EM Certification Quick Guide

1. Understand the guidelines for EM Levels

a. This chart shows the Annual TCV and Team size for an Engagement/Program for Levels – these
are part of complexity factors and are guidelines. For example – if someone has ~850K and all
the other factor areas are solid, an L1 application is probably appropriate. If they have ~4.5M
annual revenue, and all the other factor areas are solid – an L2 might be appropriate.
b. Other factor areas – managing financials (EFFORT ETC, invoices, etc.), managing client
interactions, AND managing Delivery to schedule. These are all included in the criteria for EM
Certification.
c. The chart above is for PROJECT or PROGRAM – the definitions are under the chart on the Talent
page
i. Project:  A simple engagement, without any substructures, run by one P&L unit. 80% of
our engagements are in this category
ii. Program:  An engagement that contains clear (sub-) engagements that are content-wise
linked together and belong to the same Practice, often with mutualized personnel and
infrastructure.
iii. Portfolio: A number of projects grouped together by Capgemini or the client to ensure
better delivery governance. The projects are separate and distinct (not interrelated). They
can be at client level for large relationships or a collection of different client smaller
engagements under a specific BU or Sector.  If you are managing a Portfolio for EM
Certification, the Board will look at the largest engagement in your Portfolio to
determine the appropriate certification level. This is a global policy. So, if you are
managing 1.5M, 1.6M, and 2M engagements – the largest engagement is 2M, and that is
the engagement they would look at, which is in the L1 range per the table above.
d. Engagements up to 3 years old can be used on the application. Make the largest and most
complex managed in the last three years the primary engagement and the current engagement the
2nd engagement. You can also use engagement examples from previous companies before joining
Capgemini. In the engagement code section, add the note, "prior to Capgemini," if your
engagement is not a Capgemini engagement.
2. Ensure you are using the correct form (available here)
a. If applying for a new level – use the Certification form
b. If applying for recertification AT THE SAME LEVEL  and your certification has not lapsed more
than three months – use the Recertification form
3. The Sponsor needs to be certified at the right EM Level Preferably, the Sponsor will be certified at a
higher level than the EM Certification level being requested; however, if the individual cannot find a
 sponsor at that level, then a sponsor at the same level who has been recertified at least once is acceptable. 
For Foundation applications, the Sponsor must be EM certified at Level 1 or higher.  Note: Refer to the NA
BU Certified EM list HERE.
4. Sponsor Section
a. Sponsor comments need to be included (Row 81) 
b. The Sponsor needs to be copied on the email when applying. 
5. All required virtual training needs to be complete when submitting your application    EMs need to
attach the training transcript with the application – make sure all the required virtual training is shown as
complete on the training transcript, and ONLY IF IT IS NOT, include a screen print that shows the course
was completed.    
6. Org Chart  The org chart needs to include you; please see the Org chart 101 file for what an engagement
org chart should look like Here.  Do not just try to embed a snip – follow the instructions in row 20 of the
application to insert the file (Insert, Text, Object) if that doesn't work, attach the engagement org chart in
the email when applying. 
7. Supplemental information tab is required for L1-L3 applications & Grade D or higher applicants
applying for Foundation
a. All information on this tab is what the EM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, not the overall
engagement. Provide the information for the part of the engagement YOU are responsible for.
b. for "Budget responsible for," make sure to enter in comments to indicate if this is budgeted,
annual, or YTD); duration you have managed or are managing – including team size  (by location)
c. use $$ for Budget Responsible for and DVI +ve/-Ve fields, Budget responsible for when you were
the EM (they should make it clear this was the revenue from when you started on the engagement
until when they left or are expected to leave)
d. contracting basis would be FP, T&M, etc.
e. For Team size, indicate how many are onshore, offshore, etc.
f. Person-days is a metric to show the overall size of an engagement from a labor perspective.
a. It is the number of people working times the number of days they are working in a year.
Example: If you have ten people working, ten days equals 100.
b. Your Effort ETC has this information in hours. You will need to add together the actuals
and the forecast ("Remaining to be done") hrs for onshore and divide by 8. The same
thing for offshore and divide by 9. Then add the onshore man-days and offshore man-
days together.
c. If you are a Stream Lead, only put in the man-days you manage - not the whole
engagement (which is what the Effort ETC is).
8. Not the Named EM in e-Monitoring
a. If you are not the named EM in e-Monitoring, explain why and what your responsibilities are vs.
the named EM in your application in the "Describe the most challenging aspects of your
engagement" section.
b. Suppose you are not the named EM of Record in e-Monitoring. In that case, you can also submit
additional documents with your application to provide additional insight into your financials
management ownership, for example, ETCs, N2K Extracts, M-Reviews, etc.
9. Commercial Management
a. If the numbers you are showing on the supplemental tab do not match e-Monitoring, explain why
in your application, under Commercial Management.
b. Explain what you do for Financials for your Primary engagement in Commercial Management
10. Stakeholder Management
a. Explain your interactions with the client for your primary engagement under Stakeholder
Management.
11. Negative DVI
a. If you have a negative DVI, explain why and what you are doing about it in Commercial
Management OR the most challenging aspects of your engagement section.   
12. Endorsement Section is Optional
a. This section is dedicated for additional individuals that have worked with you and support your
EM Certification Application. They do not need to be EM Certified and are typically individuals
from your Engagement Leadership, for example, AE, DE, ADP, Delivery Heads.