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DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECT Exam Topics and Domains
DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECT is organized into 10 weighted domains. Expect to work with Git, Release management tools, Salesforce DX, Agile tools, and more.
Environments
Org Strategy and Architecture
- Given a customer landscape and their requirements, evaluate business, technical, and architectural considerations while defining an appropriate org strategy
- Given a customer scenario, define an environment (sandbox) strategy that utilizes the correct sandbox types
Release Management
- Apply map sandbox strategy to a specific Release Plan, taking into consideration multiple project streams, training requirements, staging, and hotfixes
- Given a customer scenario involving a new Salesforce release, recommend the appropriate strategy to mitigate risk
Production Changes and Source Control
- Given a detailed customer environment scenario including a specific request, explain the implications for incorporating the request directly in a production environment
- Given a customer scenario, explain how source control branching/versioning/merging can be used and recommend appropriate strategies
Application Lifecycle Management
Development Methodologies
Given the project risk and customer requirement, explain how to assess the benefits and risks of the different development methodologies and recommend the appropriate methodology based on the customer environment
Release Management Strategy
Given a customer scenario, describe and recommend an appropriate release management strategy
Testing
Testing Methodologies
Given a customer scenario, describe and recommend an appropriate testing methodology
Governance
Governance Framework
Given a customer scenario, analyze and recommend the appropriate governance framework
Risk Identification and Mitigation
Risk Management
Understand customer environment risks and articulate appropriate mitigation strategies
Change Sets
Deployment with Change Sets
Given a scenario, compare, contrast and recommend the components and tools of a successful deployment strategy
Metadata API
Metadata API Deployment
Given a scenario, describe the capabilities, limitations, and considerations when using the Metadata API for deployment
Continuous Integration Techniques
CI/CD Implementation
- Given a complex customer scenario ability, identify the appropriate use of source control, automated test, and deployment tools and demonstrate the ability to articulate the process involved
- Describe source control and continuous integration, how they are used, and when they should be recommended
Methodology Tools
Agile Tools
Explain the advantages of using agile tools to support an agile development process
Understanding Packages
Package Types
Given a scenario, analyze and explain the use cases and considerations when using managed vs. unmanaged packages
How do I earn this certification?
Passing DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECT earns the Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect certification. It sits in the Architect track.
- Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect - Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect
- Application Architect - Salesforce Certified Application Architect
- System Architect - Salesforce Certified System Architect
- Data Architect - Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect
- Integration Architect - Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect
- Identity and Access Management Architect - Salesforce Certified Platform Identity and Access Management Architect
- Application Architect - Salesforce Certified Application ArchitectComplementary architecture skills focused on native platform features
- System Architect - Salesforce Certified System ArchitectBroader system design and integration focus
- Integration Architect - Salesforce Certified Platform Integration ArchitectIntegration patterns often used in deployment strategies
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What's changed on this exam?
- ACTIVE
- Last content update: 2024-08-15
- Salesforce DevOps Center GA New native CI/CD tool likely to appear in future exam updates • Release date: 2024-08-15
- Salesforce CLI (SFDX) 2.x Updated CLI commands and features for deployment • Release date: 2024-06-01
- Source Format API Version 60.0 New metadata types and API capabilities • Release date: 2024-02-01
Who should take this exam?
- B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree
- Two to three years of Salesforce Platform experience
- One to two years of Salesforce experience working or managing Salesforce projects
- One to two years of experience working in a steering committee
- Completed at least one end-to-end software development lifecycle project
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