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Accenture Solutions Delivery Academy:

Application Developer – Welcome Kit January 2009

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For more information regarding the Accenture Solutions Delivery Academy, please refer to: https://deliveryacademy.accenture.com

I. Certified Application Developer

The Application Developer certification program is focused on programming, detailed design and testing.



Instructions for completing the Developer Certification

In order to complete the program the candidate has to complete 3 main requirements.

Requirement 1:

The developer program has 2 Tiers: Tier 1 focuses on Application Programming and Tier 2 focuses on Detailed Design and Application Testing. In order to complete the certification, a candidate has to complete both the Tiers. Detailed step by step instructions for completing the 2 tiers is listed below.

• Step 1: Attend Software Engineering Fundamentals course in MS.NET or Java or C++ or SAP ABAP or Mainframes. This course is covered during Greenfield training. For laterals, an equivalent ADM course has to be taken up.

• Step 2: Gain 6 months of programming experience Document the experience in myLearning and get it approved by your Career Counselor. For ASEs, experience documentation approval will reach supervisor, as per data entered in ATS. Experience criteria are listed below. (Please refer Experience Criteria section in the document)

• Step 3: Register for the programming exam in myLearning or through URL available at the end of this document. Examination is available in the 5 technologies listed in Step 1.

Tier 2: Application Testing and Detailed Design

• Step 4: Attend the ATS Application Testing course. The course code is listed in the training list (refer URL at the end of document).

• Step 5: Gain 3 months of experience in Detailed Design activities. Get the experience documented

in myLearning and get it approved by your Career Counselor. Experience criteria are listed below. (Please refer Experience Criteria section in the document)

• Step 6: Register for the Application Testing and Detailed Design examination. Java, C++, MS.NET and Mainframes candidates has to appear for Custom examination and SAP-ABAP candidates has to appear for Package examination

Experience Criteria:

Programming Experience:

• Understand detailed design/specifications

• Prepare component test plan

• Create application components according to detailed designs, by following coding standards

• Conduct component test

Programming experience is independent of technology.

Detailed Design Experience:

• Understand application requirements

• Understand architecture standards, design specifications, checklists and templates

• Prepare detailed design according to project standards

• Conduct / participate design peer review



Requirement 2:

In addition to completing both the tiers (Requirement 1), the candidate in parallel has to complete 40hrs of technical specialty training and 16hrs of professional development trainings. This can be done in parallel to completing the Requirement 1. Recommendation is to complete at least 3 hrs of training every month to ensure that you are on track in the program. Please refer to the URL available at the end of this document for the list of online and classroom based courses that are categorized by technology capability. Choose the appropriate courses from this list of trainings.

Requirement 3:

At the time of completion to be eligible to receive a certificate, you should have 18 months of tenure in Accenture.

How to use the Training List The URL (training list) in the following page contains the recommended courses for the Accenture Solutions Delivery Academy - Application Developer Certification. *This training list is subject to change. All the listed training would get accounted for the technical specialty and professional development courses to be completed. All the technical classroom training listed will be provided by the Learning and Knowledge Management team. Please contact your local technical training representative for a calendar. myLearning provides a dashboard that will appear as a new section on the myLearning home page, “Accenture Certifications”, which will provide a snapshot of your progress within the ASDA certification program. The following parameters will be tracked and updated periodically:

• Required Application Delivery Courses

• Exams

• Technical Specialty and Professional Development training hours

• Experience requirement

• Accenture tenure Virtual trainings are trainings conducted where participants are invited to attend a live session over a phone. The presentation material is shared with the participants and these presentations are run through by a chairperson. These trainings are also recorded and available on myLearning so that the other interested participants can enroll and take up these sessions. Recommended Levels of training indicate the courses that you should avail at each level. For e.g., if the recommended level mentions SE, as an SE you should look to avail the said course. To search for courses please use the search bar to the left of the MyLearning homepage. You can search by using the name or topic of the courses that is listed. Search results also highlight KX topic pages to find detailed information. Please refer to this list to complete the 40 hours Technical Specialty course and 16 hours Professional Development training courses for the Accenture Solutions Delivery Academy - Developer Certification.



Training Lists https://ts3apa.accenture.com/sites/DeliveryAcademy/ASDA/Training/Forms/AllItems.aspx * This training list is subject to change.

Other Useful Links Accenture Solutions Delivery Academy Home Page https://deliveryacademy.accenture.com Refer to the home page for program guide, FAQs and many other details. The recorded webcasts of the lecture by professors from MIT are also available on the home page. Everything you need to have – Bookmark this website! https://ts3apa.accenture.com/sites/DeliveryAcademy/ASDA/Miscellaneous/Useful-Links.htm

For any queries related to the program, please send a mail to: [email protected]

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