Why was the certification exams so restricted at TechEd Bangalore?

[brett_quinlan]

Hi,

I have a question around the eligibility to sit the certification exams in Bangalore. The criteria was:

• A fully paid SAP TechEd '06 Bangalore conference registrant as on October 20, 2006; AND

• A registered SAP consultant (SAP employee, partner, or independent) in India; OR

• An SAP Customer Core Competency Center team member in India; OR

• An employee of an SAP partner or customer in India.

As an Australian, visiting from IBM Australia - I met only the first of the eligibility criteria - I was a fully paid registrant. Does this mean the level of certification is different country by country? Did the Las Vegas and Amsterdam Tech Ed's have the same level of restriction?

Any thoughts/insight is greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Brett

[RichHeilman]

<i>Did the Las Vegas and Amsterdam Tech Ed's have the same level of restriction?</i>

Certification Exams were not even offered at these TechEds. I am curious as to why this was the case.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Based on the interest in SAP NetWeaver certification exams at SAP TechEd '05 Boston, we elected not to offer exams this year at SAP TechEd '06 Las Vegas.

We have not yet made a decision about offering certification exams at SAP TechEd '07, October 2-5, in Las Vegas.

Kind regards,

Diane Davis

[bhavesh_kantilal]

As we are discussing SAP certifications, I just thought I'd share a few more rules ( Bizarre rules I must say) of the tech ED B'lore Certifications.

" Every aspirant of the tech ED certification should have had one Year of employment with his current employer and should have <i>atleast 2 years of SAP implementation experience"</i>

In my case, as I joined the SAP world directly after university, I could not meet the rule of "2 years of SAP implementation experience" and was not allowed to take up my XI certification

I guess experience does matter , but what is most surprising is if you take the SAP training on XI, you are allowed to take the certification along with it and in such cases experience doesnt matter!

When Netweaver is a fusion of both the Java and ABAP worlds ( with Webdynpro , EP and even in XI ) the fact that people are still required to have 2 years of SAP experience is not fair.

What this rule implies for all the people who move in from the J2EE world into SAP Netweaver is that you got to work in the technology for 2 years before you qualify for the certification or you attended the training SAP provides and you can take it immediately.

Maybe someone can explain this double standards or the reasoning behind the same?

Regards

Bhavesh

[brett_quinlan]

My question is only partly answered at best, with the core component left un-answered - why were non-Indian Nationals excluded from certification?

[mageshwari_ramaiah]

Hi,

The following options are available for certification in India :

Option 1 - Attend the academy with SAP or any authorised training centre of SAP and apply for a certification at the end of the training program.

Option 2 - Direct certification based on SAP implementation experience. Here the pre requisites are :

- Minimum 2 years of SAP implementation experience

- Minimum 1 year employment with the current employer who should be a partner or customer of SAP in India.

- Registration should be done through the employer and not directly by the candidate.

A candidate who meets all these criterias can apply for a direct certification. These were the same pre requisites at the India Teched also.

Hope this clarifies, please contact me in case you need any further inputs or clarifications.

Regards,

Maggie

[Former Member]

Should one year of experience with current organisation is required.I Have only few months of experience with current organisation and total I ahve 3+ yrs.can you suggest any other way

[Former Member]

Hi Sarath,

As mentioned in Maggie's response, Option 1 i.e. "attend the academy with SAP or any authorised training centre of SAP and apply for a certification at the end of the training program" would work for you.

Please get in touch with Mageshwari Ramaiah (m.ramaiah@sap.com) directly for further details on the same.

Best regards,

Beena

[former_member227282]

hi! everyone,

can you let me know the costs involed in taking the Training cum Certification on SAP XI in India.

In India which are those centres?contact details etc.

any thoughts/insights are highly appreciated.

Rishi.