What is implementation experience mean in SAP world?

The most important part for any consultant in SAP is the implementation experience. Every ABAPer wants to work in a implementation project, so that they can get more developments and sharpen their knowledge. Even its good to work in a implementation project also. 

When you try to change or switch your job, the very common question asked by the interviewer is How many implementation projects did you work? Even HR people or recruitment consultant who never had any experience in SAP asked such questions mostly. Anyway the answer they get from us is "I worked on 2-3 implementation project", just an example.

But do you really know that the actual meaning of the question is different. Even the HR people or even most of us don't know that.

Actually by implementation, some one want to ask you in how many actually implementation project did you involve? Whatever we do in our day to day work in offshore is a part of implementation. The actual implementation is done in the client site, mostly on site.

So if you have ever traveled to client site for implementation purpose, there you can face the real challenge of implementation. How the different programs were connected and how they behave in production. The clients reaction on every issue etc etc.

I think that should be count as a complete implementation experience, where you involved in development, support, integration and all other important phases of an SAP implementation.

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Does SAP ABAP Certification guarantee a job in current market?

SAP has become very hot technology these days. Right now in the current market scenario in ERP, SAP is the king. So ABAP is also the king, as it is the backend of any SAP module. But due to a good career prospect in SAP area, more and more people started engaging in SAP ABAP or you can say SAP from any background. Here we will point only to SAP ABAP.

ABAP is purely technical. Means you have to learn and think logically and really fast. ABAP is a huge language and believe me it will take your real hard work to learn the basic ABAP only. Even this is not the end, Advance ABAP topics are next. Basic ABAP is a must but not enough to get a job. You have to learn Web-dynpro ABAP, OOPs, Workflow to attract companies towards your CV. And the most challenging part in ABAP is you need more and more practice than theoretical knowledge.

So, the thing is industry require a talented and skilful ABAPer. Who has some real time experience with project work experiences. May be with some on-site exposure with real-time implementation experience. In such a scenario if you do ABAP certification, you will be benefited from that. But I think as a fresher Certification program will not add much value. Because you do not have that real-time on project experience, which ABAP certification cannot provide. And numbers of certified consultants are also increasing day by day. So obviously the value is getting diluted. But any SAP Certification program has its own value which is definitely very high comparing with a similar profile.

But ultimately knowledge is the only factor in any technology or sector. No one can stop you to get a job, if you can achieve complete command over technology.

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Where to find ABAP certification details and syllabus

If you are planning to do a certification, but don't know where to find out the proper information for that, then you have come to the right place. Let's assume you are going to do certification from SAP itself. In India you can also do that from NIIT, Gennovate, Siemens etc.

Simply visit the link below to find out SAP certification program details.
SAP Certification Page

Here you can search for your topic. This is an ABAP forum, so we will search ABAP in the search box.

Now from the list choose which certification you want to do. Let's click on C_TAW12_70.

It will navigate you to the details of that certification code.

• Weighting per Topic (not listed for all exams):
  • + = <8%
  • ++ = 8-12%
  • +++ = >12%

NetWeaver Overview +	TAW10	NW001
ABAP Workbench usage +	TAW10	BC400, BC401
ABAP debugger program usage +	TAW10	BC400, BC402
ABAP types and data objects ++	TAW10	BC400
Internal table definition and use +	TAW10	BC400
SQL statements incl. update strategies ++	TAW10, TAW11	BC400, BC414
ABAP Dictionary ++	TAW10	BC430
Unicode +	TAW11	BC402
Classical screens (dynpros) and selection screens +	TAW10	BC400
ALV Grid Control +	TAW11E	BC405
User Interfaces (Web Dynpro) +	TAW12	NET310
Basic ABAP programs and interfaces creation +++	TAW10	BC400, BC402
Class identification analysis and design ++	TAW12	BC401
Enhancement and Modifications ++	TAW12	BC425, BC427
Table relationships +	TAW10	BC430

.This way you can easily decide which certification you will do and what are the topics you need to prepare. You can then contact SAP India to proceed further.

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Latest SAP NetWeaver Certification program code list

C_TADM53_70	SAP Certified Technology Associate - System Administration (MS SQL DB) with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
C_TADM56_70	SAP Certified Technology Associate - System Administration (DB2) with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
C_TAW12_04	SAP Certified Development Consultant SAP NetWeaver 2004 - Application Development Focus ABAP
C_TAW12_70	SAP Certified Development Associate - ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
C_TAW12_71	Associate development consultant
C_TBI30_73	SAP Certified Application Associate – Business Intelligence with SAP BW 7.3 & SAP BI 4.0
C_TBIT44_70	SAP Certified Development Consultant SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Exchange Infrastructure
C_TBIT44_71	SAP Certified Development Associate – Process Integration with SAP NetWeaver (PI 7.1)
C_TBIT44_73	SAP Certified Development Associate - Process Integration with SAP NetWeaver
C_TBIT51_71	SAP Certified Technology Associate – Process Integration with SAP NetWeaver (PI 7.1)
C_TBIT51_73	SAP Certified Technology Associate - Process Integration with SAP NetWeaver
C_TBW45_70	SAP Certified Application Associate- Business Intelligence with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
C_TBW55_73	SAP Certified Application Associate – Modeling and Data Management with SAP BW 7.3 & SAP BI 4.0
C_TBW65_73	SAP Certified Application Associate –Administration and Operations with SAP BW 7.3 & SAP BI 4.0
C_TE2E04_08	E2E Solution Operations Expert - SAP E2E Solution Operations
C_TEP10_701	SAP Certified Technology Associate NetWeaver Portal
C_TEP10_702	SAP Certified Technology Associate NetWeaver Portal NW 7.02
P_ABAP_70	SAP Certified Development Professional - ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
P_ADM_SEC_70	SAP Certified Technology Professional - Security with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
P_ADM_SYS_70	SAP Certified Technology Professional - Platform Technology with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
P_BIE_70	SAP Certified Application Professional - Enterprise Data Warehousing with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW 7.0)
P_BIR_70	SAP Certified Application Professional - Reporting and Analysis with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW 7.0)

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