Lotus Certifications
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Lotus Certifications for Not Yet Techies

Lotus is now owned by IBM. They currently have 6
areas of certifications:

A. Lotus Workplace
B. Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5 Recertification
C. Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5 Application Development
D. Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5 System Administration
E. Collaborative Solutions Applications Development
F. Collaborative Solutions System Administration

A. Lotus Workplace has two separate certifications:

1. IBM Certified System Administrator - Lotus Workplace Messaging 2
Take and pass -- Exam 820: Implementing and Administering
IBM Lotus Workplace Messaging 2
This credential is targeted toward developers.


2. IBM Certified Application Developer - Lotus Workplace Web
Content Management 2 with Java
Take and pass -- Exam 830: Developing Websites Using
IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management 2 with Java
This credential is targeted toward systems administrators.


B. For Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5 Recertification there are
two certification paths:

1. IBM Certified Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5 --
You must be either CLP Domino R5 Application Developer or
a CLP Domino R5 Principal Application Developer AND
pass Exam 601: Notes Domino 6 Application Development Update

2. IBM Certified System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5 --
You must be either a CLP Domino R5 System Administrator or
a CLP R5 Principal System Administrator AND
pass Exam 602: Notes Domino 6 System Administrator Update

C. Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5 Application Development

There are 3 separate levels of this category:

1. IBM Certified Associate Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5

You must pass Exam 610: Notes Domino 6 Application
Development Foundational Skills

2. IBM Certified Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5

You must pass 3 exams:

1. Exam 610: Notes Domino 6 Application Development Foundational Skills
2. Exam 611: Notes Domino 6 Application Development Intermediate Skills
3. Exam 612: Notes Domino 6: Developing Web Applications

3. IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5

You must pass 3 exams:

1. Exam 513: Using JavaScript in Notes Domino Applications
2. Exam 273: LotusScript in Notes for Advanced Developers
3. Exam 516: Using Java in Notes Domino Applications

D. Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5 System Administrator

There are 3 separate levels in this category:

1. IBM Certified Associate System Administrator - Lotus Notes and
Domino 6/6.5

You must pass 1 exam:

Exam 620: Notes Domino 6 System Administration Operating Fundamentals

2. IBM Certified System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5

You must pass 3 exams:

1. Exam 620: Notes Domino 6 System Administration Operating Fundamentals
2. Exam 621: Notes Domino 6: Building the Infrastructure
3. Exam 622: Notes Domino 6: Managing Servers and Users

3. IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5

You must pass one additional exam:

Exam 623: Notes Domino 6: Configuring Domino Web Servers

E. Collaborative Solutions Applications Development

There are 3 levels to this category:

1. IBM Certified Associate Developer - Lotus Collaborative Solutions

You must pass ONE out of these four exams:

a. Exam 561: Developing Instant Collaborative Applications with
QuickPlace 3
b. Exam 563: Domino.Doc 3.0 Customization
c. Exam 565: Developing Applications using Lotus Workflow 3
d. Exam 572: Developing Web Applications Sametime 3

2. IBM Certified Application Developer - Lotus Collaborative Solutions

You must take and pass any 3 out of those 4 exams (see above).

3. IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer - Lotus Collaborative
Solutions

You must pass all 4 of the same above exams.

F. Collaborative Solutions System Administration

There are 3 levels to this category:

1. IBM Certified Associate System Administrator - Lotus Collaborative
Solutions

You must pass one of the following four exams:

Exam 531: Administering QuickPlace 3
Exam 533: Domino.Doc System Administration 3.0
Exam 542: Administering Sametime 3
Exam 534: Implementing Lotus Discovery Server 1.0

2. IBM Certified System Administrator - Lotus Collaborative Solutions

You must pass any 3 out of 4 of the above same exams.

3. IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator - Lotus Collaborative
Solutions

You must pass all 4 of the above exams.

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Lotus certifications
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