Exam details
|
- Level: Expert (1-3 years’ experience)
- Passing Score: 46/68
- Time: 136 mins
- Delivery: Online proctored (requires camera access)
- Available languages: English, Japanese
- Cost: $225 (global) / $150 (India)
- Exam ID: AD0-E406 (English), AD0-E406-J (Japanese)
|
Intended audience
|
The intended candidates for this certification include members of the following teams/organizations:
- Optimization
- Personalization
- Analytics
- Digital and product marketing
|
Minimum experience
|
- 2+ years’ experience with optimization platforms, including Adobe Target
- Hands-on experience with Adobe Target
- 2+ years’ experience leading/contributing to optimization programs
- An understanding of basics of Target/Adobe Marketing Cloud administrative tasks (preferences, user roles and permissions, settings)
- The ability to understand and translate business KPIs into optimization goals
- The ability to make suggestions based on needs assessment
- The ability to determine the appropriate Adobe Target activity types based on optimization goals
- Knowledge of how HTML and CSS can be used to optimize the user experience
- Understanding of JavaScript as a concept
- The knowledge of statistical concepts and data analysis as it applies to optimization
- An in-depth knowledge of the three-step workflow (experiences, targeting, goals and settings, including all reporting sources)
- The ability to translate Activity reporting results into actionable insights and suggestions
- An understanding of the impact of changing technologies on Target (ITP, GDPR/CCPA, SPA)
- An understanding of how Recommendation Activities can be used as a solution
Additionally, you should be familiar with the following technologies and environments:
Technologies:
- Marketing cloud debugger/also called Adobe Experience Cloud debugger
- Adobe Analytics as a reporting source for Target specifically A4T integration
- Browser’s console/Browser developer tools such as console, network tab
- Network tools in browser
- Basic understanding of other Adobe Tools
- Developer Console (any web browser)
- Adobe Target sample calculator
- Adobe Audience Manager fundamentals
- Adobe Experience Cloud (as audience source for Target)
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Basic knowledge of terminology used in statistics as related to Target
- Basic knowledge of cookies behavior
- How to read a Solution Design Reference
- Desktop/Website including desktops and mobile devices
- Mobile App (basic understanding)/Use of Target for mobile devices
- Staging-development
- Production
- Production environments across mobile devices, tablet devices and desktop devices
- Related hosting platforms
- Use of target for single page applications
- Email
|
Exam objectives and scope
|
This section provides information on the exam content.
Section 1: Planning and strategy (31%)
- Identify business KPIs and successfully translate these into optimization goals given key business requirements
- Identify opportunities for optimization based on business KPIs and data analysis
- Prioritize test ideas based on business needs, level of effort, and potential for lift
- Based on the Adobe Sample Size Calculator, determine how variables impact the activity
- Construct test hypotheses based on a given scenario and identify hypotheses elements
- Analyze a test hypothesis based on a given scenario and identify aspects of a valid hypothesis
- Determine KPI-based primary and secondary success metrics
- Assess audience requirements
- Determine the appropriate analytics reporting sources (that is, Target or Adobe Analytics)
Section 2: Configuring, executing and managing (42%)
- Explain the use of Form-Based Experience Composer vs. the Visual Experience Composer
- Apply procedures to create an experience using VEC
- Apply procedures to create an experience using Form-Based Composer
- Apply procedures to manage experiences within an experience composer
- Describe the workflow that applies to creating Target Activities
- Apply procedures to create an A/B test activity
- Apply procedures to create an XT activity
- Apply procedures to create an MVT activity
- Understand how AP is used for solutions
- Apply procedures to create a Recommendation activity
- Apply procedures to create an Audience in Target
- Apply procedures to set Goals and Settings
- Apply procedures to conduct Activity QA
- Apply procedures to manage Activities and Audiences within Target
Section 3: Analyzing and reporting (17%)
- Define and evaluate report settings to help set the elements that appear in a report
- Evaluate and compare Adobe Target Sample Size Calculator settings when both planning Target activities and validating Target activities reports
- Evaluate and identify common problems associated with A/B testing and how to avoid them
- Understand how Automated Personalization Summary reports differ from other reports
- Evaluate Experience Performance reports (MVT)
- Determine the winning variation based on the observed lift, confidence levels and business objectives
Section 4: Troubleshooting (10%)
- Diagnose activity qualification issues
- Use browser debugging tools (including Experience Cloud Debugger) to verify implementation
- Verify metrics and reporting
|