SAP NetWeaver 7 Certified
Posted: July 31st, 2009 | Author: Sudhir Upadhyay | Filed under: SAP/Unix | 8 Comments »I am now SAP certified NetWeaver 7.0 Associate consultant. After couple of months of preparation, delays of exam and a few software glitches from SAP, I could take my exam and cleared it.
I was a little bit sceptical about it in like any other person whether to go for certification or not. I have also gone through the eternal debate of SAP certification – does an experienced person in SAP really requires certification or it’s just a waste of money.
Read more about it here: Is SAP Certification Worth the Money? from Jon Reed Vs. SAP certification not worth much from IT Knowledge Exchange.
However, as I have completed 3 years as a SAP Basis consultant few months back, I thought this is the right time to go for certification as it would add value to my resume in recession hit economy.
The course C_TADM51_70 contents 5 books in total (almost 3000+ pages). The course material is very conclusive and demands a lot of persistence in studying. You don’t need any other reference material other than these 5 books because you will get all questions from these books only. You need to go through these books at least thrice to remember the every detail of SAP concepts. Thanks to Rafael OoOshiro, I stumbled upon to the concept of creating Mind Maps for studies. Creating mind map along while studying is a nice idea, it makes studying fun and you can have a lesson/unit in an uncluttered way in one single mind map.
The best part I liked about this SAP certification exam is that you don’t get braindumps for it on Internet like any other certification programs like MCSE, OCP etc (without any offence to these exams). So, you have to study the complete course material and have to understand each and every concept in detail. Although, I do believe there should be some sample questions so a person can get an idea about type of questions asked. Until recently, there were no sample questions. I think SAP has identified this problem and has given some sample questions on it’s website (See here) 
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I have observed that there was a lot less information about SAP certification exams as compared to other certification until recently. The fee, course contents, registering and passing score etc but now, SAP education site provides the complete information.
While preparing for this certification, I thought of sharing knowledge and that’s how I register my own SAP website SAPguru.in. This website would be my learning canvas of SAP. On SAPguru, I would be sharing whatever I learn, I am in the process of writing few articles, How-To articles etc. I would also be uploading the Mindmaps which I have prepared as notes for my SAP certification prepration, these come very handy in revising the complete stuff in a nutshell.
Here, I would like to clear that I do not have any dumps or something similar to it which I would give you and you’ll clear the exam. Please don’t ask for it in comments. My only objective of SAPguru.in would be sharing knowledge. So, stay in touch for the update!
Hi,
My name is Kamran Abbas and I’m new to SAP. Its nice that you have shared your thoughts here. I’m learning SAP BASIS nowadays and my main aim is to get a jobin SAP BASIS as I’m desperately looking for a job. So if you find any openings in SAP BASIS or anyone who requires SAP BASIS people, please please let me know. I’m ready to take any opening. I can give the certification later but right now after completing the course i need a job in SAP BASIS.
I went to your site but it seems its not ready yet.
Anyways it was nice talking to you here. You can reply me at krabbas81@hotmail.com.
Talk to you later.
Bye.
Kamran Abbas
Hi Kamran,
From where did you do your course? If you have done it from SAP India/Siemens then there should not be a problem to get a job.
All the best for your future.
Hi Sudhir
Nice Blog
I’m currently prepare for the NW 7.0 Certification C_TADM51_70.
I cannot see an end of preparation and i think, anything i read, i forget after short time.
I read about your mind map and i think it’s a great method for a overview of these 2500+pages of course material.
Do you share your mindmap with other peoples?
It would be very glad if you could send me this MindMap per Mail:
Many thanks and Bye
Mike
Hi Sudhir,
I’m doing my SAP BASIS from Canada. Also if you have any mindmap will be great if you share.
Thanks.
Kamran Abbas
Mike
This is Viswanath Krishnan who cleared the exam.What I would advice you is to understand the concepts very well as the questions will not be direct.
First two books are very important and concenterate on those.
Nevel leave any topic.The passing percentage is 52 but there are negative marking.To be honest,One need to work hard and understand the concepts,else it is a daunting task .
Vishwantah,
Congratulations for clearing the exam. I agree that understanding the concepts is the most important part in any exam and first two books are very important, however, there are NO negative marking in the exam and also passing %ge is 72% not 52.
Hi,
I am preparing for C_TADM56_70.I have undergone the training form SAP ACADEMY and have the complete material of TADM10,TADM12 and TADM56.Apart from the normal lessons in those books there are some appendix as well covering some important topics(like CTS+)
Whether we need to study those appendix ?
Will the questions in exam cover the topics in appendix?
Any idea…..
Hi Subhajit,
As far as I know you won’t get questions from appendix. However, it’s a good idea to go through appendix at least once-twice. If I remember correctly, CTS+ is not part of appendix and important for your skills.
All the best for your exam.