You're reading from Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect Prepare for the review board by practicing example-led architectural strategies and best practices

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800568754

Length 628 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Salesforce

Concepts

Software Architecture

Author (1):

Tameem Bahri

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Your Journey to Becoming a CTA

2. Chapter 1: Starting Your Journey as a CTA FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Core Architectural Concepts – Data

4. Chapter 3: Core Architectural Concepts – Integration and Cryptography

5. Chapter 4: Core Architectural Concepts – Identity and Access Management

6. Section 2: Knowledge Domains Deep Dive

7. Chapter 5: Developing a Scalable System Architecture

8. Chapter 6: Formulating a Secure Architecture in Salesforce

9. Chapter 7: Designing a Scalable Salesforce Data Architecture

10. Chapter 8: Creating a Lean Solution Architecture

11. Chapter 9: Forging an Integrated Solution

12. Chapter 10: Development Life Cycle and Deployment Planning

13. Chapter 11: Communicating and Socializing Your Solution

14. Section 3: Putting It All Together

15. Chapter 12: Practice the Review Board – First Mock

16. Chapter 13: Present and Defend – First Mock

17. Chapter 14: Practice the Review Board – Second Mock

18. Chapter 15: Present and Defend – Second Mock

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix: Tips and Tricks, and the Way Forward

Understanding what you should be able to do while communicating your solution

According to Salesforce's online documentation, the CTA candidate should be able to meet a specific set of objectives, all of which can be found at the following link: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/help?article=Salesforce-Certified-Technical-Architect-Exam-Guide&search=release+exam+schedule.

Let's have a closer look at each of these objectives.

Communicating design decisions and considerations

Communication is one of the most critical soft skills needed in a CTA's arsenal. While creating your solution, you will come across several use cases that can be fulfilled in one way or the other. We saw this earlier while developing solutions for the mini-hypothetical scenarios in previous chapters.

During the review board, you have a very limited amount of time and a lot of land to cover. When you present a proposed solution, you should focus on the considerations that would make...