Exam Format

• Exam Code: Kintone System Design Expert
  
• Certification Level: Expert
  
• Exam Structure: Two-stage certification process
  
• First Examination Duration: 140 minutes
  
• Final Confirmation Examination Duration: 45 minutes
  
• Passing Score: 70% for each first-examination component and 70% for the final confirmation examination
  
• Available Language: Japanese
  
• Exam Availability: Conducted during scheduled examination periods, generally twice annually
  
• Candidate Limit: The first examination is limited to 70 candidates per examination session and reservations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Exam Details

• First Examination Components: Short essay assessment and professional achievement registration
  
• Short Essay Questions: Three major questions, with five subquestions under each major question
  
• Achievement Registration: One written theme containing three subquestions
  
• Question Types: Single-answer multiple choice, multiple-response questions, and written-response questions
  
• Final Confirmation Examination: 20 multiple-choice or multiple-response questions
  
• Evaluation Method: Multiple evaluators assess submissions using the seven Kintone SIGNPOST steps, and the average evaluation determines the result
  
• Score Reporting: First-examination performance is reported using an A-to-E evaluation scale.

Exam Policies

• Offline Proctoring: The first examination can be scheduled through an authorized Pearson VUE test centre during the announced examination period.
  
• Online Proctoring: Pearson VUE OnVUE may be available for the first examination. Cybozu recommends using a compatible Windows computer because expert examinations may not operate correctly on macOS through OnVUE.
  
• Final Examination Mode: The confirmation examination is delivered online without a proctor.
  
• Waiting Period: Candidates who fail the first examination must wait until a future scheduled examination period and register for the first examination again.
  
• Final Examination Retake: One retake is permitted for the confirmation examination during the same examination period.
  
• Retake Restriction: Candidates who fail the confirmation examination twice must wait until a later examination period and restart from the first examination.
  
• Retake Fee: The confirmation examination has no separate examination fee. Candidates restarting the first examination must pay the applicable first-examination fee again.

Certification Validity and Renewal

• Validity: No fixed expiration period is currently stated by Cybozu for the Kintone System Design Expert certification.
  
• Renewal Options: Cybozu has not published a periodic renewal or recertification examination requirement. Existing certifications generally remain valid unless the official Kintone certification policy is revised.

Exam Fee

• Base Fee: ¥33,000 JPY, including Japanese consumption tax
  
• Final Confirmation Examination Fee: No additional fee
  
• Taxes: The officially published fee already includes the applicable Japanese consumption tax.
  . Example: The examination is priced and administered in Japanese yen. An additional India-specific 18% GST calculation is not officially published because this certification is currently offered through Cybozu’s Japanese certification programme.

Prerequisites

Candidates must meet the official prerequisite before taking the Kintone System Design Expert examination:

• Hold the Kintone Certified Customization Specialist certification
  
• Have experience leading Kintone-based business-system implementation or improvement projects
  
• Understand the complete system development and implementation lifecycle
• Be able to design and construct efficient and secure business systems
  
• Be able to advise operational leaders about project management, system design, and user-led business improvement
  
• Have experience investigating and resolving Kintone system operation and maintenance issues
• Have documented professional achievements from a Kintone-based system implementation project.

Exam Topics

• Kintone Project Planning: Identifying business purposes, project objectives, stakeholders, responsibilities, scope, risks, and expected results
  
• Business Process Analysis: Understanding current operations, identifying problems, gathering requirements, and determining appropriate improvement opportunities
  
• System Architecture: Designing Kintone applications, spaces, workflows, data structures, permissions, integrations, and operational environments
  
• Kintone Ecosystem: Selecting appropriate plug-ins, connected services, implementation partners, and supporting solutions
  
• Access Control Design: Applying lightweight and maintainable permissions through organizations, groups, spaces, applications, records, and fields
  
• Application Governance: Establishing application-creation rules and preventing unnecessary complexity within the Kintone environment
  
• Implementation Management: Coordinating development, testing, deployment, user training, adoption, and stakeholder communication
  
• Operation and Maintenance: Troubleshooting problems, investigating causes, managing changes, controlling risks, and improving system reliability
  
• Continuous Business Improvement: Applying Kintone SIGNPOST principles to maintain user-led improvement after system deployment.

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Intended Audience

The Kintone System Design Expert certification is ideal for experienced professionals who lead Kintone-based system design, implementation, and business-improvement projects, including roles such as:

• Kintone System Architect
• Kintone Consultant
  
• Business Improvement Consultant
  
• Project Manager
  
• Implementation Consultant
  
• Low-Code Solution Architect
  
• Business Systems Analyst
  
• Kintone Administrator
  
• Technical Project Leader

Career Impact

Jobs You Can Get:

• Kintone Consultant, Kintone System Architect, Implementation Consultant, Business Systems Analyst, Low-Code Solution Architect, Project Manager, Digital Transformation Consultant, and Business Improvement Specialist.

Average Salary:

• Salary varies according to country, organization, professional experience, and job responsibilities.Cybozu does not publish an official salary range specifically associated with this certification. Candidates should review reliable regional salary information for Kintone consulting, low-code development, project management, and digital-transformation positions.

Why It’s Valuable:

• It demonstrates advanced project leadership, system architecture, governance, troubleshooting, and continuous-improvement skills for implementing reliable business systems using the Kintone low-code platform.

Exam Mode

The certification follows a two-stage examination process:

• Firequirement: Candidates using OnVUE should use a Windows device meeting Pearson VUE’s system requirements because macOS compatibility issues have been reported for Kintone expert examinations.

Exam Booking Link

• Book your Kintone System Design Expert Exam through the official Kintone Pearson VUE certification page. https://www.pearsonvue.com/jp/ja/kintone/expert.html

Once you pass the exam

• Complete both the first examination and the final confirmation examination successfully
  
• The Kintone Certification Office will provide the final certification result by email
  
• The first examination result is not normally displayed immediately because essays and professional achievements require assessment by multiple evaluators
  
• Confirmation-examination results are displayed after completing the examination
  
• The final confirmation score report can normally be viewed and downloaded from the Pearson VUE account within three days
  
• Successful candidates receive access credentials for downloading the official certification mark and usage guidelines
• Certification-mark information is generally emailed approximately two weeks after successful certification.

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