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OMG Certified UML professional (OCUP) certification

Hello,

since 2008-04-01 I’m an OCUP fundamental now. Compared to various Microsoft exams I have taken more than 10 years ago this certification was pretty hard, for three reasons:

  • The exam mainly checks the UML specification itself and not whether you can create good models (that is, using UML for describing the results of analysis and design work). This means, even if you are a experienced applicant of UML this knowledge won’t be of much use in the exam. In the standard Microsoft or Sun certification exams it is a significant advantage if you have been exposed to the relevant technologies in your work before.
  • The checked content is very abstract and rich in detail. The UML specification is about 1000 pages thick and the fundamental certification covers about 1/3.
  • There are no practice exams available, e.g. from Transcender or MesaureUp like for the more standard certifications. These practice exams are a very effective exam preparation.
  • The preparation material I have used was written in German, but the exam was in English.

But I’m absolutely confident that the knowledge I have acquired during the preparation will help me to create better products for EmPowerTec. And it sure was a good feeling when I received my result after the test :-)

Best regards,
Andreas

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4 Responses to “OMG Certified UML professional (OCUP) certification”

  1. Yanic Says:
    April 4th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Congratulations Andreas!

  2. Andreas Says:
    April 4th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    Thanks!
    Best regards, Andreas

  3. Darold Davis Says:
    November 4th, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    Hello Andreas

    This month I am planning to take the OMG-OCUP-100 Fundamentals exam and wondering how it will be structured.

    I have been going by the coverage map and using the UML Superstructure Specification, v2.3. Also I have been reading
    UML 2 Certification Guide, which has some mock questions at the end.

    My question to you is:

    -How did you prepare?
    -Is it necessary to know the entire notation (ex. what the Constraints, Association, Attributes, Generalizations and Semantics are for say Class)?
    -Anything you studied that you didn’t find on the exam?

    Anything additionally I should be aware of would be helpful.

    Thank you
    Darold Davis

  4. Andreas Says:
    November 7th, 2011 at 11:56 pm

    Hello Darold,

    I worked through the relevant chapters of the UML 2 Certification Guide
    http://www.amazon.com/UML-Certification-Guide-Fundamental-Intermediate/dp/0123735858/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320702798&sr=8-1
    which was quite sufficient.
    The book clearly lists the required chapters for each certification level.
    The specification contains much more details and is much harder to read than the book.

    Good Luck!

    Best regards,
    Andreas

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