Certification

Invest in Certification to support your transformation

Are you equipped for the transformation challenges ahead? TM Forum’s Certification program provides pathways to uplift the necessary capabilities of individuals and companies. 

In an era of unprecedented technology change and acceleration towards a cloud-native, AI-first world, traditional systems, processes and operations are rapidly becoming obsolete.  

To remain competitive, businesses must transform on several fronts. Composable IT and Ecosystems, Autonomous Networks, AI and Data Innovation are three critical inter-linked transformation challenges, also known as TM Forum’s industry missions.

Open Digital Architecture (ODA) is the key enabler of all these transformations. The ODA suite of standards, frameworks, tools and code have become the de-facto approach to future proof systems, enable interoperability, accelerate time-to-market for products & services, and reduce costs and complexity. 

TM Forum Certification provides an opportunity for you and your organization to learn and apply ODA to your transformation challenges. It features a range of education programs, structured leaning paths and assessments to gain the essential skills and know-how.  

About Certification

Certifications validate the knowledge and skills gained through TM Forum's education programs. They provide assurance that you and your team have achieved the required competencies relating to the ODA. 

To date, over 33,000 people have achieved TM Forum Certification, bringing benefits for every individual and the organizations they work for by: 

• Contributing to personal and professional development. 
• Supporting role and career progression. 
• Developing high-performing teams and increasing team agility. 
• Driving overall digital transformation and accelerating innovation. 
• Helping to plug skills gaps and prepare for the workforce of the future. 

Knowledge certification and Skills Paths

TM Forum Certification involves Knowledge certification and Skills Paths.  

Learners who attend an individual course and then pass the associated exam are awarded Knowledge certification. 

A Skills Path is a set of complementary certifications focused on a particular topic or theme, which taken together provide learners with a new skill and overall understanding. Each Skills Path includes several certifications dependent on the topic. 

Learners pass the combination of required certifications defined in each Skills Path. Here learners must demonstrate the required knowledge to navigate a comprehensive set of business or technical challenges. 

Start your journey

Upskill across different areas of ODA 

Certifications cover all areas and aspects of ODA and its application, including:  

• Business Architecture: Defining common language and frameworks to support business processes, capabilities, value streams and information.  
• Open, modular platforms: Providing the necessary tools and code to enable seamless interoperability such as Open APIs, data models and ‘plug and play’ software components. 
• AI, data and governance: Using intelligent solutions to help streamline operations and jump start productivity. 
• Autonomous Networks: Using ODA principles and tools to optimize network systems so they can run with minimal intervention.  

Follow a pathway for progress 

Certification is just one part of a wider series of activities that upskill your people, uplift capabilities, improve team performance and support transformation across the industry:  Certifications are the ideal foundation to equip you to get involved with: 

• Innovation: Apply your skills by working with other companies on a Catalyst project to solve industry challenges.  
• Collaboration: Join a Collaboration project - an industry taskforce charged with defining the next wave of ODA standards and tools.
• Conformance: Independently verify and certify if your business processes, information models or Open APIs conform to ODA standards.