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Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

By : Tameem Bahri
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Book Image

Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

5 (1)
By: Tameem Bahri

Overview of this book

Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) is the ultimate certification to validate your knowledge and skills when it comes to designing and building high-performance technical solutions on the Salesforce platform. The CTA certificate is granted after successfully passing the CTA review board exam, which tests your platform expertise and soft skills for communicating your solutions and vision. You’ll start with the core concepts that every architect should master, including data lifecycle, integration, and security, and build your aptitude for creating high-level technical solutions. Using real-world examples, you’ll explore essential topics such as selecting systems or components for your solutions, designing scalable and secure Salesforce architecture, and planning the development lifecycle and deployments. Finally, you'll work on two full mock scenarios that simulate the review board exam, helping you learn how to identify requirements, create a draft solution, and combine all the elements together to create an engaging story to present in front of the board or to a client in real life. By the end of this Salesforce book, you’ll have gained the knowledge and skills required to pass the review board exam and implement architectural best practices and strategies in your day-to-day work.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Section 1: Your Journey to Becoming a CTA
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Section 2: Knowledge Domains Deep Dive
14
Section 3: Putting It All Together

Summary

In this chapter, we dived into the details of the Salesforce communication domain. We learned what is expected for a CTA to cover and at what level of detail. We went through some practical examples of ways to present a particular solution, and we also understood the importance of standard diagrams and the common types of diagrams you are likely to encounter.

We then tackled a mini-hypothetical scenario, and we included a hypothetical Q&A stage to practice handling objections. We solved the scenario together, handled specific challenges, and asked questions. We also learned about some pitfalls to avoid and how to leave the right professional impression during the CTA review board, as well as in real life.

After that, we explored multiple potential ways to handle a particular requirement. We learned how one path can lead you to a completely different set of potential challenges and how to prepare for them. We also learned how to avoid difficult situations by merely...