This road map is continually evolving and should be considered a "living document". We continue to define and refine the road map, enablement activities and materials.
ISSL has created this IBM Lotus Notes and Domino education road map to aid with foundation and core product enablement. Skills have been divided into:
- Foundation Enablement - Designed for all ISSL personnel to be able to interact with customers and each other in regards to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
- Core Technical Skills - Designed to focus on the underpinning technologies that power IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
- Infrastructure - Designed to provide deep technical skills on the infrastructure topics related to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
- Application Development - Designed to focus on skills required to design and develop applications that interact with, or embed within IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
The Learning Stream tab contains a listing of learning content on IBM Lotus Notes and Domino from a variety of sources. While much of this content is referenced elsewhere in this roadmap table, you can find new content quickly here.
Note that all technical resources should have the following core skills from project delivery experience with:
- Network topologies (TCP/IP)
- Directory Servers (LDAP)
- Web Servers (IBM HTTP Server, Apache, etc.)
- Relevant platforms (Windows, Linux/zLinux, AIX, Mac, System i)
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| General Fundamental Skills |
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| Positioning and basic information about Lotus Notes and Domino |
- Describe the features and capabilities of Lotus Notes and Domino
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| Users not familiar with Lotus Notes and/or Domino |
| Notes client usage |
- How to perform common tasks using the Notes client
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| Users new to Lotus Notes |
Partner World Enablement:
IBM Innovation Centers - Lotus Training
"You Pass, We Pay" program for Lotus Products
"You Test, We Pay" program for Lotus Products |
| Enablement Objective | Notes and Links | Audience |
| Fundamental Skills Topic |
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| Review and understand IBM Lotus Notes and Domino product documentation |
- Basic skills through comprehensive detail on functionality/administration/application development
- Essential reference guides
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| All users from new to experienced |
| IBM Lotus Notes and Domino System Administration |
- Basic experience with designing/deploying/administering an enterprise Lotus Notes and Domino environment
| IBM Education:
- D8L75 or D8P75: IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 System Administration Operating Fundamentals
AND/OR
- D8L77 or D8P77: Managing IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Servers and Users
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- D8L89 or D8P89: IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 System Administration Bootcamp
Certifications:
Community:
| System Administrators new to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino |
| Advanced IBM Lotus Notes and Domino System Administration |
- Gain experience with advanced Domino server administration topics, such as understanding and managing servers using various Web standard technologies (HTML/SSL/IMAP/LDAP), and the use of certificate authorities for authentication.
- Administer advanced Domino features/add-ons such as iNotes, Traveler, and Protector
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- Gain practical experience through performing System Admin. role in a Domino environment, using test servers, or a domain configured for team usage
Certifications:
| Experienced Domino System Administrators |
| Application Development |
- See Application Development tab
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| Performance Tuning |
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| Experienced Domino System Administrators |
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| Product Requirements, Support and Fix Information |
- Understand the basic non-functional requirements for deploying IBM Lotus Notes/Domino
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| IBM Lotus Domino Administrators of all skill levels |
| Deploying a Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 Infrastructure |
- Basic skills and knowledge necessary to successfully deploy an enterprise grade Lotus Notes and Domino infrastructure
| IBM Education:
- D8L76 or D8P76: Building the IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Infrastructure
Certification:
Community:
| IBM Lotus Domino Administrators of all skill levels |
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| IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Application Development |
- Basic Notes database design (creating Forms, Views, etc.)
- Creating agents using LotusScript
- Basic XPages and Web-enabled applications
| IBM Education:
- D8L51 or D8P51: Fundamentals of IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.1 Application Development
- D8420 or D8425: Exploring New Features in IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8
- D8C51: IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5.x: Introduction to Application Development
- D8L55 or D8P55: Introduction to IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 XPages
Certifications:
Community:
| Developers familiar with other application development environments, but not experienced with Notes or Designer |
| Advanced IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Application Development |
- More complex collaborative applications
- Composite Applications
- Web services
- Increase XPages expertise
- Develop Java plugins for Lotus Expeditor-based clients
| IBM Education:
- D8530 or D8535: Developing IBM Lotus Domino 8 Applications: Intermediate Skills
- D8520 or D8V52: Building Web Applications for IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8
- D8550 or D8555: Developing Composite Applications for IBM Lotus Notes 8
- D8L53 or D8P53: Developing IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 Applications: Intermediate XPage Design
- XKW17: IBM Lotus Expeditor Client and Toolkit Workshop
- D8C52: IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5: Dojo Applications
Certifications:
Community:
| Experienced Domino application developers |
| XPages |
- Gain experience through course work and independent study in XPages technology
| IBM Education:
- D8L55 or D8P55: Introduction to IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 XPages
- D8L53 or D8P53: Developing IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 Applications: Intermediate XPage Design
- D8L54: Developing IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 Applications: Advanced XPage Design
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JavaScript/AJAX/REST | Develop simple applications using JavaScript/AJAX/REST with Domino |
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| C API | Develop applications using the Lotus Notes and Domino C API |
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