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This certification verifies that you possess the core skills in the area of SAP SuccessFactors Career Development Planning and Mentoring. It is designed for SAP partner consultants implementing SAP SuccessFactors Career Development Planning and Mentoring, allowing them to apply skills under experienced consultant guidance. Registered SAP Partner consultants will be provided with provisioning rights once they have been certified, while customers and independent consultants will not.&nbsp;
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SAP SuccessFactors Career Development Planning and Mentoring

This course provides an overview of the basic configurations of SAP SuccessFactors Platform tools and features.

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Welcome to Configuring SAP SuccessFactors Career Development Planning

Welcome to SAP SuccessFactors, Career Development Planning, also known as CDP. This learning journey teaches the concepts, terminology, and configuration options associated with the implementation of the SAP SuccessFactors CDP solution. You will learn concepts and perform hands-on exercises to enable you to configure and manage the SAP SuccessFactors CDP solution. These include development, plans, career worksheets, career paths, learning activity, templates, and mentoring programs. With text explanations, video tutorials, and interactive simulations, you will actively learn and practice concepts. To help you along the way, by the end of the course, you will be ready to earn your certification and start your first implementation. So put down that TV remote, and let's get started!

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This course will guide you through the configurations necessary to implement SAP SuccessFactors Career Development Planning and Mentoring.

SAP SuccessFactors Career Development Planning and Mentoring Academy

This practice system is preconfigured with the data you need to carry out exercises from the course SAP SuccessFactors Career Development Planning Academy or to experiment on your own with SUCCESSFACTORS SUC&amp;CARDEV.

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