Dovetail
- An Overview
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What is the program?
A one-year technical certification program for trainees in
their very first year in Cognizant
A skill upgrade program to provide structured
competency development in a specified technical track to
enable a career growth path
A benchmarking program to baseline the technical skill
set of the trainees in their first year to dovetail them into
a set of career development opportunities as they
progress after year-1
What is the program?
Competency development
regular project work)
is
through
self-learning
(alongside
Dovetail Certification is split into 2 Phases (or assessments)
Phase I Competencies to be acquired in the first 7 months in the
specified track
Phase II Competencies to be acquired in the next 4 months in the
specified track (successful Phase I completion is mandatory before
starting Phase II)
Successful completion of Phase I and Phase II assessments is a
pre-requisite for confirming the trainee in the 12th month
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Benefits
To provide strong organizational engagement
associates from their very first year at Cognizant
with
the
To incubate learning as a critical activity
To promote career development of the associate right from the
first year through structured competency development
To enable consistency in benchmarking campus recruits from
diverse educational backgrounds
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Learning
When to start
Trainees are enrolled into Dovetail after CATP.
Learning Mode
Self paced
Learning Materials
Trainees are provided access to Skillsoft e-learning courses in
ELM.
Trainees are also advised to enroll themselves to internal
eLearning's and ILT (classroom) training sessions conducted by
the Academy from time to time and benefit out of the same.
More details of the same would be available at
https://compass.learning.cognizant.com
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System demo screens
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System Screens Associate View
Log on to
https:\\compass.learning.cognizant.com
using your Network ID and password
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System Screens Associate View
Click on your dovetail track link
from All learning page
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System Screens Associate View
Click on Register button to register for
Phase1 track
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eLearning - Dovetail system Guide
Log on to https://compass.learning.cognizant.com with your
Network ID and the password.
Click Search Catalog on Self-Service and then enter the code
NQTLF8 to access ELM for Dovetail Users (eLearning)
Submit Enrolment and launch the course
Go through this e-learning ELM for Dovetail users to know
more about
1.
2.
3.
4.
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How
How
How
How
to
to
to
to
register for Phase 1/Phase 2
launch the contents
Schedule/reschedule an assessment
View scores
Dovetail Assessments
Phase I Assessments:
Scope: Competencies to be acquired in 1-6 months in the
specified track
Pre-requisite: Successful completion of CATP
Assessment window: 5th to 7th month from Date of Joining
Max. No. of Attempts for each assessment: 2
Phase II Assessments:
Scope: Competencies to be acquired in 7-11 months in the
specified track
Pre-requisite : Successful completion of Phase I
Assessment window: 8th to 11th month from Date of Joining
Max. No. of Attempts for each assessment: 2
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Dovetail Assessments
The assessments must be scheduled in ELM.
The assessments have to be taken only on the date and timeslot
scheduled in ELM and only in a proctored environment at one of the
designated Cognizant locations.
Trainees are required to clear assessments conducted through internal
dovetail portal as applicable.
A two week gap is mandatory between taking two attempts of the same
assessment
Passing grade is 60%
No extension of timelines / extra attempts would be given.
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Dovetail Tracks
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Tracks offered in Dovetail 1.0
A track is a specialization on which a trainee needs to acquire specific set of
competencies. Below are the competency tracks that can support long-term
career growth of the associate.
AS400
DW
Data Architecture
SAP
ABAP
BASIS
Netweaver
CSP
Siebel
MSCRM
AmdocClarify
SFDC
CRM Testing
BPM
CDI
Chordiant
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Tracks change process
Default track assigned to trainee
A trainee is by default allocated to the track in which he or she has been trained
during the CATP and based on the vertical/Horizontal allocation.
Change of default track
In case of any changed business requirement / technology, the Business Unit
decides on changing the dovetail track of a trainee. Any change from the default
track should be relevant to the trainees current project engagement or the
long-term career growth path of the trainee.
Track change is entertained only if there is a compelling business case
associated with it.
The trainee should send an approval mail from the supervisor to the Dovetail
helpdesk team requesting enablement of track change in ELM.
Change of track needs to be initiated within 2 weeks from the day of dovetail
enrollment
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Performance Management
The trainee needs to clear Dovetail certification (i.e. successfully clear
Phase I and Phase II assessments) before the completion of 11th month
from Date of Joining (DOJ) in order to be eligible for confirmation.
Obtaining Dovetail certification only does not guarantee confirmation. It
is one of the eligibility criterion.
If the trainee has not cleared Dovetail assessments, his or her
performance document will not be generated and the supervisor will be
intimated of the same.
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Dovetail Caf - Community
Dovetail Caf Community offer many paths to help you succeed in the
Dovetail Certifications.
Happenings of Dovetail Caf:Dovetail Track Booths
Announcements
Ask the Expert
Knowledge Sharing
Connect with Batch Owner
Discussion threads
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Dovetail Support
Supervisor:
Overall support and guidance
Approval for change of Dovetail track
Academy Service Champion
Academy POC for Intervention programs to assist your learning
Dovetail Help Desk
Queries related to
Track change
Process
Assessments
Any other issue
GSD
For any queries related to Dovetail, please raise a GSD ticket under
Academy category against the relevant category (refer snapshot in
the next slide)
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GSD Helpdesk
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Thank You!
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