What is new in SAP HANA Certification – SAP Webcast

[TammyPowlas]

susan.martin, who  Director of the Global SAP Certification program, gave this webcast today as part of the SAP Education Enablement & Certification Webinar Series

If you missed today's webcast, consider joining this webcast on July 15 Learn about the State of SAP Certification in this Upcoming SAP Mentor Monday Webcast

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Sue said the SAP certification program has been around since the mid-90’s

She said they are working to enhance certification program

They want SAP certification to be a reliable benchmark for customers.

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Figure 2 shows SAP has been changing the certification program in the last 2-3 years

They have moved emphasis from production /function feature to role-based – not about what you know, it’s about what you can do

Professional level was introduced 3 years ago

Customers looking for a benchmark at a professional level – more experienced people who have 3+ years of experience, work independently, and mentor those in the team.

They offer 300 different exams in 9 core languages

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Certification council includes SAP mentors, user groups and partners

They want to enhance professional level exam questions and different exam question types

They are In the middle of transformation phase 3  - need to increase test security

Phase 3 includes a credential management platform

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Figure 4 covers how SAP obtains feedback for SAP certification.

Sue said they have a Design Thinking workshop coming up soon

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Figure 5 shows the results of a User Group survey to  find out where are the pain points

400 customers have responded

80% of customers who responded say it is important to have employees certified

The survey showed it is important to check credentials – and right now there is not a consistent way to do that.

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Today being certified didn’t bring extra benefits.

SAP is rolling out a Credential manager which is a hosted solution.

Pilot rollout is planned in NA UK ANZ in Q3, the rest by end of year

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Figure 7 shows you can decide if you want to appear in the registry

SAP plans to offer a way to publish certification to employer, customer – an e-mail endorsed by SAP

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Figure 8 shows SAP will be piloting crowd authoring portal where you can submit exam questions with rewards to allow you to build points

Sue says to watch SCN for announcements

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Figure 9 shows what they are doing to build the workforce, including the US Army veterans program

Links:

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