iSAQB® ARCEVAL - Architecture Evaluation Certification

ARCEVAL aims to promote collaboration among different stakeholders in the development process by providing a shared methodology and common understanding for evaluating architecture.

Participating in ARCEVAL can be beneficial for developers as it provides them with feedback and support to do their work faster and more efficiently. Improving architecture quality through ARCEVAL can also help developers make fewer mistakes and achieve higher code quality.

ARCEVAL is designed for software architects, developers, project managers, and quality managers who need to be able to assess and improve the architectural quality of software projects. Companies can benefit from ARCEVAL certification by improving the quality of their software architecture and optimizing their development processes.

Yes, tectrain is an accredited iSAQB® training provider. You get the credit points at the end of your certification exam.

If you have lost your certificate, you can contact the certification body that conducted your exam or the iSAQB directly. You can apply for a copy of your certificate within ten years after the exam date.

No, the credit points you have acquired are valid indefinitely and do not expire.

ARCEVAL offers several benefits for businesses, including:

• Improved architecture quality: ARCEVAL provides a structured method for assessing and improving the architectural quality of software projects, leading to better software design and reduced technical debt.

• Increased developer efficiency: ARCEVAL can improve developer efficiency by providing feedback and support to help them work more effectively. Improving architecture quality can also help developers accomplish their work faster and more efficiently.

• Process optimization: ARCEVAL helps businesses optimize their development processes. By identifying weaknesses and deriving improvement measures, businesses can continuously improve their development processes.

The goals of the ARCEVAL certification program are:

• Improvement of architecture quality: ARCEVAL aims to improve the architecture quality of software projects by providing participants with a structured method for evaluating architectures and making improvements.

• Creation of transparency: ARCEVAL aims to create transparency in the development process by providing participants with feedback and evaluations on various aspects of architecture and the development process.

• Increase of effectiveness: ARCEVAL aims to increase the effectiveness of the development process by providing participants with a methodology that supports them in identifying weaknesses and deriving improvement measures.

• Standardization of evaluation methods: ARCEVAL aims to standardize evaluation methods and criteria to enable comparability between different projects and organizations.

ARCEVAL is a certification program offered by the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB) that focuses on the assessment and improvement of the architectural quality of software projects.

It is an advantage as a participant to have the following knowledge and experience:

• As taught at the CPSA-F Basic Level, different views, overarching concepts, boundary conditions, design decisions, etc. It lays the foundations for describing architecture using.
• Own experience with creating and maintaining software, particularly the architecture of software or software-related systems, is also desirable.

The iSAQB stipulates a formal and organizational separation between the training and examination providers. That is why these two roles exist. The training providers offer courses, training, and workshops to prepare you, for example, for the CPSA-F exam or your CPSA-A thesis.

The exam providers take the CPSA-F and CPSA-A exams - however, they are not allowed to offer any training courses in this area.

ARCEVAL aims to promote transparency in the development process by providing feedback and evaluations to participants on various aspects of architecture and the development process.

ARCEVAL helps companies optimize their development processes. By identifying weaknesses and deriving improvement measures, companies can continuously improve their development processes.

As part of the ARCEVAL certification program, participants learn how to evaluate and assess software architectures. This includes the use of evaluation criteria and methods, analysis of architecture models, identification of weaknesses, and derivation of improvement measures.

Information system 

An information system is used to retrieve information and process business transactions. Users in different roles work together on an overall result. The procedure takes over the storage, output and input, validation, and processing of the data for you. There is also the aggregation of data into reports. 

Information systems are often used on the Internet of a company. One usually expects users whose behavior, for example, about scaling, is predictable and regular within certain limits (not "free wild" as with the Internet). 

More complex business processes are often significant, so it can be challenging to properly authorized users for business processes. 

There can also be web-based information systems, but they are not "web systems."

Web system 

A web system serves the same purposes as an information system. However, there is a difference in the target group and the type of use. A web system is intended for use on the Internet (the "wild"). The Internet provides an environment in which high numbers of users, a highly variable load, and the occasional malicious attacker are to be expected. Due to Internet use, higher network latencies are often desired than in-house applications. This may harm the system response time behavior and thus also its usability. You have to consider these exceptional circumstances when designing the web system (in addition to the technicality)

There can also be web-based information systems, but they are not "web systems."

Embedded system

An embedded system is directly connected to the environment through sensors and can also influence the environment through actuators. Often the tasks of an embedded are measurement, control, or regulation of the processes in its environment. In contrast, the atmosphere in information or web systems consists exclusively of human users or other IT systems. The resources (e.g., memory, energy, computing time) are often very limited in embedded systems compared to information and web systems, and architectures for these systems must consider this. Latencies often play a role, i. H. the reaction time to external events and their processing. Exceptional cases here are embedded real-time systems, in which timely processing of tasks is essential, and safety-critical systems.

ARCEVAL can benefit various stakeholders in the software project development process, particularly:

• Software architects: ARCEVAL provides software architects with a structured method to assess and improve the architectural quality of software projects. Through ARCEVAL certification, software architects can improve their skills in architecture evaluation and make their work more effective.

• Developers: ARCEVAL provides developers with feedback and support to accomplish their work faster and more efficiently. Improving the architecture quality through ARCEVAL can also help developers make fewer mistakes and achieve higher code quality.

• Project managers: ARCEVAL helps project managers monitor and improve the architecture quality and development processes in their projects. The assessment methods and criteria can help identify risks and monitor project progress.

The advanced-level seminar is suitable for software architects, designers, developers, system analysts, and technical project managers, among others.

The Advanced Level exam is aimed at people with work experience; see the requirements in the Advanced Level exam rules. If you are a student with work experience, it is best to check the Advanced Level exam rules to ensure you meet all the required requirements.