Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer STUDY GUIDE

Given a customer landscape and their requirements, evaluate business, technical, and architectural considerations while defining an appropriate org strategy.

• Application and Lifecycle Models (40 mins)

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).

• Sandbox Types and Templates (30 mins)

Apply map sandbox strategy to a specific Release Plan, taking into consideration multiple project streams, training requirements, staging, and hotfixes.

• Sandbox Best Practices (60 mins)

Given a customer scenario involving a new Salesforce release, recommend the appropriate strategy to mitigate risk.

• Release Management Best Practices (45 mins)

Given a detailed customer environment scenario including a specific request, explain the implications for incorporating the request directly in a production environment.

• Staging Environment for Customizing and Testing (35 mins)

Given a customer scenario, explain how source control branching/versioning/merging can be used and recommend appropriate strategies.

• Version Control for Salesforce (30 mins)

Given the project risk and customer requirement, explain how to assess the benefits and risks of the different development methodologies and recommend the appropriate methodology based on the customer environment.

• Governance Basics (30 mins)
• 9 Steps to Effective Change Management (20 mins)

Given a customer scenario, describe and recommend an appropriate release management strategy.

• Package Development Readiness (40 mins)
• Salesforce Agile Basics (30 mins)

 Given a customer scenario, describe and recommend an appropriate testing methodology. 

• Unit Testing on the Lightning Platform (300 mins)
• Hands on Activities Section (180 mins)

Given a customer scenario, analyze and recommend the appropriate governance framework.  

• Enterprise Environment Management (40 mins)
• App Development with Salesforce DX (30 mins)
• Automating Deployment Between Orgs (46 mins)

Understand customer environment risks and articulate appropriate mitigation strategies.

• Identify, Assess and Address Risk (40 mins)
• Salesforce Implementation: Advantages, Risk and Mitigation Measures (30 mins)
• Common Risks to Your Salesforce Data (20 mins)

Given a scenario, compare, contrast and recommend the components and tools of a successful deployment strategy. 

• Change Set Development Model (30 mins)
• Best Practices for Successful Deployment (60 mins)

Given a scenario, describe the capabilities, limitations, and considerations when using the Metadata API for deployment. 

• Syncing Salesforce Org Metadata to Github (60 mins)
• Apex Metadata API (100 mins)
• Salesforce API Series (60 mins)
• Master Your Metadata: Best Practices for Versioning, CI and Deployments (31 mins)

Given a complex customer scenario ability, identify the appropriate use of source control, automated test, and deployment tools and demonstrate the ability to articulate the process involved. 

• Automating Deployments between Orgs Using Git and Continuous Integration (46 mins)
• Learn about Continous Integration, Deployment and Delivery (20 mins)
• Configure Your Environment for Jenkins (30 mins)

Explain the advantages of using Agile tools to support an Agile development process. 

• Scrum and Kanban at Salesforce (50 mins)
• Learn Atlassian Agile Practices (50 mins)

Given a scenario, analyze and explain the use cases and considerations when using managed vs. unmanaged packages. 

• Package Development Readiness (40 mins)
• Unlocked Packages for Customers (55 mins)
• Quick Start: Unlocked Packages (60 mins)