Rev-Con-201 study plan
Rev-Con-201 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Product-to-Cash Lifecycle and Revenue Cloud Fundamentals & Products, Pricing, and Configuration
Sequence the product-to-cash stages and name the record type that carries each stage from catalog through cash application.
Draw the data model linking product definition, price book entry, quote line, order line, contract, subscription, asset, billing schedule, invoice line, and payment.
Configure a starter catalog containing at least one good and one service product, each with a distinct selling model.
Trace one subscription record through its full status progression and annotate which stage of the lifecycle each status represents.
Your checkpoint
A one-page annotated lifecycle diagram covering at least 15 records, submitted with a written paragraph per arrow explaining what changes hands.
Products, Pricing, and Configuration
Build price book entries so the same product carries different prices in two price books and verify which price a quote pulls by default.
Create discount schedules and price rules, then compute the expected evaluated price for each combination before running it.
Model a bundle with required and optional components and set the constraints that govern selecting and deselecting components.
Configure configuration attributes so that one attribute choice filters which components remain selectable.
Test pricing precedence by stacking a list-price override, a volume discount, and a manual line discount on one quote line.
Your checkpoint
A pricing test matrix of 10 scenarios showing expected price, actual price, and a root-cause note for every mismatch.
Products, Pricing, and Configuration & Quotes, Quote Lines, and Contracting
Generate quotes from opportunities and add standalone, bundle, and service lines without breaking price resolution.
Group quote lines into logical sections and confirm group-level rollups match the sum of their lines.
Configure a ramped quote line set where quantity or price steps up across periods, and predict the resulting billing spread.
Set proration behavior on a mid-period line and verify the partial-period amount against a manual calculation.
Produce a customer-facing quote document template that shows line detail, discounts, and totals.
Your checkpoint
Three fully configured quotes (simple, bundle, ramped) with screenshots of totals and a reconciliation table proving each total is correct.
Quotes, Quote Lines, and Contracting
Convert an accepted quote into an order and contract, then confirm the resulting subscription and asset records match the quoted terms.
Execute an amendment that changes quantity mid-term and record the proration outcome.
Execute a renewal and a cancellation on the same subscription family and contrast how each affects the term and the billing schedule.
Design an approval workflow triggered by discount threshold and document the routing conditions.
Sit a 60-question timed assessment across domains 1 through 3 and classify every missed item by root cause.
Your checkpoint
A lifecycle lab log documenting four transactions (new, amend, renew, cancel) plus a scored 60-question practice assessment with a remediation list.
Billing, Invoicing, and Payments
Generate billing schedules from active subscriptions and verify period boundaries, amounts, and any proration at term edges.
Run an invoice generation cycle and reconcile every invoice line back to its source billing schedule row.
Apply tax treatment and confirm tax lines appear correctly on the invoice and in totals.
Record payments against invoices, including one partial payment, and observe how invoice balance and status change.
Issue a credit memo and trace how it reduces the outstanding balance.
Your checkpoint
A completed billing run workbook: 5 invoices, 3 payments (one partial), 1 credit memo, with a reconciliation proving the ending balance.
Billing, Invoicing, and Payments & Subscription Management, Revenue Recognition, and Reporting
Configure a usage-based charge and confirm rated usage flows into the correct invoice line for the period.
Handle a failed payment end to end, including retry and dunning step, and document each state change.
Identify performance obligations in a multi-element contract and allocate transaction price using standalone selling prices.
Build a revenue recognition schedule for that contract and compute the recognized amount for each period.
Produce the journal entries for one period, balancing contract asset or liability against recognized revenue.
Your checkpoint
A revenue recognition pack for one multi-element contract: obligation list, allocation table, schedule by period, and balanced journal entries.
Subscription Management, Revenue Recognition, and Reporting
Report on subscription health by building views for active subscriptions, upcoming renewals, and churn within the next 90 days.
Reconcile billed versus recognized revenue for the quarter and explain every variance line.
Analyze amendment and cancellation impact on recurring revenue using a period-over-period comparison.
Build a dashboard that surfaces at least five metrics a finance stakeholder would act on.
Audit your own data model for reporting gaps, such as missing dates or unlinked records, and list fixes.
Your checkpoint
A working dashboard with five reports plus a one-page narrative explaining each metric and its known limitations.
Product-to-Cash Lifecycle and Revenue Cloud Fundamentals & Products, Pricing, and Configuration & Quotes, Quote Lines, and Contracting & Billing, Invoicing, and Payments & Subscription Management, Revenue Recognition, and Reporting
Re-run every weak-area item from weeks 4 and 6 and confirm each is now answered correctly with reasoning.
Sit two full-length timed mock exams and compare section-level scores between them.
Re-derive the end-to-end lifecycle from memory and mark any stage you cannot explain in one sentence.
Close remaining knowledge gaps by rebuilding the two configurations you found hardest, without notes.
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams, a final weak-area list reduced to zero unresolved items, and a rewritten lifecycle diagram produced from memory.
Milestones
Week 2: Predict the correct price for 10 pricing scenarios before running them, with at least 8 of 10 predictions matching actual results.
Week 4: Score 75% or higher on the 60-question assessment covering domains 1 through 3, with no single domain below 65%.
Week 6: Produce a multi-element revenue schedule whose period totals reconcile exactly to contract value and whose journal entries balance to zero.
Week 8: Score 80% or higher on both full-length mock exams and explain every missed item without referring to notes.