ANAPLAN MASTER ANAPLANNER
CERTIFICATION EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS AND
EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Time spent on each corner stone of the Anaplan way? Answer:
Process: 35%
Data: 35%
Model: 17%
Deployment: 13%
⩥ Who should be invited to the project workshop? Answer: - Business
process owners who understand the end-to-end process
- end users who are responsible for their individual in-scope process
components
- Data specialists who understand the data inputs, calculations, and data
outputs
- Core project team
⩥ What are the data readiness best practices? Answer: - Start the data
discussion with the key stakeholders before the project begins
- Clearly identify data sources and data components (lists, properties,
hierarchies, subsets, and transactional data) in the statement of work
,- Assign homework: identify a team that ensure production-quality data
is ready and available at the start of the project. Gain early insight into
data completness, quantity, and integrity. Build contingencies and
identify critical risks and dependencies during the planning phase.
⩥ Data prep best practices Answer: - Start small and focus on data
quality
- Automate later
- Add data tasks as user stories in project tracking software
- Pay as much attention to data as you do to building the model
- When uncover data issues, document clearly and socialise broadly
⩥ What model building training does? Answer: - Provides a baseline
- Drives efficient requirements gathering
- Provides context that leads to increased stakeholder involvement
⩥ What is deployment? Answer: Deployment involves a plan to roll the
application out to the end users and will usually include a training
approach for getting the end users trained.
⩥ When end users should be involved in Anaplan implementation
project? Answer: at the onset - or the latest during second sprint
, ⩥ When to involve business SME? Answer: in the early stages,
preferably in the requirements phase
then, around the middle of Sprint 2, once you have the model at about
90% built (model only, no user interface), start to get them involved in
evaluating the solution
⩥ What is Anaplan Planual? Answer: The Planual provides a systematic
set of standards for model building on the Anaplan platform.
Designed to produce the most efficient, usable, and scalable Anaplan
models, while dramatically increasing performance for models in all
contexts.
⩥ When to create a change communication plan? Answer: During
project planning.
Adjust this plan throughout the release phases.
⩥ What are all the phases of Anaplan implementation? Answer: 1. Pre-
release
2. Foundation
3. Implementation
4. Testing
5. Deployment
CERTIFICATION EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS AND
EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Time spent on each corner stone of the Anaplan way? Answer:
Process: 35%
Data: 35%
Model: 17%
Deployment: 13%
⩥ Who should be invited to the project workshop? Answer: - Business
process owners who understand the end-to-end process
- end users who are responsible for their individual in-scope process
components
- Data specialists who understand the data inputs, calculations, and data
outputs
- Core project team
⩥ What are the data readiness best practices? Answer: - Start the data
discussion with the key stakeholders before the project begins
- Clearly identify data sources and data components (lists, properties,
hierarchies, subsets, and transactional data) in the statement of work
,- Assign homework: identify a team that ensure production-quality data
is ready and available at the start of the project. Gain early insight into
data completness, quantity, and integrity. Build contingencies and
identify critical risks and dependencies during the planning phase.
⩥ Data prep best practices Answer: - Start small and focus on data
quality
- Automate later
- Add data tasks as user stories in project tracking software
- Pay as much attention to data as you do to building the model
- When uncover data issues, document clearly and socialise broadly
⩥ What model building training does? Answer: - Provides a baseline
- Drives efficient requirements gathering
- Provides context that leads to increased stakeholder involvement
⩥ What is deployment? Answer: Deployment involves a plan to roll the
application out to the end users and will usually include a training
approach for getting the end users trained.
⩥ When end users should be involved in Anaplan implementation
project? Answer: at the onset - or the latest during second sprint
, ⩥ When to involve business SME? Answer: in the early stages,
preferably in the requirements phase
then, around the middle of Sprint 2, once you have the model at about
90% built (model only, no user interface), start to get them involved in
evaluating the solution
⩥ What is Anaplan Planual? Answer: The Planual provides a systematic
set of standards for model building on the Anaplan platform.
Designed to produce the most efficient, usable, and scalable Anaplan
models, while dramatically increasing performance for models in all
contexts.
⩥ When to create a change communication plan? Answer: During
project planning.
Adjust this plan throughout the release phases.
⩥ What are all the phases of Anaplan implementation? Answer: 1. Pre-
release
2. Foundation
3. Implementation
4. Testing
5. Deployment
