My first ACA certification

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I had been aware of the new ACA certifications for some time, but I must admit I didn't pay much attention to them. I thought these certifications were not intended for individuals who work with Atlassian products professionally (as an Atlassian consultant I mostly help our customers to implement the Atlassian products and I work with them as an admin on a daily basis).

However, recent news regarding the new certification designations caught my attention. Upon further investigation, I realized I couldn't have been more mistaken.

I decided to start with ACA-915 Atlassian Cloud Foundations, which seemed like a logical choice. I initially expected it to cover cloud organizations and sites - something like an easier version of ACP-520 Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin. Instead, this certification focuses on the fundamentals of all cloud products, their use cases, purposes, integrations, and available information sources and support options.

I learned a lot new information. While I mainly work with Jira, JSM, JPD, Confluence, Bitbucket and Trello, I had to look more into products like Compass. Also, despite being in the Atlassian ecosystem for several years, I had for example never heard of Atlassian Success Central.

It took me only a few hours to feel prepared for the certification. This was great! The ACP certifications I have completed typically required several days of preparation. I passed with a score of 96%, and I know exactly which one question I answered incorrectly - I realized too late that I had misunderstood it. But I must admit there were also other questions where I wasn't confident in my answers.

Overall, it was fun, I enjoyed it, it was also completed quickly, and most importantly, I learned something new. I highly encourage everyone to pursue this certification. As the new designations look good, I plan to pursue the other ACA certifications as well.

[Carlos Garcia Navarro]

Congratulations, @Hana Kučerová ! Thanks for sharing your experience! :-)

[Tomislav Tobijas]

Congrats on passing the ACA-915! 👏

I could reflect on everything you said to myself 👀

I've earned all Cloud ACPs and ACAs were somewhere in my backlog. During Team '24 in Barcelona, I'm glad I had the opportunity to take ACA-915 for free (also started with that when it comes to Associate certifications), and preparing for it was actually quite fun. Learned some cool new things on the way too.

I'm also planning to take other ACA exams and my next is ACA-900 Jira Software Essentials next week.

[Joanna Thurmann]

This is so fabulous! Such a great post. Warms our hearts here at Atlassian University! Congratulations, @Hana Kučerová , especially on the 96%. Thanks for sharing your experience! 

[Hana Kučerová]

Hi @Carlos Garcia Navarro , @Tomislav Tobijas , @Joanna Thurmann thanks a lot ♥♥♥!

[Susan Waldrip]

Hi @Hana Kučerová , thanks so much for posting this description of your experience, and CONGRATS! I'm researching my first cert and this info is helpful.

[Hana Kučerová]

Thank you, @Susan Waldrip , and good luck with your certification.

[Marshall Walker Lee]

Congratulations @Hana Kučerová 👏

[Hana Kučerová]

Thank you, @Marshall Walker Lee !

[Divya Shree]

Congratulations @Hana Kučerová ! Thanks for sharing! 

[Velma Howard]

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing! 

[Hana Kučerová]

Thank you, @Divya Shree and @Velma Howard !