ACP-520: Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin Certification Journey

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Hi All. 

I would like to share my journey to preparing and taking the ACP-520. 

Week 1 (Nov 5th - Nov 11th): Gathering info. 

• A lot of good info to start with in this thread, so not going to recreate it  https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Training-Certification-articles/How-to-prepare-for-ACP-520-Atlassian-Cloud-Organization-Admin/ba-p/2441713
• Created a Miro board where I will be documenting my notes: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVNSDd2FI=/?share_link_id=445634915585
• Purchased the ACP-520 course and reading the overview of course.
• I already have a personal Atlassian account (premium plan) and setting up the cloud environment as instructed in the overview (some steps I have already done as I have a few Jira projects set-up for practice for ACP-120).
• Followed the getting started section and completed the below

           Created the Atlassian Account

           Created the site https://sitenamennn.atlassian.net/

           Navigated to admin hub: 

           https://admin.atlassian.com/ 

           Configured Jira Software

           Configured Confluence

           Able to navigate between products

• Started first exam topic Atlassian Organisations  

Feeling: Super excited!! I have my learnings from the preparation of ACP-620 and ACP-120. So, hopefully can leverage and can also document some good slides in Miro.

Week 2 and 3 (Nov 12th - Nov 25th):

Did not do much in week 2, but overall Completed going through Atlassian Organizations. Paused at different sections and went to admin hub to try out different menus and options as mentioned in the success cloud content.

Will be updating Miro board by the end of this week. 

Weeks 4 and 5 (Nov 26th - Dec 10th):

Completed User Groups and Admin Roles. Proactively booked the exam a the centre for end of Jan.  No spaces available at the centre I am booking until mid Jan. 

If you have good hands-on experience and familiar with roles, groups and access levels etc, the content of this exam seems easier than ACP-620 and ACP-120. 

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If you are interested in ACP-120, you can find my journey to success in this thread

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Training-Certification/Success-journey-ACP-120-Jira-Administration-for-Cloud/m-p/2454152#M1181

[Stuart Capel - London]

This is awesome @Kavitha Chandrasekaran thanks for sharing!

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Thank You @Stuart Capel - London 

[Chris Rainey]

Excited to follow along with your journey - good luck!

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Thanks @Chris Rainey 

[Ntamen kamogne harry Michel]

Thank's for this sharing

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

You're welcome @Ntamen kamogne harry Michel 

[Jimmy Seddon]

Good luck @Kavitha Chandrasekaran!  I hope you do really well on the exam!  Please report back to us once you have passed the exam so we can celebrate with you.

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Thank You @Jimmy Seddon !! And your post on ACP-520 is awesome! That is my first point of entry for ACP-520 :-) 

[Andy Gladstone]

@Kavitha Chandrasekaran looking forward to following you along your journey during this series! Good luck.

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Thank You @Andy Gladstone 

[Sara Patel]

Your miro board is excellent and will be following.  Thank you for sharing.

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Thank You @Sara Patel 

[Ifat Keren]

Hello Kavitha

Thanks for sharing this and good luck.

May I ask what is the difference between this 520 certification vs the ACP-120?
Thanks!

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Hi @Ifat Keren Sorry just saw the post. ACP-120 covers Jira Admin for Cloud. ACP-520 in overall Cloud Org Admin. It covers managing various cloud products at the Organisation level, including creating multiple sites, billing, user setting, etc. 

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Happy to share that I have successfully passed the Atlassian Cloud Org Admin Certification exam. I encourage everyone who is interested to continue their journey and take the exam. 

[Jimmy Seddon]

Congratulations!  It's not the easier exam to take, you should be proud of your accomplishment!

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Thanks @Andy Gladstone 

[Ben Dollinger]

Congratulations! 🎉

I've set the date for my second attempt in just four weeks!

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

@Ben Dollinger All the best for your exam!

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Thanks @Jimmy Seddon 

[Joanna Thurmann]

Congratulations @Kavitha Chandrasekaran !  That's a great accomplishment!  Thanks for sharing your journey with the community.

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

Thanks @Joanna Thurmann 

[shruti gupta]

Thanks for sharing ! I have cleared the exam.

[Joanna Thurmann]

@shruti gupta Huge congratulations!!! Great achievement. Now tell your co-workers to do the same :-) 

[Ivonne Terrero]

This is amazing. Thanks for sharing your miro board as well. 

[Mustafa007]

how did you practice the exam questions ?

[Kavitha Chandrasekaran]

@Mustafa007 I did a lot of hands-on practice.

[Ravina]

Thanks For Sharing @Kavitha Chandrasekaran