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Preface
Welcome to our ebook, “Salesforce Certified Catalyst Specialist Study Guide”. This resource has been meticulously crafted to provide a comprehensive guide for those who are aspiring to take a significant step in their MuleSoft career.
Who is this book for
This book is primarily aimed at individuals looking to take the Salesforce Certified Catalyst Specialist Study Guide. Whether you’re an absolute beginner seeking to kick-start your journey in MuleSoft, or you are a professional who’s familiar with the platform and looking to validate your skills, this guide provides a well-structured path to prepare for the certification.
This book will also be beneficial for IT professionals who want to understand MuleSoft capabilities and potential, team leaders who manage MuleSoft projects, and any ambitious individuals keen on delving into the MuleSoft ecosystem.
Exam details
The Salesforce Certified Catalyst Specialist Study Guide is a testament to your knowledge and skills in MuleSoft. It proves your ability to implement, configure, and manage MuleSoft applications in real-world scenarios.
The exam typically comprises 45 multiple-choice questions to be answered in 90 minutes. A passing score is 70%, meaning you must correctly answer at least 32 questions. However, bear in mind that MuleSoft exams are subject to change, and the exact format and passing score may vary.
Exam outline
The exam validates that you can perform the following tasks.
Introducing Catalyst
- Describe what Catalyst is and is not
- Identify the components of Catalyst
- Define Catalyst engagements
- Identify criteria for successful Catalyst engagements
- Adapt Catalyst to common delivery methodologies
Leverage Catalyst Knowledge Hub
- Explain the structure and types of Catalyst-related content in Knowledge Hub
- Explain the types of assets in Knowledge Hub
- Explain the different asset types and select the right one for a given purpose
- Evaluate the applicability of individual assets for a given deployment type
Architecting in a Catalyst context
- Articulate the role architecture plays in aligning business and technology
- Organize business environment drivers, organizational vision, and strategic goals, objectives, KPIs, and initiatives into a logical network of influences
- Analyze the value of each principle of architecting with Catalyst for projects and engagements
- Articulate the role of integration architecture in realizing end-to-end business processes
- Create a backlog of architectural significance to capture engagement scope in a way that is conducive to architecting in a Catalyst context
Architecting to Catalyst principles
- Critique too narrow engagement scope definitions and objections to their widening
- Architect to maximize reuse and reuse potential without neglecting short-term objectives
- Analyze the advantages that architecting on top of a digital platform brings to projects
- Apply an API-led approach to connectivity on the conceptual and logical level, making idiomatic use of interaction types and patterns
- Architect in the context of projects to support productization of APIs
- Architect to achieve both short-term outcomes and long-term goals, in a balanced way
Designing composable solutions
- Describe the principles and properties of composability
- Identify the generic patterns, interaction types, and interaction patterns on the conceptual and logical levels and apply them to common architectural styles
- Address the cross-cutting concerns such as Idempotency, transactionality, reliability, etc in the solution design adhering to catalyst principles
- Apply principles of API-led approach to connectivity to common integration patterns beyond simple RESTful APIs
- Articulate the benefits of Automation and Intelligently identify the use cases that benefit from it
Realizing business outcomes
- Articulate business outcomes and their expected value
- Discover and define business outcomes
- Align business outcomes with stakeholders
- Align engagement scope with stakeholders
- Measure and track business outcomes
Implementing a Center for Enablement (C4E)
- Describe what C4E is and explain its value proposition
- Explain the difference between C4E and CoE
- Explain the impact of not having a C4E
- Describe the C4E organizational models
- Describe the components of building a C4E
Positioning and reframing with Catalyst
- Position the benefits of a Catalyst approach to stakeholders
- Incorporate the principles of the Catalyst approach to scope engagements
- Reframe the value of Catalyst approach when the team is diverging from a Catalyst approach
- Resolve common objections to a Catalyst approach
This ebook covers all these areas in detail. We delve deep into each topic, breaking down complex concepts into comprehensible nuggets. We also provide practical examples and scenarios to aid your understanding and prepare you for the type of questions you might encounter in the exam.
