Topics to study for Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer exam
As I started the System Architect journey, I found some topics to be more vital in succeeding the exam. Even though there may be a lot on the certification on Trailmix already, but here are some that I would particularly like to mention:
Components of Governance Framework:
Three elements of a responsive and adaptable framework for governance
1 – Center of Excellence:
A few stakeholders from different functional groups work together to ensure that changes support business goals and follow IT best practices and processes. Teams that can be part of COE:
2- Release Management:
Set up a release schedule and defining criteria for major versus minor releases.
Releases typically fall into one of the following categories: Daily, Minor, Major
Daily: Bug fixes and simple changes that do not require formal release management, including reports, dashboards, list views, email templates, and user administration.
Minor: Changes with limited impact, such as a new workflow rule or trigger impacting a single business process. These releases typically require testing, but limited training and change management, and are delivered within a few weeks.
Major: Changes with significant impact, including configuration and code changes with one or more dependencies
3- Design Standards:
Its important to have design standards for the following keys areas: Coding, Testing, Integration, Handling Large data Volumes and Documentation.
Some examples of design standards include:
- Standard naming conventions
- Consistently using the Description field
- Bulkified code
- Standard methods for deprecating classes and fields
- Consistent data architecture across all projects
Metadata API:
Here are some key points. You can find all details here
- Use Metadata API to retrieve, deploy, create, update or delete customization information, such as custom object definitions and page layouts, for your organization.
- List of Components which are not supported in Metadata API. Details here
- You can deploy or retrieve up to 10,000 files at once and the maximum size of the deployed or retrieved .zip file is 39 MB.
- The size and complexity of the metadata components affect the deployment time.
Sandbox License and Storage by Type:
You can create different sandbox environments for your org, depending on your needs for storage, copy configuration, and frequency of refresh. Details here
Application Lifecycle Management:
Salesforce provides various development tools and processes to meet the needs of customers. This module introduces the application lifecycle management (ALM) process and the three development models. Details here
- Change set development
- Org development
- Package development
I hope this information is useful for getting you through the exam. Feel free to comment below if you require further details. Good luck on the exam!
