Certification Exams: These have always been a source of confusion for me, so I periodically call Education to establish our status. In an e-mail from Natalie Grizzle (Manager, Training), she indicated that for our current X3 competencies in process, we need to complete the assessments by 1/31/2013, because they will be transitioning to another system to deploy the exams and certifications (It's called a ""learning management system"" - I hope it's not like Atlas.). As of 1/31/2013, they will expire all outstanding exams, there will be a blackout period of about 2 weeks, and then new exams will be available.
In inquiring about this, she indicated this is for ALL products and exams.