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Documents and databases in one workspace; increasingly a system of record.

Collecting interestOwn certification · Notion Academy certifications
The DOAP Score

How well Notion supports the role

AI-generated estimate71/100 · Optimizing14 points to Leading
  1. Protect77
  2. Change71
  3. Observe64
  4. Govern78
  5. Documentation60
  6. Data68
  7. Integrate73
  8. Support76
  9. Agents64
  10. Security74

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectOptimizing77

    Notion supports backup and restore well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • ChangeOptimizing71

    Notion supports code management, staging and rollback well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • ObserveScaling64

    Solid native support for schema monitoring and change visibility; the practice is repeatable on Notion.

  • GovernOptimizing78

    Notion supports users, authentication and access control well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • DocumentationScaling60

    Solid native support for documentation in the platform and across teams; the practice is repeatable on Notion.

  • DataScaling68

    Solid native support for data cleansing, hygiene and integrity; the practice is repeatable on Notion.

  • IntegrateOptimizing73

    Notion supports integrations and how they are secured well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • SupportOptimizing76

    Notion supports support from the platform and to end users well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • AgentsScaling64

    Solid native support for using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform; the practice is repeatable on Notion.

  • SecurityOptimizing74

    Notion supports access, secrets, audit and compliance well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Notion, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run Notion’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee3 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatThe join form asks where you would serve.

Supported by its practitioners. Notion has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

Join for Notion.

Every name on the join form counts toward Notion’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.

  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.