Resources
Lessons
Evaluate the Current System Landscape
- Given a set of business requirements, identify the current system landscape and determine what standards, limitations, boundaries and protocols exist.
- Given an existing system landscape, analyze for constraints and/or pain-points to satisfy a business requirement(s).
- Given a set of requirements, evaluate the authentication and authorization needs based on the system landscape.
- Knowledge Check
Evaluate Business Needs
- Given a use case, identify functional and non-functional requirements needed for integration.
- Based on a given integration requirement, identify and classify data into Confidential/Secure/Public.
- Given a use case, identify key factors for CRM success that should be included as integration requirements.
- Given a use case, identify the business growth and regulatory factors that can impact choice of integration solutions.
- Knowledge Check
Translate Needs to Integration Requirements
- Given an existing system landscape diagram, create an inventory of the systems and integration patterns.
- Given a use case and business process, evaluate system and process constraints.
- Given a use case, identify integration security / authentication / authorization requirements.
- Given a use case, identify performance needs (volumes, response times, latency) and propose appropriate integration solutions that will meet business requirements.
- Knowledge Check
Design Integration Solutions
- Given a use case, identify the integration pattern that meets business requirements.
- Given a use case, define the components which create a solution that meets business requirements.
- Given a use case, identify the trade-offs, limitations, and constraints that meet the proposed solution.
- Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints or drivers, specify the appropriate Salesforce API(s) for the proposed solution.
- Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints or drivers determine the standards, components, techniques, and security mechanism that should be used.
- Knowledge Check
Build Solution
- Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints or drivers, identify the considerations when designing and implementing API(s), both Salesforce as an API provider and Salesforce as an API consumer.
- Given a use case, identify the considerations when choosing the right option in making an outbound call to an external system.
- Given a use case, describe what should be considered when building a scalable solution.
- Given a use case, determine error handling for different integration options.
- Given a use case, create a security solution for inbound or outbound integrations.
- Given a use case, identify the factors needed to build resilience in an integration solution for system updates.
- Knowledge Check
Maintain Integration
- Given an integration maintenance use case, identify performance monitoring needs for integration requirements.
- Given a use case, identify the appropriate error handling, escalation and recovery procedures for a failed integration.
- Given a use case, identify reporting needs for integration monitoring.
- Knowledge Check
Passed today – thank you – your material was very helpful. The exam was not easy – and a couple of the questions were very badly worded so as to not make much sense, but the hard work and your study aids got me over the line! Thank you.
Congratulations on clearing the certification exam, Will! We are thrilled to hear that the materials were helpful in your success. Your hard work and dedication paid off, and we are proud of you for accomplishing your goal. Keep up the great work and continue to use the knowledge you’ve acquired to achieve even greater things in the future. Best of luck!
Got the Certification. Thanks so much.
Congratulations Wang, on passing the Integration Architect certification! The whole FoF team is thrilled to hear about your achievement and we are proud of your hard work and dedication.
Thank you for using our resources and we are happy to have been a part of your success. Keep up the great work!
Best regards,
FoF Team