Udemy – Salesforce Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect

The Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect credential is designed for professionals who have the requisite skills and experience in applying DevOps, application lifecycle management, and governance topics to Salesforce that support client requirements as well as experience communicating solutions and design trade-offs to business and IT stakeholders.

About the Exam

Read on for details about the Salesforce Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Exam.

• Content: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions
• Time allotted to complete the exam: 105 minutes
• Passing score: 65%
• Version: Exam questions align to the Spring ’23 release
• Registration fee: US$400, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
• Retake fee: $200, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
• Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online proctored environment; click here for information on scheduling an exam.
• References: No hard copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
• Prerequisite: None

Exam Outline: The Salesforce Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives.

Application Lifecycle Management: 8%

• Given the project risk and customer requirements, explain how to assess the benefits and risks of the different development methodologies and recommend the appropriate governance strategies based on the customer maturity.

Planning: 13%

• Given a complex customer scenario, assess application lifecycle management maturity and identify the people, technology, and processes required.
• Understand customer environment risks and articulate appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Given a customer scenario, analyze and recommend the appropriate governance framework.
• Given a customer scenario involving a new Salesforce release (Summer, Winter, Spring), recommend the appropriate strategy to mitigate risks.

System Design: 15%

• Explain the advantages of using agile tools to support an agile development process.
• Given a customer landscape and their requirements, evaluate business, technical, and architectural considerations that support the defined org strategy.
• Given a customer scenario, define an environment (sandbox) strategy that utilizes the correct sandbox types (for example, multiple project streams, training requirements, staging, production, and hotfixes).
• Given a scenario, compare, contrast, and recommend the components and tools of a successful deployment strategy