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Thanks for the reply Matt!
I'm still hoping for some sort of timeframe through an offical update as it would help my planning a lot moving forward but it's nice you took the time to welcome me to the forum (I'm very new here!) and noticed my post and concerns. I'll definatly bookmark this and pop in in the coming days to see development.
Regards.

Hi!
I'm working to expand my knowledge in Smartsheet and I feel I've been stuck in limbo with the current changes and still waiting for updates. I have core and project management certs and was on my way to take the Sys Admin when it (imo rather abruptly) product cert when it got removed.

I work mainly through self studies.

1. Smartsheet professional
Basic Principles of Project & Change Management (self-paced content to introduce concepts) is said to be "Coming soon"; when?
https://smartu.smartsheet.com/page/learning-plan

2. "All the skills required to be a Smartsheet Certified Professional are taught in the Builder Path and Professional Learning Path (coming soon)" ; when?https://smartu.smartsheet.com/page/certified-professional

3. Is there any deeper definition of what's on the exam?
The defintion I can find is here:
https://smartu.smartsheet.com/smartsheet-certified-professional-public

But this is vastly less detailed then say Core and Project Management definitions. What I'm looking for is something I can use as a blueprint and understanding similar to
https://smartu.smartsheet.com/page/project-management-certification-resources
I could use the above to actually work deeper in self-studies with.

Is there none?

4. Just to be certain here.
"PREREQUISITE: You must receive the Builder Certificate of Achievement to attempt the Professional certification."

If I have the Core certification I can still sign up and do the exam/cert attempt right as they are correspondent to eachother?
https://smartu.smartsheet.com/smartsheet-certified-professional-public

Thanks for the answers. Sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum; I'm rather new here.

Hi @Stephan Johansson

Keeping up with all the certifications can be challenging. To be honest though, I've gained the most knowledge from right here in the Community Forums. Sometimes I'll read someone's issue and work through how I would solve it. If I'm not too sure that's the best way then I bookmark the post and wait for someone else to reply and see how their response compares to how I would've solved it. You can learn so much about how the tool functions in real world environments here in the Forums.

I know its not the answer you were looking for, but I hope it helps in some way.

Matt

FYI here is our business case submitted to Product Ideas. @Estelle Redding

Correct. We have been on it since 2018 and now we are actively working to transfer processes to other systems. The one and only chance that we would continue is if they give back control of user creation and asset creation to Admins. The provisional user model is ridiculous. Even if we did renew next time, it would be a much smaller footprint as we are actively moving things out. There are certain departments in the company that would never use it again.