Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris has posted some more details from a private meeting Cisco had with 50 CCIEs at Networkers last week. The meeting discussed Cisco’s development of two new certifications – a Cisco Certified Design Expert certification, which would be on par with the CCIE but for network designers, and a Network Infrastructure Architect program.
Michael writes: “The concept for [the CCDE) came about because some of Cisco’s earliest CCIEs are no longer interested in the CCIE’s product and configuration focus since that is not part of their job anymore.” The CCDE would have a written exam and a “peformance-oriented scenario test,” which would not be a lab test but one that would test a candidate’s advanced network design skills. The architect program would be aimed at pros with skills beyond CCIE and CCDE levels.
Michael will post more of his meeting notes in a few days.
Further reading:
Cisco mulling CCIE-level certification for network designers
Cisco confirms design cert track may reach CCIE level
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