Coursera Professional Certificate SAP Technology Consultant
SAP Technology Consultant
SAP produces software for the
management of business processes,
developing solutions that facilitate
effective data processing and
information flow across organizations.
Our mission is to aid organizations
in becoming genuinely Intelligent
Enterprises.
The Coursera Professional
Certificate: SAP Technology
Consultant was created jointly by
SAP and Coursera as a program
to rapidly build knowledge in the
core skills all SAP Consultants need
SAP is a global company, and as
such career opportunities are also
truly global.
The pace of change in the IT industry
means that there is a constant flux
in the range and types of skills that
are in demand. Combine this with
SAP’s scale, the scale of the SAP
ecosystem and the many, many SAP
customers around the world and it
becomes clear that there is huge
demand for those with SAP skills and
qualifications.
In addition it will take you through
some of the most typical processes a
SAP Consultant undertakes as part of
a consulting project. You will get the
chance to study projects, and then
be given the chance to examine how
you would manage two of your own
projects - in sustainable energy and
global food security.
Finally there will be a wealth of career
guidance resources to help you
wherever you may be on the SAP
career path. The course assumes no
knowledge of SAP or of consulting.
regardless of where they are in their
careers. It gives you an overview
of SAP, the SAP ecosystem, SAP
products and how they are integrated
as well as guiding you through which
‘soft’ consulting skills are most often
cited as in high demand.
This booklet is a guide to the many
additional resources available
to you as you progress through
the Coursera SAP Technology
Consultant Professional Certificate
and how you can join the SAP family.
We hope you find the course to be
fun, engaging and rewarding.
Martin Gollogly, Coursera Program
Director, SAP: LinkedIn
Learning support for
Coursera students
What SAP resources are
available to support my
Coursera learning?
to know more about the company
and our ecosystem. SAP itself has
the SAP Community - a network of
millions of people that share ideas,
ask questions, and provide support to
each other.
SAP has long had a tradition of
providing opportunities for selfdirected learning as well as
opportunities for connecting to other
SAP consultants and those using SAP
in their day to day lives.
We also have the SAP Next-Gen
Community - this program supports
university students, high-schoolers
and self-directed learning students
across the world. One of the aspects
of the SAP Next-Gen Program is
the University Alliances community.
Another is the Young Thinkers
program. We also have a large and
growing community on our SAP NextGen LinkedIn page which is open to
all Coursera students - if you would
like to join and connect you would be
very welcome - visit us here.
SAP today is at the forefront of online
self-directed learning with our platform
the SAP Learning Site - and
the student zone on the SAP
learning site a fully online immersive
learning plartform that enables you
to take control of your own learning
journey.
To take advantage of the SAP
Learning site you can just visit the site
and begin exploring. There are no fees
and no qualification requirements. Just
visit, explore, and learn.
Certification opportunities
SAP has a vast variety of self-paced
learning journeys leading to SAP
Certifications. These are distinct
from the Coursera SAP Professional
Certificate and are wholly and
exclusively designed and hosted by
SAP. The Courswra course is design
to provide an introduction into SAP
solutions and guidance on where
you would like to focus in your future
studies. If you would like to explore
further SAP Certifications you can
take a look here to find out more.
Within your Coursera studies you will
find a number of links to learning.
sap.com and to additional SAP online
learning resources such as www.
opensap.com.
Communities
SAP also has a long-standing tradition
of building communities for SAP
consultants, customers, students,
academics, or just those wishing
SAP Learning
site
SAP Next-Gen
SAP Certification
SAP Learning Site
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Open to anyone
The SAP Learning site enables learners
to quickly upskill or reskill in key
innovation areas, for free. Designed
to be simple and intuitive, it provides
access to SAP Learning Journeys
that learners can follow to upskill and
prepare for SAP certifications. Students
can learn in a dedicated student
zone on the site with tailored learning
contents.
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SAP learning resources
All SAP Learning site courses have
been designed and built by SAP itself as
official learning materials. That means
they represent the best knowledge and
experience that SAP has to offer and
are the best route to developing your
own SAP skillset.
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Learning journeys
Learning journeys take you through the
process of learning a specific topic in
an easy-to-follow step-by-step journey
that enabes you to follow the course
in sequence. Or, if you’d prefer, you
can step ahead to topics that are of
particular interest to you. Learning is a
journey.
