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Certification for Strategy Credentials

SOSI alone offers a certification program for your strategic skills. If your career or job description requires knowledge of competitive strategy, our certification program offers you an objective way to certify your level of skills. The program certifies a range of strategic skills. There are currently five levels of credentials available. Each level is a prerequisite for the next. For an overview of these levels of certification, view our flash show of our Strategy Mastery Maturity Levels.

The chart below shows our levels of credentials.

Level Apprentice Explorer Professional Expert Master
Skill Set

Makes decisions based on strategic positions.

Has perspective to see hidden opportunities

Identifies and selects high-probability opportunities.

Quickly see necessary moves and creative responses.

Knows how to claim rewards and protect positions.
Requirements On-line courses or on-site equivalent Certification as an Apprentice and completion of Explorer on-line courses or on-site equivalent Certification as an Explorer and and completion Professional on-line courses or on-site equivalent Certification as an Professional and and completion Expert
on-line courses
or on-site equivalent		 Certification as an Expert
and and completion Master
on-line courses
or on-site equivalent
Obtaining Certification application + multiple-choice exam + strategy paper application + multiple-choice exam + two strategy papers application + multiple-choice exam + two strategy papers application + multiple-choice exam + three strategy papers application + multiple-choice exam + three strategy papers
Exam Information

1 hours; 150 questions

 1.5 hours; 170 questions 2 hours; 170 questions 2.5 hours; 200 questions 3 hours; 200 questions
Fees $100 $125 $150 $200 $250
Maintenance Cycle

3 years; re-exam

 3 years; 16 STAMPS 3 years; 24 STAMPS 3 years; 36 STAMPS 3 years; 48 STAMPS