How to Become an Anaplan Solution Architect
Solution Architect Certification Overview
The Anaplan Solution Architect certification is available to Anaplan Partners, customers, and employees who meet the outlined requirements.
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Qualifications
In order to be considered for the Anaplan Certified Solution Architect achievement, candidates must successfully complete the curriculum as well as submit a Design Review application and fulfill an experience requirement.
Course Completion
Applicants must have completed the following Academy training courses:
- Level 1 Model Building
- Level 2 Model Building
- The Anaplan Way
- Additional Certification Mandatory Courses*
- Level 3 Model Building
Note: If your completions are associated with multiple email addresses or an email address that is different from your application, please email academy@anaplan.com.
*You will be notified about additional mandatory course requirements that you should go through to earn or maintain your Anaplan certification. These courses change when new features in the platform are introduced.
Experiential Requirement
Candidates must have a minimum of two (2) full-cycle/end-to-end Anaplan implementations as a model builder within the last three (3) years.
Design Review Application
Once a candidate has completed the above requirements and wishes to formally apply for the Anaplan Solution Architect certification, they should complete the online Certified Solution Architect Design Review Application in the Learning Center. Should the links in the application be unavailable to you, please make sure you have successfully completed all the required courses listed above. Again, if your courses have been completed using multiple email addresses, please academy@anaplan.com to consolidate and verify your eligibility.
Note: Completion of the application will start the formal review process. Please allow up to twelve (12) weeks for your application to be reviewed.
Design Review Process
Applicants will have their experience and Level 3 Model Building course artifacts reviewed.
From the Level 3 Model Building courses, the following artifacts will be reviewed.
- Model Schema
- Model History
- Model Blueprint
Should the artifacts contain any findings that violate Academy Professionalism & Training Integrity Guidelines, or if they do not meet Anaplan best practice guidelines, candidates will not be eligible to successfully complete the Anaplan Solution Architect certification. Candidates will have the option to redo these activities and resubmit their application after a period of three to six (3-6) months.
Anaplan does not tolerate cheating or dishonesty. Applicants who are found cheating or in violation of any of the Professionalism and Training Integrity Guidelines will be banned from all certifications-related activities and reapplication for six (6) months.