Kannan Chithiraputhiran

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Yahoo group called 'ibmsoacert' has all the required materials including sample questions. You can join the group and download them...

As far as preparation process is concerned, i would suggest you to start with reading "SOA for dummies" book (i happened to see the soft-copy of it [ and don't have any trepidations using copyrighted material illegally ]) that sets the foundation. Then you go through the course materials 717, 718 and 719 (All these materials are available and downloadable from the group). Then you can take up a assessment test with the prometrics (online) worth 10$. That clearly tells you the improvement area. Accordingly, you have to go through the articles available in the ibm site itself and read. Then you can take-up the real test.

Note:
- IBM is replacing the 665 with 667. 665 is available till 31-Dec-07. 667 is available from 1-Nov-07. I would suggest to wait for the commencement of 667.
- If you take-up the assessment test before 30-Oct-07, you get 50% off on the price of the real test (you have to take-up the real test before 30-Nov-07 for getting this offer)

All these information is available in the IBM test site itself. Hope this helps.

Good luck.
[ October 27, 2007: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]
I too initially was planning to take-up this BEA SOA Architect Exam. Since i could not find any study guide, which will give a consolidated materials, i even approached a vendor. That guy sold a sample test in the name of study guide. The courses of BEA were also very costly. So, i kept postponing it for sometime. Incidentally, i found one IBM based SOA test (665). With the help of freely available IBM course materials, redbooks and articles, i easily passed it.


Kannan
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IBM Certified SOA Solution Designer
[ October 26, 2007: Message edited by: Kannan Chithiraputhiran ]
I cleared it last week. I would suggest to wait for 667.