Exam Preparation Guide: Adobe Workfront Core Developer - Certified Expert AD0-E904

Introduction

The Adobe Certified Expert - Workfront Core Developer exam guide provides potential candidates with information they need to prepare for the certification exam.

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Exam Guide Sections

Minimum candidate experience
Intended audience
Exam information
Readiness questionnaire
Exam objectives and scope
Online practice test
How to prepare for the exam

Minimum Candidate Experience

This exam focuses on Workfront System Administrators specializing in implementation and new or updated instance configuration. At a minimum, the candidate seeking to become certified:

Has at least 18-24 months experience with Workfront
Can navigate the Workfront system, understanding where its functionality resides
Can configure all aspects of the system
Can discuss requirements with customers and translate those into a viable solution
Can elicit and modify existing process for improvement in a collaborative way
Can understand and apply the marketing and PMO uses cases
Can recommend and create reports that support customer processes

Intended Audience

Process designer/architect
Business analyst
Technical consultant
Configuration consultant
Workfront System Administrator

Exam Information

Exam number: AD0-E904
Exam name: Adobe Workfront Core Developer
Certificate level: Certified Expert
Available languages: English
Number of questions: 64
Formats: Multiple choice and multiple select
Duration: 130 minutes
Delivery: Online proctored (requires camera access) or test center proctored
Passing mark: 36/64
Price: $225 USD / $150 USD (India)

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Exam Objectives and Scope

Section 1: Core System Administration and Setup (17%)

Given a scenario, describe ways to effectively share permissions and access.
Given a diagram, select the correct hierarchy order of access.
Given a scenario, identify when a group status vs. a system status should be used.
Given a data set, demonstrate the capabilities of kickstarts.
Given a scenario, identify best practices for auto-provisioning users.
Given a scenario, demonstrate how Groups and Teams within a user's profile can impact what can be seen or done within Workfront
Given a scenario, recommend whether a Team should be standard, Kanban, or Scrum.
Given a scenario, determine the best practice for deploying Agile team custom storyboards.

Section 2: Intake, Custom Forms, and Project Management (17%)

Given a scenario, identify the configuration areas needed to support the work allocations.
Given a scenario, identify the necessary settings.
Given a scenario, identify how a value is passed to a project custom form.
Given a scenario, describe what must be done to address reporting and calculation errors.
Given a scenario, identify supporting elements that lend themselves to templates.

Section 3: Strategic Functionality - Portfolio and Program Management, Resource Management (13%)

Given a scenario, determine how to capture post-project KPIs that are reflected in the Portfolio Optimizer.
Given a scenario, adjust the business case to reflect a change in the project scope.
Given a scenario, create a view that identifies within a portfolio whether a project meets the average level of requisite criteria to be executed.
Given a scenario, describe ways to manage risk qualitatively or quantitatively.
Given a scenario, provide a mechanism to ensure the highest priority projects are fully staffed.
Given a scenario, determine the root cause.
Given a scenario, determine why a user is over allocated.

Section 4: Document Management and Proof (13%)

Given a scenario, demonstrate when to utilize document management versus proofing
Given a scenario, identify best practices for using the proofing viewer, settings, and markup functionality
Given a scenario, demonstrate how to edit and set permissions on a file.
Given a scenario, demonstrate how to setup external document storage with security restrictions

Section 5: Reporting (13%)

Given a scenario, describe ways to combine multiple columns of data into a single column.
Given a report or filter, demonstrate the merits of using wildcard values.
Identify parent-to-child relationships in a report.
Given a scenario, describe how reporting facilitates efficient execution of work.
Given a scenario, illustrate Workfront Reporting to monitor and improve user adoption.

Section 6: Methodology / Best Practices / Use Cases (20%)

Given a scenario within Workfront, demonstrate functionality for setting up tracking of deliverables that are part of a single campaign.
Given a scenario within Workfront, demonstrate functionality around strategic prioritization and justification of work.
Given a scenario within Workfront, demonstrate functionality around financials, utilization, forecasting, billing rates/records
Given a scenario within Workfront, demonstrate functionality around setting up workflow and approvals.
Given a scenario for Agile, identify native features to show progress.
Given a scenario, recommend a framework for governance around system administration when expanding a client's instance.
Given a scenario, identify areas for consideration when expanding a client's instance to enable additional teams to work together.

Section 7: Business Consulting (8%)

Given a scenario, describe the process needed to fully support that effort.
Given a scenario, explain how to adapt an existing Workflow to meet a recent change in a critical, inflight business process.
Given a scenario, identify configuration settings that are most difficult to change to a given instance.
Given a scenario, identify the key considerations of change management for a Workfront implementation
Given a scenario, provide a recommendation.

Readiness Self-Assessment

Complete the online readiness questionnaire to see if your current experience matches the recommended minimum candidate qualification.

Online Practice Test

We are excited to offer free practice tests and provide a detailed coaching report upon completion of each one. You will have unlimited access to all available practice tests for Adobe’s expert-level exams. Our practice tests are developed from the same blueprints as the live exams, so they can help you gauge how you are doing in each topic area. However, taking a practice test does not guarantee that you will pass the certification exam.

Go to the Adobe Credential Management System to launch a practice test.

Go to the Scheduling Page > Practice Tests > Adobe Certification Prep Portal > click on Launch Adobe Exam Prep Portal (on the far-right side).

How to Prepare for the Exam

Recommended training:

You are not required to complete training before taking the exam, and training alone will not provide you with the knowledge and skills required to pass the exam. A combination of training and successful, on-the-job experience are critical to providing you with the repository needed to pass the exam. Here are some suggested resources to help as you prepare:

Section 1: Core System Administration and Setup

Section 2: Intake, Custom Forms, and Project Management

Section 3: Strategic Functionality - Portfolio and Program Management, Resource Management

Section 4: Document Management and Proof

Section 5: Reporting

Section 6: Methodology / Best Practices / Use Cases

Section 7: Business Consulting

Questions?

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The content of this exam guide is subject to changes and updates. Last update February 2023.

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