The scope of examination for the Professional level is the following:
 

• Defining the Project's Scope and Goals — Best practices for identifying the problem the RFID project is meant to solve, setting a goal, establishing what constitutes success, writing application requirements, creating a cross-functional team, choosing a project leader
   

• Choosing the Right Technology: Active, Passive or Battery-Assisted RFID — How to determine which system is most appropriate for a specific application based on the distance at which items will be tracked, the location accuracy required, whether the condition of the item or asset needs to be monitored and other actors that need to be considered
   

• Choosing the Right Passive or Active RFID System — How to narrow down the choice among the different types of passive and active RFID systems, including the use of chokepoints, zonal systems or real-time location systems, hybrid systems and alternatives to RFID
   

• Encoding Schemes, Management and Integration — How to choose the appropriate encoding scheme for transponder serial numbers, user memory, sensor data, privacy and security, strategies for using RFID data
   

• Solution Design, Part 1: Hardware — Choosing the right transponder, commissioning and apply tags, determining where data needs to be collecting, specifying the type of reader needed at each read point, choosing external antennas, antenna cables and peripherals
   

• Solution Design, Part 2: Connectivity, Data Flow, and Usage — Electrical and communication network connectivity, identifying items and capturing location, capturing additional information, software options, data flow, setting up triggers, changing business processes, creating a rollout plan, support and training requirements
   

• Developing the Business case — Estimating components' costs, additional costs that need to be included, capital expenditure vs operational costs, estimating the benefits, hard vs soft benefits, running a pilot to establish a baseline, analyzing the business case, the value of accuracy in operations, when to use RFID when there is no ROI
   

• Pre-Deployment Steps - Identifying who will deploy the system, choosing a systems integrator, choosing the best location for a pilot, performing a site survey, selecting and installing RFID equipment, piloting the application, validating the results, creating a deployment plan
   

• Deploying the RFID Solution — Infrastructure upgrades, inventory taking and pre-assembly, installing the readers, tagging items, backend integration, data verification
   

• Managing Change in RFID Deployments — Why change management matters, building trust and understanding, key topics to communicate to staff, training employees for initial rollouts, training new employees, continuous change-management strategy, ethical considerations
   

• Post-Deployment Steps — How to ensure long-term success, validating the ROI, documenting soft benefits and unexpected benefits, introducing new applications, updating documentation and establishing feedback loops
   

• Maintenance, Support and Troubleshooting — Supporting the RFID system, modifying the RFID system, troubleshooting, best practices for ongoing maintenance and support