The Salesforce Certified 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.

This exam guide is designed to help you evaluate your readiness to successfully complete the Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect certification exam. This guide provides information about the target audience for the certification exam, recommended training and documentation, and a complete list of exam objectives—all with the intent of helping you achieve a passing score. Salesforce highly recommends a combination of on-the-job experience, course attendance, and self-study to maximize your chances of passing the exam.

The Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect has experience analyzing the environment and requirements to design an appropriate governance framework, and to manage the development and deployment lifecycle on the Lightning Platform. The architect has experience designing and implementing complex development and deployment strategies, as well as communicating the proposed solution and design trade-offs to business and technical stakeholders alike.

Application Lifecycle Management: 8%

Planning: 13%

System Design: 15%

Building: 14%

Deploying: 14%

Testing: 13%

Releasing: 13%

Operating: 10%

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