SDC Certified Practitioner Curriculum

Nine modules covering everything from semantic data fundamentals to building a client implementation proposal. Self-paced, approximately 14-16 hours total. Each module includes learning objectives, technical content, and an exercise or quiz.

Modules

1. Module 1: Semantic Data Fundamentals — why data quality is the floor, two-level modeling, minimum knowledge modeling, where SDC fits
2. Module 2: SDCStudio — Your First Data Model — account setup, wallet funding, uploading data, AI processing pipeline, reviewing and publishing models, generating outputs
3. Module 3: Components, Clusters, and Publishing — SDC4 type hierarchy, Component Wizard, cluster organization, semantic linking, versioning, app generation, component reuse catalog
4. Module 4: The Six Dimensions of Maturity — definitions, levels, the floor constraint principle, reading the radar chart
5. Module 5: Conducting an Assessment — engagement shape, interview question banks, artifact review, SDC Agents SMB introspection
6. Module 6: Scoring and Presentation — rubric, biases, executive summary, presenting to mixed audiences
7. Module 7: Prescribing Interventions — gap-to-capability mapping, deployment options, when SDC is not the answer, sequencing, compounding cost curve, per-touch stewardship
8. Module 8: SDCforSMB Deployment — install, wizard, datasource types, introspection, assembly review, app generation, maintenance
9. Module 9: Building an Implementation Proposal — proposal structure, milestones, metrics, Phase 6 per-touch stewardship product, objections, terms

Supporting Materials

• Glossary — quick reference for SDC terminology used throughout the curriculum
• Certification Exam — format, coverage, requirements, and how to take the exam
• Case Study: Integration Cost — reference case study for the modules
• Exercise: Atlas Legal — fictional client brief for practice assessments
• Lab — sample data for the Module 8 hands-on lab
• Templates (download as Markdown): Proposal | Findings Worksheet | Governance-First Warning
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Certification Path

1. Read all 9 modules
2. Complete the per-module exercises
3. Complete the Module 8 hands-on lab and submit screenshots
4. Pass the certification exam (multiple choice + scenario-based, 80% to pass, up to 3 attempts within 90 days)
5. Submit the Module 9 capstone proposal
6. Receive SDC Certified Practitioner badge and directory listing