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PEGACPLSA24V1 Exam Topics and Domains
PEGACPLSA24V1 is organized into 8 weighted domains. Expect to work with Pega Platform, App Studio, Case Management, Pega Process Fabric, and more.
Pega Platform Design
Center-out Business Architecture
Recognize the significance of Center-out business architecture and its importance in designing Pega enterprise applications
Deployment Architecture
- Understand deployment options
- how deployment choices affect design decisions
- Knowledge on Hazelcast, Containerization, and Cloud deployment architecture
Application Monitoring and Performance
Incorporate application monitoring and performance
Distributed Applications and Integration
- Use distributed application case interactions
- Leverage Pega applications
- Identify when to incorporate other Pega products
- Know about Multitenancy architecture and High availability features
- Awareness of features like Pega Process Fabric, Pega Mobile, and Pega Intelligent Virtual Assistant
Agile Development Tools
Aware of Agile Workbench and Agile Studio functionalities
Pega Platform Design Extended
Studio Tools and Adoption
- Adoption of App Studio in application development
- Understand Prediction Studio, and Admin Studio
Asset Reuse and Configuration
Reuse assets and relevant records, configuration sets
User Experience Design
- UX design fundamentals, DX API, Constellation
- User experience and accessibility
Pega GenAI Suite
Discover Pega GenAI features and learn how to integrate Pega GenAI Blueprint into applications to enhance the workflow automation process
Application Design
Microjourney and Case Design
Analysis of Microjourney in designing Pega applications
Application Structure Design
- Know about design approach in application structure
- Pega Express best practices and Case design patterns
- Design an effective case structure, Design case hierarchy
Specialization Strategies
- Evaluate when to use circumstance, class, ruleset, and application specialization
- Understand how specialization layers can be designed
Application Design Extended
Work Assignment and Routing
- Best practices in work assignment
- Case participants and routing
- Get Next work feature and customization
- Understanding the alternative ways to find the work
Flow Management
- Handling flow changes for cases in-flight
- Resolving flow issues by using problem flows
Asynchronous Processing
- Handling processing using advanced background processing techniques
- Designing asynchronous integration
- Utilize Job schedules and Queue Processors
- Know about Stream services and usage
Data Flows and Data Sets
Data flows and Data sets capability in Pega Infinity
Data Model Design
Data Modeling Fundamentals
- Data relationship fundamentals
- Greenfield data modelling and extend existing data model
Data Pages and Virtualization
- Usage of Pega data pages and Data virtualization layer
- Design a case data model to support reuse and integrity
- Maintain data integrity & best practices
Advanced Data Modeling
- Dynamic class reference and polymorphism in data modeling
- Extend an industry foundation model
- Know the benefits of using an industry foundation data model
Reporting Design
Reporting Strategy
- Design appropriate reporting strategy based on business need
- Design reports for performance
- Identify and solve performance problems in reports
Advanced Reporting
- Produce queries based on generated or reformatted data
- Produce queries that include SQL Functions, Complex SQL
- Use Associations, class joins, sub reports
Security Design
Authentication Design
Determine the appropriate authentication model/strategy for a given use
Authorization Design
- Determine the appropriate authorization model for a given use case
- role vs. attribute-based access
- Identify and configure roles and access groups for an application
- Establish dependent roles hierarchy
- Determine the rule security mode
Security Hardening
- Identify security risks and potential vulnerabilities
- Detect and mitigate possible attacks
- Secure a Pega application in production
- Use security event logging
- Use security best practices
Deployment and Testing Design
Deployment Strategy
- Apply production deployment best practices
- Define a release pipeline
- Identify continuous integration and delivery tasks
- Develop deployment strategies
Quality and Testing
- Assess and monitor quality
- Design and automate Testing strategies
How do I earn this certification?
Passing PEGACPLSA24V1 earns the Certified Pega Lead System Architect (CPLSA) certification. It sits in the Pega System Architect track.
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What's changed on this exam?
- ACTIVE
- Last content update: 2024-08-07
- Pega GenAI Suite Infinity 24.2 New coverage in Pega Platform Design Extended domain (10%) • Release date: 2024-08-07
- OpenID Connect & SAML in App Studio Infinity 24.2 Enhanced security design coverage in Security Design domain (15%) • Release date: 2024-08-07
- Common Data Model Infinity 24.2 Expanded data modeling coverage in Data Model Design domain (10%) • Release date: 2024-08-07
- Data-Instance-First Design Pattern Infinity 24.2 New design pattern in Data Model Design domain (10%) • Release date: 2024-08-07
- Stream Services & Kafka Integration Infinity 24 Async processing coverage in Application Design Extended (15%) • Release date: 2024-01-01
- Constellation UI Framework Infinity 23 UX design coverage in Pega Platform Design Extended (10%) • Release date: 2023-10-15
Who should take this exam?
This exam is typically taken by Senior System Architects with 36+ months experience and Enterprise architects designing Pega solutions.
- 36+ months of hands-on Pega implementation experience
- Familiarity with Pega Infinity '23 features
- Experience with System Architect and Senior System Architect curricula