I passed part II/III with 78

Hello every one:

I have been a silent participant in this forum. I passed part II/III with 78%, and I had passed part I with 85% two months ago.

The discussions in this forum were very helpful. Thanks to every one.

In general, I think there are some weaknesses about the grade mechanism of part II/II of the certification. Sun gives a grade about Component, Class and Sequence diagrams, but there is no explicit grade about architectural matters (scalability, performance,...) and how well the requirements are met.

To solve the assignment, I followed all of the advices given through the discussions in this forum, the BluePrints guidelines, the best practices and considerations in Core J2EE design patterns, but I don't (and possible will not) know where I was wrong. Also, I made a 12 page architecture document and documented my diagrams (maybe I did more than needed).

I got 42 in class diagrams, 27 in component diagrams, and 9 in sequence diagrams. I don't know if the person at Sun did't like the way I partitioned the component diagram in two to make it more understandable; or maybe I put many components.

Ok, I am certified now and I am happy for this achievement. Thanks again,

Fabio Berrio
SCEA, SCJP, MCP

Hi,

Congratulations!

Yes, I agree with you, I too felt like I have satisfied all requirements and made sure that diagrams pertain to UML notation. I have 5+ years of J2EE experience and I architect and design a lot as part of my work. I was expecting 95+%, but all I got was 88%. Really, I don't know their expectations to make the architecture perfect.

But, pass is a pass. now, you are a certified J2EE Architect. That is enough to feel proud!

good luck,

Prasad
[ May 02, 2005: Message edited by: Prasad Kuppa ]

Hi Fabio,

Congratulations.
Don't worry about the score, it was great.
I understod your view point and I agree with you.

Vagner

Congratulations!! How many classes/components did you have in your diagrams?

congratulations Fabio!

I think so too, additionaly I cleared the certification with exactly the same score part 1 with 85% and 2&3 with 78%, in my case the victim was class diagram, with only 27. So, I couldn't understand what may be wrong if components and sequence diagramas are good (39 and 12 respectively). This situation is very suspect.

But, you have passed...

Karen, I had 19 classes. The diagram class was technology independent.

I did two component diagrams, one generic and another use-cases specific; the first one had 10 components and the second one 30 components (I preferred to give detailed diagrams). Also, the components were grouped by logical tiers.

Congrats Fabio

Regards,

Well done
Lucy

Congrats!!

May i know how long it took for the part 2/3 results and where to check for the results.. i mean website/url?

- Manju.

Manju, it took about 3 weeks for the part 2/3 results to appear in the web site. The web site url is http://www.certmanager.net/sun_assignment/assignment.html (the same site for uploading and downloading the assignment).

Fabio

Congratulations.
U are certified now and thats what counts. Dont worry about the score.

Dhiren