document management solution for simple document
  handling, editing and organization.

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Lotus Workplace Certification Program

• "The right skills at the right time"
• Choice in products, choice in roles, choice in
  certification
• Lotus Certification Advisory team to play a role
  - more on this later
• Role based and product based
• Exams developed through Job task analysis process
• Initial exams to be released
• 820 - Implementing and Administering IBM Lotus
  Workplace Messaging 2
• IBM Certified Administrator - Lotus Workplace
  Messaging 2
• 830 - Developing Websites Using IBM Lotus
  Workplace Web Content Management 2 with Java
• IBM Certified Developer - Lotus Workplace Web
  Content Management 2 with Java
• Release dates - August

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Exam Preparation - Workplace Messaging

• General pre-reqs
• familiarity with WAS
• basic WS Portal skills
• familiarity with basic database concepts
• general knowledge of LDAP directories
• Projected skills needed
• Knowledge of basic architecture
• Installing Lotus Workplace Messaging
• Configuring Lotus Workplace Messaging
• Performing user maintenance
• Performing system maintenance
• Troubleshooting
• Final Exam Guide to be available soon
• Specific details of skill areas and recommended
  preparation materials available at
  http//www.lotus.com/certification

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Exam Preparation - Web Content Management

• Projected skills needed
• Performing Site Development
• Creating workflow and implementing effective
  security
• Applying information architecture principles and
  concepts
• Content Publishing
• Final Exam Guide to be available soon
• Specific details of skill areas and recommended
  preparation materials available at
  http//www.lotus.com/certification

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Lotus Workplace Education Offerings

• For the technical audience
• Implementing IBM Lotus Workplace Messaging 2
  (coming!)
• Implementing IBM Lotus Workplace Team
  Collaboration 2 Basics
• Developing Web Sites Using IBM Lotus Workplace
  Web Content Management 2 for Lotus Domino (ILT)
• Developing Web Sites Using IBM Lotus Workplace
  Web Content Management 2 for Java
• Administering IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content
  Management 2
• Boot Camp for IBM Lotus Workplace 2 - System
  Administration (soon)
• Creating an IBM Lotus Workplace Application from
  a Template
• Using the IBM Lotus Domino Application Portlet
• Developing IBM Lotus Workplace Applications Using
  Workplace Builder
• For end users
• Using IBM Lotus Workplace 2
• Introducing IBM Lotus Workplace Messaging 2 (DL)
• Publishing Web Content Using IBM Lotus Workplace
  Web Content Management 2 for Java
• Publishing Web Content Using IBM Lotus Workplace
  Web Content Management 2 for Lotus Domino

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What's Next with Lotus Workplace Certification?

• "Choice" allows us to add components and roles
• Focus on other Lotus Workplace products or
  functions - e.g.,
• evaluating IBM Lotus Team Collaboration
• and IBM Lotus Workplace Documents
• Why earn Lotus Workplace Certifications now?
• Be one of the first!
• Expand your skillset beyond traditional
  Domino/Notes

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Skills Roadmap - Getting you there
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Notes and Domino Release 5 Exams

• Will be discontinued and no longer available
  November 30, 2004
• LotusScript, Java and Javascript exams will
  remain available as advanced electives for Notes
  and Domino 6
• The good news special offers to get finished!
• CertFX R5 practice tests 40 off
• SmartCertify - steep discounts up to 1,000 off
  on CBT packages for R5
• SelfTest Practice tests - 30 off
• See special offers area of the Lotus
  Certification private website

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Notes and Domino 6/6.5

• Notes and Domino 6 exams were reviewed and
  updated to 6/6.5
• Titles for all IBM Certified Professionals were
  updated in our records to 6/6.5.
• We did not mail new certification kits
• Yes, you can request one.
• On-line services area of the Lotus Certification
  private website
• http//www.lotus.com/eduationzone
• Send an email to certification_at_lotus.com
• Include your full name, testing id number, and
  current address

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Notes and Domino 7

• Don't ask us the date
• Early thoughts
• We'll have an upgrade path from Notes and Domino 6

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A Few Good Men and Women

• Announcing the Lotus Certification Advisory Board
• Help us develop Lotus Certification Programs
• Offerings
• Benefits
• Structure
• Looking for variety
• developers, administrators
• geographically diverse
• all products, all experience levels
• 12 people
• Virtual and in face meetings (Lotusphere)
• Send your request to participate to
  certification_at_lotus.com

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More Information

• Skills roadmaps http//www.lotus.com/training
• Lotus Workplace Exam Information
  http//www.lotus.com/certification
• Lotus Certification private web area
  http//www.lotus.com/educationzone
• Customer service certification_at_lotus.com
• Questions for me Barbara_Bowen_at_us.ibm.com
• Exam Development William_McCook_at_us.ibm.com

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Live QA

• You may submit your questions to Barbara Bowen at
  any time.

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