Salesforce Architect Journey: Overview

YO U R J O U RN E Y TO T H E S U M MI T
The Salesforce Architect Journey is a framework to help you acquire expertise as you chart your way to Salesforce Domain
Architect, and the coveted Salesforce Certified Technical Architect credentials. You progress by building your skills and
knowledge in specific domains, accumulating specialized domain Salesforce certifications along the way. The framework is
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and Management Designer and Deployment Designer

Certified Sharing and Certified Identity and Access

Visibility Designer Management Designer

Specializations Certified Platform Developer I Certified Integration Architecture Designer

Certified Platform App Builder Certified Platform Developer I

Certified Community Cloud Consultant Certified Mobile Solutions Architecture Designer

(Optional) (Optional)

Related Certified Administrator (Optional)

Certification

* Credential earned upon completion of ** Credential earned upon successful

exams within the specializations tier, completion of the Domain Architect
no additional exam requirements. tier and Review Board.

Show Off Your Expertise

BECOME A SPEC I AL I S T – DOMA IN DE SIGNER
Salesforce Domain Design and Architect
Whether you wear one or many hats in your role, we’ve got a
credentials are a great way for individuals in
specialized domain designer exam that will validate your specific the following roles to validate their expertise.
area of expertise. It’s up to you which or how many domain designer •• Application Development Manager
certifications you achieve, but even if it’s just one, now there’s an •• Business Analyst
•• Data Analyst
industry-recognized credential that you can hang your hat on.
•• Data Architect
•• Integration Specialist
If you are a consultancy firm, the domain designer exams are a •• Security System Administrator
•• SCRUM Master
recognized way to confirm that your staff has the proven experience •• System Analyst
needed in their area of specialization to speed project delivery and •• System / Application Architect
drive customer success. •• System Designer

Salesforce Domain Designer Exams include:

• Data Architecture and Management Designer • Sharing and Visibility Designer
• Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer • Platform Developer I (includes Apex and Visualforce)
• Identity and Access Management Designer • Platform App Builder (includes declarative programming)
• Integration Architecture Designer • Community Cloud Consultant
• Mobile Solutions Architecture Designer (includes community architecture)
BE THE E XPERT – DOMA IN ARCHI TEC T

If you aim to have extensive and deep architecture knowledge as an Application or System expert, you’ll want to go
full- throttle to complete a broader tier of domain designer exams. Doing this will validate your full scope of expertise,
drive your career growth and opportunities, and will bestow upon you one or both Salesforce Domain Architect
credentials. No additional exam is necessary. Simply achieve the domain designer certifications in your tier to achieve
the Domain Architect credential:

Salesforce Certified Application Architect Salesforce Certified System Architect

For those who assess functional requirements For those who assess customer architecture
from a declarative viewpoint. with a programmatic approach.

••Certified Data Architecture and Management Designer ••Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment
••Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer Designer
••Certified Platform Developer I ••Certified Identity and Access Management Designer
••Certified Platform App Builder ••Certified Integration Architecture Designer
••Certified Community Cloud Consultant* (Optional) ••Certified Platform Developer I
••Certified Mobile Solutions Architecture Designer*
(Optional)

* This topic will be part of the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect Review Board Exam.

RE ACH THE SUMMI T – TECHNIC AL ARCHI TEC T

Once you have achieved both Domain Architect Certifications, you will be more qualified and prepared to present at the
Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) review board exam. The pinnacle of the Salesforce Architect Certifications, the CTA
is for those who can demonstrate knowledge, skills, and capabilities to build and design high–performance technical solutions on
the Force.com platform across all areas of domain expertise. The CTA are the Salesforce Elite – aspire to become one.

Prepare and Go Higher.

If you are ready to get started on your Salesforce Architect Journey, there’s no better way to prepare than with our free self directed
training guides. Curated under the guidance and expertise of our Certified Technical Architect community, each guide
provides you a compilation of training content that includes reference materials, videos, technical documentation, and specific
case scenarios that enable you to practice. And because the guides are delivered in a self-paced format, you can consume them
on your own time, on your desktop or other preferred device.

Learn More
Start your journey to become a Salesforce Architect.
Go to certification.salesforce.com/architect to access the
study materials or to register for your certification exams.

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