Updated requirements for Finance, Sales, Service, and Supply Chain specializations
To empower more partners to qualify for specializations, we’ve adjusted the Performance and Knowledge requirements to earn certain Business Applications specializations. Updated Finance, Sales, Service, and Supply Chain requirements The Performance and Knowledge threshold requirements have been changed. The requirements are the same across all four specializations: Performance 3 large deployments (previously 5) >0% monthly consumption value (MCV) growth rate (previously >30%) Baseline of 25,000 MCV Knowledge 5 unique individuals with intermediate certifications (previously 15) No minimum number of individuals required to earn each certification (previously 3) 2 unique individuals with expert certifications (previously 5) Additionally, specific to the Sales specialization, the intermediate certification Customer Experience Analyst Associate has been added to replace the expired certifications. Your partner admin can check to see if you meet these new requirements and apply for the audit. If you’ve already earned one of the specializations, check to see if you meet the updated requirements before applying for renewal. Full details on the requirements can be found on the individual specialization websites: Finance Sales Service Supply Chain
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