Certification
CSAP

7+ years experience in alliance management

Demonstrate your advanced expertise in building and managing high-performing, complex partnerships.

The Certified Strategic Alliance Professional (CSAP) designation is the advanced credential for experienced practitioners. Demonstrate your knowledge and judgment in applying alliance management principles and best practices across partnership strategy, formation, governance, and operations.

The CSAP exam emphasizes adapting the principles and best practices outlined in the ASAP Handbook of Alliance Management to the unique dynamics of each collaboration. It tests your mastery of the full alliance life cycle:

“The CSAP certification has strengthened my credibility as an alliance leader and demonstrated my commitment to continuous learning and best practices. For anyone serious about alliance management and leadership, I highly recommend becoming involved with ASAP and pursuing certification." 
— Philip Sailer, CSAP, CA-AM, Executive Director, Storage Solutions Engineering, IBM

CSAP requirements

To take the CSAP exam, you must:

CSAP exam costs

  • $875: Full price
  • $699: Member price (20% discount)

CSAP exam details

  • Format: Online, proctored, multiple-choice
  • Questions: 150 scenario-based questions
  • Passing score: 102 correct answers

Each question presents a real-world scenario and asks you to select the best answer.

Maintain your certification

CSAP certification must be renewed every three years. Renewal requires:

  • Earning 30 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
  • Paying a modest renewal fee

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Interested in CSAP certification? Register for an upcoming Alliance Strategy and Leadership course,
a prerequisite for taking the CSAP exam.

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Become an ASAP member for 20% off of the CSAP exam and all prerequisites.

“CSAP certification demonstrates a commitment to the alliance management profession, continuous learning, and personal development. It validates your ability to understand and apply alliance management best practices, and creates a common foundation among CSAP-certified professionals.”
— Christoph Huwe, Ph.D., CSAP, CA-AM, Senior Director, Strategic Alliance Management, Bayer AG Pharmaceuticals

CSAP FAQs

You will be issued a certificate upon successfully passing the CSAP exam.
If you do not pass the exam, you have the opportunity to retake it within a specified period of time. Contact ASAP for more information.
The CSAP designation can only be used by individuals who have passed the exam and have maintained the necessary requirements for CSAP renewal.
ASAP only discloses whether an individual is certified or not. Scores are confidential and not publicly shared.
CSAP certification must be renewed every three years by earning the necessary professional development hours.
Scores are provided electronically within minutes after exam submission. Only overall category performance is given. Results on specific questions are not provided nor are the answers.