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Multiple media
The SAP Learning site offers students
a multi-media, multi-format route to
learning so that there is always a
medium to capture your interest. It
offers a variety of teaching methods
including video, short-form descriptions,
mutiple-choice questions and answers
and easy to understand diagrams and
graphics.
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Use with Coursera
The SAP Learning site is a perfect
source for additional learning once you
have been exposed to a specfic concept
during your Coursera studies. You can
understand the initial concepts through
Coursera, and if you find that a specific
topic interests you, you can then take
that interest further and study things
like SAP Analytics Cloud, Signavio
or Business Technology Platform in
greater depth.
SAP Learning Journeys on the SAP Learning site
Getting started
with UX
After completing this learning journey,
developers will be able to build a simple user
interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Discover SAP
Business
Technology
Platform
This learning journey provides you with an
introduction to SAP Business Technology
Platform and the Intelligent Enterprise
strategy.
Run SAP Business
Processes with
SAP Signavio
Solutions
Explore RISE with
SAP S/4HANA
Cloud
This learning journey will guide you through
the fundamentals of our SAP Signavio
solutions and business process management.
This learning journey is designed for you to
explore RISE with SAP and each deployment
option available with the RISE with SAP
offering.
Utilize LowCode/No-Code
Applications and
Automations for
Citizen Developers
Explore SAP
Analytics Cloud
In this learning journey you will learn about
the basic concepts of low-code/no-code
software development and how to build your
own apps.
This learning journey will introduce you to
the different parts of SAP Analytics Cloud,
including many demonstrations.
Design Business
Processes with
SAP Signavio
Solutions
Explore SAP
SuccessFactors
Solutions
This learning journey will guide you through
the tasks involved specifically in the designing
of business processes with SAP Signavio
solutions.
This learning journey will explore the concepts
and capabilities of the solutions within the
SAP SuccessFactors suite.
Additional resources
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openSAP
openSAP is the Massive Online Open
Course (MOOC) for SAP. Massive Open
Online Courses (MOOCs) leverage
tried and trusted classroom concepts,
with digital enhancements including
gamification and discussion forums, to
interact with other learners and experts
in an online delivery format.
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SAP Next-Gen LinkedIn
The SAP Next-Gen program created
a community page for students to
reach out and connect with each other
on the LinkedIn platform here. As a
Coursera student you are very welcome
to connect with us to keep up with the
latest posts as well as to network and
share your experiences.
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SAP Community
SAP has built a large community
that you can join called the SAP
Community, with over 3 million
members interested in SAP topics.
Here you can read news, blogs, articles
on SAP products (and resources and
careers). You can network, build your
SAP knowledge and ask questions in
the various groups.
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SAP User Groups
SAP User Groups are found around
the world and represent a forum for
partners and customers to come
together to share the latest updates
on the SAP ecosystem, including
opportunities for learning and careers.
You can find your most local SAP User
Group here.
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SAP Student Zone on
the SAP Learning Site
Students can access SAP resources
for free in a dedicated free resources
on a dedicated student zone on the
SAP Learning site. Here students can
upskill, prepare for certification and
get connected to job opportunities to
kickstart their career.
SAP Community
SAP Next-Gen
SAP Next-Gen
LinkedIn
openSAP
SAP Certification
SAP Learning
Journeys
SAP trial
software
Research
SAP User
Groups
Events
SAP University
Alliances
Partners
SAP careers
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Permanent roles
SAP has 105,000 employees and
serves 92% of the Forbes global top
2000 companies. As a result SAP has a
constant demand for talented, focused
and engaged people wishing to build an
SAP career. A summary of our actively
recruited roles can be found here.
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Internships
SAP has a number of internship
programs around the world that provide
the opportunity for young people to
develop experience at SAP whilst still at
university. Our internship programs offer
students with an invaluable opportunity
to learn SAP skills, gain understanding
of SAP and its’ customers and
understand where to direct your career.
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Locations
SAP is a global company, and so our
demand for talent is global. If you would
like to register as a member of our
global Talent Community we would love
to hear from you.
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Insights
Any prospective employer is always
going to be impressed with the
knowledge you demonstrate about
our industry, partners, customers and
industry and technology trends. One
way you can do this is by subscribing to
the SAP Insights newsletter here.
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Partners
SAP is priveleged to have a network of
world class partners - many of which
have a very substantial demand for
SAP skills. Examples of such partners
include Deloitte Consulting, Cap
Gemini, Accenture, IBM, Microsoft,
KPMG, EY among many others.