How to clear TE2E040

Hi Friends...

Well I was a bit occupied these days because of E2E Run SAP certification & few operations management exams (OM in the next post).
The certification went smoothly & luckily i was the only one to clear it (may be because i was on bench for last couple of months & had nothing else to do other than surfing, chatting etc etc ... and of course studying ... i hope my managers are not reading this post ;) .What I have found out is that, you dont need to be a hard core technical consultant to clear a "Associate level Run SAP certification". I am a functional consultant by my skill set (but sadly nobody recognizes it) and somehow got this opportunity as few of my managers thought that it would be too risky to keep a resource free for such a long time (Free mind is a dangerous place & i can prove you that). Frankly speaking, there is too much of evil to do when u really want to kill time ... anyways cut the crap ...

Here are the few tips that i think you may need to clear this certification without too much of the peparation :

1. Get the Standard Course material from SAP (TE2E04 or E2E040 , both are same but TE2Eo4 covers one case study which is very helpful in making fundamentals clear)
http://www1.sap.com/services/education/certification/certificationtest.epx?context=%5b%5bC_TE2E04_08%7cG%5d%5d%7c
There is only one book and the best part is, SAP never asks any question out of the book . 50% direct & 50% based on ur understanding of business skills & fundamentals.

2. Remember, Number of questions wud be exactly in the same % distribution as given by SAP on their website (refer above link). Maximum from Assessment & scoping . Here is the ballpark figure :-
Around 14 - 15 from Assessment and Scoping; 3 - 4 from design Phase and 10 - 11 from standards till Technical Operations.

3. Concentrate more on Run SAP methodology. (Download Roadmap from SAP support portal)
You can "ACCESS" online access or "DOWNLOAD" from following link
https://websmp108.sap-ag.de/supportstandards

4. Read Full Assessment & scoping from Run SAP Roadmap & dont leave any single point from the TE2E04 course (and i mean every damn single point)

5. Try to cover case study once . it really helps in making fundamentals strong

6. Understand the concepts from the standard course material and DO NOT REFER any thing else other than those that are mentioned in the course material.

7. The minimum required percentage to clear is 57% .

Here are the quick wins:
1. One question from Organizaion chart.
2. One question from Alignment of Run SAP with ASAP project. Alignment part is very very important. Try to cover all the phases of Run SAP & ASAP.

Here are the tricky parts :
# As it is a Computer based Test, every question will have either a "radio button" or a "check box". Radio button is a kind of "Poke Yoke" i.e. u can be sure that only one option is right (even if you think more than 1 is right system wont let you do that ) ... piece of cake isn't it ... the second type is check box. Now in this type, its not necessasry that more than one option is correct. U need to be very very sure for such kind of questions. There can be one option correct or can be more than one options correct. Try to use elimination method when you are not sure about the answers or if you think the question is out your Intellectual limits.

# In all of the other SAP certification exams, they give you a hint with every question, which tells you how many of the options are correct in a multiple type objective question. If you dont see such hints in exam, Dont Freak Out ! thats how they have designed this paper . They give you 1 hr to complete 30 questions & one course book to refer but they set the same difficulty level at par to any other certification. so be prepared for this one too... in the end "IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WIN BY INCH OR A MILE" winning is winning :)

reply to the post if you want to know in details .... :) BON Learning