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Launch your career in the high-demand field of SAP consulting. Build the consulting skills successful companies are looking for through tailored training and hands-on projects designed by SAP. No experience or degree required to enroll.
What does an SAP consultant do? SAP consultants are problem solvers who relish getting the details right. They are experts in process management and have a deep understanding of SAP solutions. They are also outstanding communicators and excel at collaborating with all contributors and stakeholders in a project.
This program has been designed specifically for learners seeking to get their first job in the SAP domain.
You’ll get the inside track on how to build a consulting career beyond just having product knowledge. You’ll learn about project management methodologies and agile processes. You’ll gain core consulting skills such as requirements gathering, stakeholder interviewing, client communication, client analysis, and solution design. Plus, you’ll go through several implementation project lifecycles to build your practical experience and complete a comprehensive hands-on project using a case study to apply the skills you have learned.
With SAP customers generating 87% of total global commerce, SAP consulting skills are in high demand. Through this program, you’ll build the critical skills that the largest and highly successful companies such as Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte and KPMG, are looking for.
Syllabus
- Course 1: SAP Professional Fundamentals
- Course 2: Understanding the Enterprise Systems Environment
- Course 3: SAP Customer Engagement and Discovery
- Course 4: Designing an SAP Solution
- Course 5: Implementing an SAP Solution
- Course 6: SAP Technology Consultant Hands-on Project
- Course 7: Becoming an SAP Professional
Courses
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SAP Professional Fundamentals is the first course in the SAP Technology Consultant Professional Certificate program. The course introduces you to the world of consulting and the range of skills that you need to succeed in this competitive field. You’ll explore SAP professional consulting roles and discover what technical consultants, functional consultants, and other professionals do. You’ll investigate the wide range of skills consultants need to have, for example strategic thinking, business process analysis, systems and design thinking, and understanding data, as well as effective soft skills, communication and relationship management. You’ll explore various planning and project management methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile, DevOps, and Cloud. Plus, you’ll start to get a feel for the whole SAP journey, from engaging with the customer to deploying a solution. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Explain what is meant by the SAP ecosystem and the value it brings to customers. Describe what different SAP professionals do and how they engage with customers. Understand the core and soft consulting skills that are both in highest demand, and frequently not taught in classroom environments. Describe a typical SAP engagement and how key professional skills are used at each stage of the SAP Implementation Lifecycle. Describe key roles with whom an SAP professional typically collaborates.
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Understanding the Enterprise Systems Environment is the second course in the SAP Technology Consultant Professional Certificate program. The course builds your understanding of the digital landscape. You’ll explore business processes and organizational alignment. You’ll get an overview of how systems are designed and developed, and consider architecture, infrastructure, application development, data science, cloud, privacy, and security. You’ll build your understanding of the SAP platform and consider key development and deployment models covering Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP), Java, SAP API, and SAP Fiori. Plus, you’ll explore gap analysis using SAP RISE and Activate and become familiar with SAP cloud strategy, architecture, and tools. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Describe how digital transformation can impact a customer’s organization, business processes and tools (people/process/tools). Identify the key elements of system design and development and how they relate to specific IT requirements. Identify different computing models (e.g. Compute Network Storage, OnPrem, Cloud etc) and architectures (e.g. Native, Hybrid, Multi-Cloud). Explain the key elements of the SAP platform and environment. Describe key Application, Development and Programming models. Explain the key elements of the SAP Cloud Strategy. Understand the key questions to keep in mind when faced with a specific request from a prospective client.
Taught by
Martin Gollogly