Technology Strategy Consulting Certification

The Technology Strategy Consulting Certification is a free advanced-level, 25-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests technology strategy consulting — aligning IT strategy with business strategy, assessing the current technology estate and maturity, enterprise architecture with TOGAF, application portfolio rationalisation, cloud strategy and FinOps, data and AI platforms, IT operating models and sourcing, cybersecurity and resilience, vendor selection and contracts, technology due diligence, and building a costed roadmap with governance — written to TOGAF, cloud well-architected frameworks, DORA, NIST, FinOps Foundation and consulting research for 2026 and 2027. Score 70% or more on its 25 questions to earn a verifiable Technology Strategy Consulting certificate (SOA-TSC). Every question is based on published standards and research — including The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition (The Open Group), Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency), What is FinOps? (FinOps Foundation) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Technology Strategy Consulting Certification, written for 2026 and 2027. It tests business alignment and assessment, architecture and portfolio, cloud, data and AI platforms, operating model, sourcing and security and roadmap, due diligence and delivery with 25 original scenario questions in all, each naming its published source; you get an instant score and a verifiable certificate with a credential ID you can add to LinkedIn.

Read the five skill areas on this page, then take the 25-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Technology Strategy Consulting certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition (The Open Group); Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency); What is FinOps? (FinOps Foundation); NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (NIST); Google Cloud Architecture Framework (Google Cloud); DORA research (DORA (Google Cloud)). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Five skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Business Alignment and Assessment (IT strategy alignment, Current-state assessment and Technology maturity); Architecture and Portfolio (Enterprise architecture, Application rationalisation and Integration and APIs); Cloud, Data and AI Platforms (Cloud strategy, FinOps and Data and AI foundations); Operating Model, Sourcing and Security (IT operating model, Sourcing and vendors and Cybersecurity and resilience); Roadmap, Due Diligence and Delivery (Roadmap and business case, Technology due diligence and Governance and value). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Technology strategy consultant, CIO, CTO or IT strategy lead, Enterprise architect, Technology due diligence adviser and MBA or computer science student moving into consulting. It suits students at leading universities, career switchers and experienced professionals who want quick, verifiable proof of Technology Strategy Consulting knowledge in 2026 and 2027.

MBB, Big 4 strategy and in-house strategy teams hire heavily from tier-1 campuses; these are the skills used day-to-day after the case interview. Passing earns a founder-signed Science of Apps certificate with a credential ID and QR code that recruiters can verify.

They help organisations decide how technology should support and shape business goals: assessing current systems and capabilities, defining target architecture and operating model, prioritising investments, and building a roadmap with business cases, risks and governance.

Reviewing all applications for business value, technical health, cost and risk, then deciding for each whether to tolerate, invest, migrate or eliminate (TIME), to reduce cost and complexity and free budget for priorities.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — with a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 25 scenario questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — and a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.