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Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect

Salesforce certification for professionals applying DevOps, application lifecycle management and governance to Salesforce environments.

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Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Exam
Applicability
The current English certification catalog links the named exam guide; its release alignment is Spring '23, with no published start/end dates. This is initial certification only; maintenance is outside this route.
Booking
Log in to Trailhead Academy; select the examination, delivery mode and an available date/time or local venue/time slot; complete checkout. This is appointment scheduling, not a fixed application window.
Conduct
Accept the Salesforce Certification Program Agreement and Code of Conduct at the beginning of the exam.
Identity
The ID name must match the booking exactly. Online-proctored testing requires a valid government-issued photo ID with a recent recognizable photo. Follow Salesforce-specific prohibitions on expired, digital, copied, paper-based or legally restricted IDs, including DoD/CAC/secure-access IDs; generic Pearson examples do not independently authorize a Salesforce-prohibited ID. For a testing center, the linked Global ID Policy 1S calls for one primary and one secondary ID, with its stated name, photo/signature, originality, issuing-country and Roman-character conditions. The policy also contains renewal-paperwork allowances; no exception to Salesforce's specific prohibition is asserted here without sponsor approval. Any ID-policy exception requires sponsor pre-approval at least five business days before the appointment.
Identity Policy Url
https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005298914&language=en_US&type=1
Language
English
Online Delivery
Review Windows/Mac technical requirements and run the Pearson OnVUE system test before registration.
Passing Score
65%
Prerequisite
None; the guide's typical degree and work experience describe the audience rather than mandatory eligibility.
References
No hard copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
Test Center Identity Policy Url
https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/global/documents/global-id-policy/Pearson-VUE-ID-Policies-1S-English.pdf

Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Exam

Provider
Salesforce; Pearson VUE testing-center or Pearson OnVUE online delivery
Format
Proctored, closed-book multiple-choice/multiple-select examination in English
Exam questions
Total questions: 60–65; Scored questions: 60; Unscored questions: 0–5; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
105 minutes
Passing score
65%
Exam fee
Registration USD 400; retake USD 200; applicable taxes additional
Examination outline
  • Application Lifecycle Management (8%)
    • Development methodologies, project risks and governance strategies
  • Planning (13%)
    • ALM maturity, people, technology and processes
    • Environment risks and mitigation
    • Governance framework
    • Salesforce release risk mitigation
  • System Design (15%)
    • Agile development tools
    • Org strategy considerations
    • Environment and sandbox strategy
    • Deployment strategy components and tools
  • Building (14%)
    • Source control branching, versioning and merging
    • Test data and unit testing
    • Development models and environments
    • Code quality assurance
  • Deploying (14%)
    • Metadata and Tooling API capabilities and constraints
    • Pre-deployment and post-deployment steps
    • Technical reference data deployment
  • Testing (13%)
    • Testing methodology
    • Test execution methodology and coverage
    • Unified representative and secure test data strategy
  • Releasing (13%)
    • Managed, unmanaged and unlocked packages
    • Mapping sandbox strategy to a release plan
    • Release management strategy
  • Operating (10%)
    • Direct production request implications
    • Integrating production changes into ALM
    • Common release artifacts across multiple orgs
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