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What SAP consultants do
SAP consultants are problem solvers who help organizations design and implement SAP solutions. They combine process knowledge, attention to detail, strong communication, and collaboration skills to work effectively with clients and project stakeholders.
This certificate is designed for learners seeking their first job in the SAP domain.
What you’ll learn
You’ll build consulting skills that go beyond product knowledge. Throughout the courses, you will:
Learn core consulting skills such as requirements gathering, stakeholder interviewing, client communication, client analysis, and solution design. Gain an introduction to project management methodologies and agile ways of working in SAP projects. Work through multiple implementation project lifecycles and apply your learning in hands-on project simulations.
Each course includes a client-related project simulation so you can build practical skills as you progress.
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