LPI plans to review and update its first certification level. There are two circumstances that prompted us to start working on this: 1) From the Job Analysis Survey that we had last February and March for Level 2, we also obtained up-to-date information on what tasks are appropriate for Level 1 (rather than Level 2). 2) We have been noticing that some of the Level 1 objectives have been growing stale. For instance, objective 1.13.5 (in test 102) mentions BIND version 4, which was in Linux distributions when the objectives were formulated 2 years ago but is no longer included in any major Linux distributions. Also note that 2 years is the time frame that we anticipated for regularly updating the objectives (http://www.lpi.org/a-policies.html consensus point IX). So the time is ripe to review and update Level 1. The steps, with a tentative schedule, are: * Refresh the web-based development tools POMS and TIPS (finish early June). * A small team of people revise the objectives based on the latest JAS (finish late June). * Open the new draft objectives to public review (through July). * The new test objectives for Level 1 get frozen (late July). * A list of the changes and their motivation will be distributed, for the convenience of students, trainers, and publishers (mid-August). * All current Level 1 exam items are reviewed for performance and conformance to the new test objectives (mid-September). * Simultaneously, new test items are written conforming to the new objectives, and reviewed (late September). * The revised test items are added to the L1 tests; they do not count yet for the exam result, but during some period we collect statistics to assess the quality of the new items (late October). * The final new exams are published (mid November). Please note that during the months ahead, development of Level 2 has highest priority, and resources and time will be committed to that project ahead of the update of Level 1. For any questions, please address Tom Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or Chuck Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Tom Peters Director of the Board & Exam Development Specialist, Linux Professional Institute e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent from the lpi-discuss mailing list. Send `unsubscribe lpi-discuss' in the subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to leave the list.
