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| Raytheon's Certified Architect Program Achieves Accreditation From The Open Group |
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Raytheon achieved accreditation
from The Open Group in February
for its Raytheon Certified Architect
Program (RCAP), an enterprisewide
initiative designed to foster specialized
expertise required to support customer
mission success.
Raytheon is the fourth company in the
world and first in its industry to receive
this recognition from The Open Group, a
vendor- and technology-neutral consortium
focused on open standards and
global interoperability within and
between enterprises.
The Open Group's IT Architect
Certification (ITAC) accreditation program
assesses third-party IT and enterprise architect
practices. It benchmarks internal
processes, procedures, training, and certification
criteria against rigorous industry
standards, further validating the qualities
and skills of the architecture professionals
in that organization.
RCAP — and now The Open Group
accreditation — further positions
Raytheon's commitment to Mission
Systems Integration. It formally recognizes
the program and its ability to develop architects
who can design, integrate and
evolve the architectures of highly complex
systems, systems of systems, and enterprises
to achieve customers' mission and
operational objectives through deployment
of Raytheon's standards-based architecture
process. The Raytheon Enterprise
Architecture Process has also been acknowledged
by The Open Group as a
"Recognized Method" by meeting or exceeding
all of its documented criteria for a
comprehensive architecture methodology.
"Creating integrated systems that can
share data seamlessly and quickly is a
linchpin for government, military and
commercial customers around the world,"
said William H. Swanson, Raytheon's
Chairman and CEO. "Raytheon's business
strategy requires this capability, and
RCAP's accreditation shows the company's
commitment to be a leader in providing
this capability to our customers."
RCAP was launched in 2004 and includes
requirements for architecture standardsbased
training, external architect certifications,
leadership and communication
skills, architecture practitioner experience,
system lifecycle experience, mentoring,
and contributions to the architecture
discipline. In December 2008, Raytheon
reached a milestone by surpassing its
goal of 100 certified architects across
the company.
With industry demand for qualified
enterprise architects, there is a growing
need to identify and develop experienced
and qualified individuals to meet the
baseline skills and experience that The
Open Group has identified in its
accreditation process.
"The Open Group congratulates
Raytheon on this significant achievement,"
said Allen Brown, The Open
Group's president and CEO. "By
standardizing on The Open Group's
globally recognized process for
assuring the skills and experience of
its enterprise architects, Raytheon is
demonstrating commitment to its
customers' success."
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