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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
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Section 3: Putting It All Together

Tips and Tricks, and the Way Forward

You have covered many topics throughout this book and learned how to deal with different challenges you may encounter during the review board. In this chapter, we will learn about an additional set of tips and tricks that can help you pass your review board exam.

It is true that this exam puts a lot of mental pressure on the candidate. However, the reward is equally worthy. Passing the exam grants access to an exclusive elite club and provides a significant career boost.

You have to prepare mentally for the exam. You need to go into your review board (or join it online) relaxed, fresh, and focused.

Have a good night's sleep. Put on your war helmet on the exam day. Find out what makes you energized and do it. For some, it is the feeling of being challenged. For others, it is the desire to prove themselves.

Your motives should be positive. The fear of failing is not a good one. You have to find something positive to push you forward...