Software Engineering Manager Certification

These certifications are not technical but informative of your strategy, process, policies, standards, opinions, and transferable skills that cover 90% of software engineering and software engineering management. They can be applied generically across all vendors or programming languages that cover the remaining 10%.

These certifications may provide you with a reference from an established Software Engineering Manager that you have the required knowledge and experience. All four of our certifications share a bank of nearly 300 categorized questions. Questions are randomly selected from specified categories to get the correct mix of questions for each certification level. Each time the test is taken, a different set of questions is displayed.

Take our Software Development Management course if you want to study beforehand and achieve Software Engineering Manager – Level 1. If you are already experienced jump in and take one of the exams now.

Software		Engineering Manager		Engineer
	Category	1	2	1	2
1.	be the one in the middle who maintains relationships, and manages integration between software engineering projects	⋆	⋆
2.	specify, design, and document a software component	⋆		⋆	⋆
3.	use available tools and automation	⋆	⋆	⋆	⋆
4.	own the Software Development Lifecycle – agile and waterfall, which to use and when	⋆	⋆	⋆	⋆
5.	create environments for high-performing and self-organized software engineering teams	⋆
6.	know good code from bad, and when tools, process and technology are being used efficiently	⋆
7.	coach, mentor, train. recruit, and co-ordinate a software engineering team	⋆
8.	read and write code	⋆		⋆	⋆
9.	specify, design, and document software system(s) of multiple and reusable components	⋆		⋆
10.	use object-orientated design and programming concepts and techniques	⋆		⋆
11.	manage complex change that warrants careful and formalized planning	⋆		⋆
	Attempts allowed per purchase	3	3	3	3
	Questions – all multiple choice	146	91	107	81
	Time allowed in minutes	90	60	70	60
	Pass mark	70%	70%	70%	70%
	Days valid to complete	30	30	30	30
	Email results by category showing you which areas you can improve	⋆	⋆	⋆	⋆
	Downloadable Certificate on achieving a pass	⋆	⋆	⋆	⋆
	Price in USD	$15	$10	$10	$5
Software Engineer Manager – Level 1 is for Software Engineering Managers who were/are Software Engineers whereas Level 2 is for those from a non-technical background such as Project Manager or Director. Software Engineer – Level 1 is more advanced than Level 2 in that it adds specification, design, and documenting software system(s) of multiple and reusable components, and managing complex change. All four of our certifications share a bank of nearly 300 categorized questions. Questions are randomly selected from specified categories to get the correct mix of questions for each certification level. Each time the test is taken, a different set of questions is displayed.