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Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect

DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECTSalesforce Development Lifecycle And Deployment Architect

The Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect certification validates your expertise in designing and implementing release and deployment strategies across the Salesforce ecosystem. It is for experienced architects who orchestrate continuous delivery, environment management, and change governance. Earning it proves you can drive safe, efficient, and compliant software delivery at scale.

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364 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30

10Domains
16Objectives
102Concepts
364Questions

DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECT Curriculum

Every domain, objective, and concept the DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECT exam measures.

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

5 concepts · 20 questions
  1. Org Strategy Definition
  2. Business Considerations
  3. Technical Considerations
  4. Architectural Considerations
  5. Landscape Evaluation

Given a customer scenario, define an environment (sandbox) strategy that utilizes the correct sandbox types (e.g., multiple project streams, training requirements, staging, production, and hotfixes).

12 concepts · 25 questions
  1. Sandbox Types Overview
  2. Sandbox Purpose Mapping
  3. Sandbox Licensing and Limits
  4. Sandbox Refresh and Lifecycle
  5. Sandbox Data and Metadata
  6. Sandbox Strategy for Multiple Project Streams
  7. Sandbox Strategy for Training
  8. Sandbox Strategy for Staging and Production
  9. Sandbox Strategy for Hotfixes
  10. Sandbox Strategy for Compliance and Data Privacy
  11. Sandbox Connectivity and Integration
  12. Sandbox Monitoring and Governance

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

9 concepts · 21 questions
  1. Sandbox Types and Use Cases
  2. Sandbox Strategy Mapping
  3. Multiple Project Streams
  4. Training Sandbox Requirements
  5. Staging Environment Planning
  6. Hotfix Handling in Sandboxes
  7. Sandbox Refresh and Lifecycle
  8. Sandbox Data and Metadata Management
  9. Sandbox Governance and Best Practices

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

9 concepts · 30 questions
  1. Salesforce Release Cadence
  2. Release Readiness Assessment
  3. Sandbox Strategy for Release Testing
  4. Release Impact Analysis
  5. Risk Mitigation Planning
  6. Change Management and Communication
  7. Regression Testing Strategy
  8. Release Deployment Best Practices
  9. Post-Release Monitoring and Support

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

5 concepts · 19 questions
  1. Production Environment Constraints
  2. Impact Analysis of Direct Changes
  3. Change Management Best Practices
  4. Governance and Compliance Considerations
  5. Mitigation Strategies for Production Changes

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

7 concepts · 28 questions
  1. Source Control Branching Strategies
  2. Versioning in Source Control
  3. Merging and Conflict Resolution
  4. Branching for Parallel Development
  5. Branching for Release Management
  6. Integration with Salesforce DX
  7. Governance and Compliance

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.

6 concepts · 27 questions
  1. Development methodologies overview
  2. Risk assessment in methodologies
  3. Benefits analysis of methodologies
  4. Customer environment analysis
  5. Methodology selection framework
  6. Recommendation justification

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

7 concepts · 30 questions
  1. Release Management Strategy Overview
  2. Environment and Sandbox Strategy
  3. Release Types and Cadence
  4. Change Set vs. Metadata API vs. DevOps Tools
  5. Version Control Integration
  6. Release Planning and Coordination
  7. Governance and Compliance

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

9 concepts · 30 questions
  1. Testing methodologies overview
  2. Unit testing
  3. Integration testing
  4. System testing
  5. User acceptance testing (UAT)
  6. Regression testing
  7. Performance testing
  8. Security testing
  9. Selecting testing methodology based on scenario

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

5 concepts · 25 questions
  1. Governance Framework Fundamentals
  2. Analyzing Customer Scenarios
  3. Governance Framework Options
  4. Recommendation Criteria
  5. Implementation Considerations

Understand customer environment risks and articulate appropriate mitigation strategies.

4 concepts · 13 questions
  1. Customer Environment Risk Identification
  2. Risk Impact Assessment
  3. Mitigation Strategy Development
  4. Articulation of Mitigation Strategies

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

5 concepts · 26 questions
  1. Deployment Strategy Components
  2. Deployment Strategy Tools
  3. Scenario-Based Tool Recommendation
  4. Deployment Strategy Comparison
  5. Successful Deployment Best Practices

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

3 concepts · 10 questions
  1. Metadata API deployment capabilities
  2. Metadata API deployment limitations
  3. Deployment considerations

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.

7 concepts · 22 questions
  1. Source Control Tool Selection
  2. Automated Test Tool Selection
  3. Deployment Tool Selection
  4. CI/CD Process Articulation
  5. Tool Integration Strategy
  6. Scenario-Based Tool Mapping
  7. Process Workflow Design

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

3 concepts · 22 questions
  1. Agile tool benefits
  2. Tool features for agile practices
  3. Tool impact on team productivity

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

6 concepts · 16 questions
  1. Managed vs. Unmanaged Package Definitions
  2. Use Cases for Managed Packages
  3. Use Cases for Unmanaged Packages
  4. Considerations for Managed Packages
  5. Considerations for Unmanaged Packages
  6. Analyzing Scenarios for Package Type Selection
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