1. OCMJD Assignment + Essay
According to
the official OCMJD page the time limit to finish this certification has changed:
Duration: 6 months from assignment purchase**
NOTE: BOTH assignment and essay need to be submitted within 6 months of assignment purchase,
**Beginning June 1, candidates will have 6 months in which to complete and submit their assignments, and complete their essays. This change will facilitate future improvements in assignment updates. The deadline change does not affect candidates who purchased their assignments prior to June 1, these remain a 1-year deadline.
All work submitted by you in completing the test including test answers, assignments solutions, graphics, are entirely your own original work. You will neither; (a) provide or accept assistance; nor (b) use any materials not created by yourself, in attempting to satisfy the certification requirements.
2. OCMJD Assignment Resubmission
According to
the official OCMJD Resubmission page you only have 30 days from notification of failure to resubmit your assignment:
Duration: 30 days from notification that first submission was failed. Resubmission will not be accepted more than 30 days after notification of failed status.
3. My comments
I don't think (1) is a really big issue for the guys (and girls) who are currently working on this certification, because everybody (even those who purchased their assignment before June 1, 2011) tries to submit before
August October 1, 2011 so you don't have to take the mandatory course
(2) could already have been changed in the past, I really don't know. An assignment failure and thus having to resubmit is very unlikely when you use this forum as a resource for all your questions and doubts. I can only think of 2-3 persons who had to resubmit in more than 2,5 years I'm closely following this forum. So again not a big deal, just mentioning.
Finally I hope Oracle will stop making changes for some time to this certification, so we will be able to update our
ScjdFaq accordingly, without having to be afraid that the following day the changes are not up-to-date anymore because Oracle changed somethng else again
[edit] Oracle changed the policy (once again), so no you'll have until October 1, 2011 to finish your assignment without having to take the mandatory course.