Navigating FSO Training: Courses and Certifications by Persona

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Navigating FSO Training: Courses and Certifications by Persona

Objective

This article maps the FSO training catalog to three roles: Business Analysts, Developers, and Architects. It also lists the certifications that apply to each persona. Use it to see which courses are common to every role, which ones are specific to your role, and where to start.

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How the Catalog Is Organized

The catalog has three course paths and one certification list. The Business Analyst path (BPC-BA) has 14 courses. The Developer path has 33 courses. The Architect path has 36 courses, which include nearly all Developer courses plus additional design and scale content. Nine certifications and accreditations are listed by persona.

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Shared Foundation

These 12 courses appear on all three course paths. Start here, whatever your role.

• Configure Orchestration, Flow Designer, and Integration Hub
• Customer Service Management (CSM) Essentials 
• Financial Service Operations (FSO) Implementation Bootcamp On Demand 
• Financial Services Operations (FSO) Essentials 
• Financial Services Operations (FSO): Banking and Wealth Essentials 
• Financial Services Operations (FSO): Disputes Management Essentials 
• Introduction to Agentic AI 
• Introduction to Generative AI
• Playbooks Essentials 
• Service Model Foundation (SMF) Essentials 
• ServiceNow Administration Fundamentals 
• Workflow Studio Fundamentals 

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Business Analysts

Business Analysts complete the shared foundation, then add the courses below.

• Get Started with Platform Analytics Dashboards 
• What is a Contact Center?

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Developers

Developers complete the shared foundation, then build technical depth with the courses below.

• Advanced Flow Designer for CS Employee & Customer Management
• AI Agents Essentials 
• Domain Separation Basics 
• Flow Administration 
• Get Started with Remote Tables
• Integration Hub: Introduction 
• Integration Hub: Use Store Spokes 
• Now Assist for Financial Service Operations (FSO) Implementation 
• Now Assist for Financial Service Operations (FSO) Implementation: Agentic AI
• Platform Analytics (PA) Fundamentals 
• Playbooks Advanced 
• REST Integration: Create Inbound REST Requests 
• REST Integration: Create Scripted REST APIs
• ServiceNow REST API Basics
• ServiceNow Scripted REST APIs
• UI Builder Advanced 
• UI Builder Fundamentals 
• Web Service Integrations
• What is a Contact Center?
• ServiceNow Platform Implementation 
• Service Exchange Implementer 

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Architects

Architects take the Developer path, then add the courses below for design and scale.

• Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) Integration Fundamentals 
• Domain Separation Implementation 
• Integration Hub: Create New Spokes 
• Service Provider Architecture 

Note: Architects should complete the Developer courses first to understand how the solution is built.

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Certifications

Certifications and accreditations are listed by persona. Items marked ALL apply to every role.

• Certified Implementation Specialist: Customer Service Management (CIS-CSM) (Mainline; ALL)
• Playbooks Essentials (Micro-Certification; ALL)
• Exam, Banking and Wealth: Financial Services Operations Delivery Accreditation (Accreditation; ALL)
• Financial Services Operations (FSO) Disputes Management Delivery Accreditation (Accreditation; ALL)
• Micro-Certification: Flows (Micro-Certification; Developer, Architect)
• Micro-Certification: Integration Hub (Micro-Certification; Developer, Architect)
• Micro-Certification: UI Builder (Micro-Certification; Developer, Architect)
• Playbooks Advanced (Micro-Certification; Developer, Architect)
• ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) (Mainline; ALL)

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Suggested Path

• Complete the shared foundation courses.
• Earn the FSO accreditation that matches your work area.
• Add the persona courses and micro-certifications.
• Work toward the Mainline certification that fits your role.

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What's Next

Related FSO Community articles:

• Getting Started with Banking Service Management
• FSO Banking Application Overview
• FSO Layered Cake Architecture

Get involved in the FSO Community Forum.

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