AEM Sites Business Practitioner Expert study plan

Diagram the author-to-publish content flow from page creation through activation on a sample site

Build a page from a template and populate it with at least four different component types

Create and modify a reusable component instance, then document which dialog fields drive rendering

Practice the full authoring lifecycle: create, edit, version, preview, and publish a page

Configure page properties including title, tags, vanity URL, and template association

Organize a content tree using language copies or site structure conventions and justify the hierarchy

Use the component policy and layout controls to constrain what authors can place on a page

Demonstrate multi-site or live copy inheritance and explain what a roll-out changes

Explain the repository model, node types, and workspace concepts in plain business terms

Trace how a component, template, and asset resolve at render time across author and publish tiers

Ingest assets into folders with metadata schemas and apply at least three metadata fields

Build a reusable content fragment or experience fragment and reference it from two pages

Set up asset processing including renditions and explain downstream impact on delivery

Configure a simple approval workflow and run a piece of content through it end to end

Apply publishing controls such as scheduled activation and unpublish to a test page

Compare content fragment and experience fragment reuse scenarios and select one for a use case

Define user groups and assign permissions to model an editorial team structure

Explain how replication agents and publish tiers affect content availability and rollback

Create a governance checklist covering versioning, approvals, and archival

Document an escalation path for permission and publishing failures

Define audience segments and map them to a targeting activity on a sample page

Configure an experience variant and describe how fallback behavior works

Identify which metrics and reports answer a given business question about site engagement

Explain how tagging and taxonomy feed both targeting and reporting

Interpret core site performance signals and list three levers a business practitioner controls

Draft a reporting cadence and dashboard outline for a stakeholder audience

Walk through a content audit using reports and flag underperforming pages

Review admin practices for environment promotion and content freeze windows

Synthesize each domain into a short set of decision rules you can apply under exam pressure

Complete timed practice scenarios and log every missed concept by domain

Re-teach the three weakest domains in your own words without notes

Build a final one-page cheat sheet of cross-domain relationships