About ASL® Certification
ASL® Training and Certification Overview
Benefits of ASL® Certification
For Individuals
- Learn and apply the underpinning principles of ASL®2 to improve application management practices.
- Understand how to bridge the gap between application management, development, and service management.
- Gain the ability to integrate ASL® with other IT management frameworks such as BiSL® and COBIT® 5.
- Demonstrate your professional capability in supporting the lifecycle of applications, from maintenance and enhancement to renovation and retirement.
For Organizations
- Provides teams with a consistent approach to application management that can be adapted into best practice across the organization.
- Clarifies the roles and responsibilities within application management and ensures effective collaboration with related IT management domains.
- Helps organizations to test, estimate, and measure progress in application management, ensuring systems evolve with business and user needs.
- Supports reliable, cost-effective, and future-ready application management aligned with organizational strategy and governance frameworks.
Useful links
Useful links
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DID Foundation
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KNVI Interest Group Open Standards
Documentation
Documentation
Study materials
Study materials
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ASL® Certification levels
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This APMG certification has been informally mapped against the SFIA Framework to indicate the skills that are addressed and referenced by the certification. Although it is not yet possible to claim this digital badge, the indicative skills can be used to plan your professional development through assessing the skills you have and the skills you need for the role you want.
knowledge
Foundation
Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 3
Same as above plus Methods and Tools level 3, System Development Management level 5, Systems and Software Life Cycle Engineering level 4, Application Support up to level 5
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FAQs
The Application Services Library (ASL®) framework, developed by DID Foundation (formerly ASL BiSL Foundation), provides guidance with supporting best practices for designing and carrying out effective application management.
There are many methodologies supporting IT management and IT service management. Application management has received little consideration over the years in contrast to system development and infrastructure management. ASL’s purpose is to bridge this gap.
The ASL® examination is currently available in Dutch and English. Further translations will be progressed subject to market demand.
The ASL2 - A Framework for Application Management publication is currently available in Dutch and English.
For individuals self-studying it is almost impossible to say. As all candidates have different experience and amount of time available for study, it varies from person to person. We suggest you buy the supporting publication and have a look through for yourself before deciding how long you need to spend learning.
For those studying with an accredited training organization, courses are generally delivered over 3 days. We recommend investigating with individual providers, as some may offer tailored and blended learning solutions.
The ASL® Foundation exam structure is:
- 40 multiple choice questions
- 60 minutes duration
- Pass mark: 26 out of 40 (65%)
- Closed book
The qualifications are not valid for a defined period and will not expire.
Candidates must achieve a score of 26/40 (65%) to pass.
- Provisional results: After completing the Foundation examination, candidates may receive provisional results either orally from the invigilator or on-screen at the end of an online exam.
- Official results: Once processed, official results, including a PDF breakdown of marks by syllabus area, are available in the APMG Candidate Portal. Results are issued as the total number of marks achieved.
- Processing time: Exam papers are usually marked immediately after the exam. APMG formally processes and confirms results via the Candidate Portal within 2 working days of receiving completed papers.
- Outstanding payments: In exceptional cases, results may be withheld until full payment has been received.
Once you’ve been notified that you’ve passed your exam, you will have the option to create a digital badge in APMG's Candidate Portal.
Visit APMG's Candidate Portal, view your exam results and select 'Create Badge'.
This takes you to the Credly website where the digital badges are hosted. You will be guided through the Credly account creation process.
Once you have created an account with Credly, log into the account and accept your pending badge.
Candidates will be able to claim their digital badge and electronic certificate from the APMG Candidate Portal within two business days of their exam result being issued.