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Mission

System Architect

48 Module

18 Challenges

1 day 11 Std.

Sichtbar für: All users Applies to: Pega Platform '25

Learn the core principles of application development on Pega Platform™. Business users and Pega developers apply these principles to plan and deliver business applications faster and more accurately for maximum business value. Discover how to perform the most common application development tasks by using App Studio and Dev Studio to prepare yourself for your first Pega development project.

Total mission duration: 34.5 hrs.
Continued development: Consider taking the following missions for continued learning and professional development opportunities:
Anfänger
Case Management
Low-Code App Development
Reporting
Mobile
Security
User Experience
DevOps
Englisch

We are pleased to announce the release of the System Architect (Infinity '25) mission in its original format so our many certified System Architects can stay current. This approach allows learners to focus on just the new or changed content-without retaking the entire mission. You will receive credit for any System Architect Infinity '25 Socratic modules you have completed. If you are not seeing completions carried over, reach out to [email protected].

Low-code defined

  • Modul

    Low-code defined

    5 Themen

    55 Min.

  • Pega Platform™ provides an application development environment where Citizen Developers and System Architects alike create digital solutions to...

Defining a customer Microjourney

  • Modul

    Defining a customer Microjourney

    4 Themen

    45 Min.

  • Learn how Case Types represent a customer Microjourney® from beginning to a desired outcome. Design the life cycle of a Case Type as a series of Steps...

Inviting users to an application

  • Modul

    Inviting users to an application

    1 Thema

    10 Min.

  • Add Personas and Channel interfaces to an application and assign users to Personas based on how they interact with a Case.

Pega Center-out architecture

  • Modul

    Pega Center-out architecture

    2 Themen

    20 Min.

  • This module introduces the Pega Platform™ prescriptive, Center-out® architecture. The Center-out approach to application development emphasizes...

Building a Case Life Cycle

  • Challenge

    Building a Case Life Cycle

    1 Aufgabe

    30 Min.

  • The Project Manager at GoGoRoad wants to streamline the process for their roadside assistance service. They have asked to see a demo application that...

Pega GenAI in Pega Platform

  • Modul

    Pega GenAI in Pega Platform

    4 Themen

    30 Min.

  • Learn about the Pega GenAI™ tools that are available to support you when building your Pega applications. Learn how to apply Pega GenAI Autopilot...

Accelerating application building with Pega Blueprint

  • Modul

    Accelerating application building with Pega Blueprint

    4 Themen

    1 Std. 5 Min.

  • Learn how Pega Blueprint™ aims to change business leaders and how project teams envision digital transformation initiatives. Blueprint introduces a...

Building an application with Blueprint

  • Challenge

    Building an application with Blueprint

    2 Aufgaben

    20 Min.

  • Your Lead System Architect has requested that you use Pega Blueprint™ to create a new Pega Platform™ application.

    Blueprint is Pega's new software-as...

Capturing and presenting data

  • Modul

    Capturing and presenting data

    3 Themen

    45 Min.

  • Define fields to capture user input and present data to users. Add fields to Views to define and tailor the user interface (UI) for each Step of the...

The Data Model

  • Modul

    The Data Model

    4 Themen

    50 Min.

  • Capture and present data in your application to provide the information that is necessary to complete work. Configure relationships among data types...

Creating a data relationship

  • Modul

    Creating a data relationship

    2 Themen

    30 Min.

  • Create data objects to model the attributes of an entity and establish a common context for a group of fields. Create a data relationship in a Case...

Designing the Data Model

  • Challenge

    Designing the Data Model

    1 Aufgabe

    30 Min.

  • You have been asked by your Lead System Architect to create several elements of the Data Model for the GoGoRoad application.

    Your first task is to...

Application user interface design

  • Modul

    Application user interface design

    5 Themen

    1 Std. 10 Min.

  • Design intuitive, efficient user interfaces in Pega Platform™ using the Constellation architecture. Explore how to use different View types, such as...

Creating Views

  • Challenge

    Creating Views

    1 Aufgabe

    30 Min.

  • Your Lead System Architect has requested that you create the Views for the Assistance Request Case Type. Users will interact with the application...

User guidance

  • Modul

    User guidance

    2 Themen

    15 Min.

  • Guide users through the Case Life Cycle by identifying the current Case Status and adding instructions to enable users to complete assigned Tasks.

Routing Assignments to users

  • Modul

    Routing Assignments to users

    1 Thema

    25 Min.

  • Assign responsibility for completing a Task to one or more users. Routing increases business efficiency by ensuring that the most appropriate users...

Designing an approval Process

  • Modul

    Designing an approval Process

    1 Thema

    15 Min.

  • To enhance business reliability and accountability, configure an approval Step that allows users to approve or reject Tasks within the Process.

Cascading approvals

  • Modul

    Cascading approvals

    1 Thema

    20 Min.

  • Model a series of approvals using cascading approvals in Pega Platform™. To receive approval from people on different levels of the organizational...

Completing work on time

  • Modul

    Completing work on time

    2 Themen

    25 Min.

  • Set goals and deadlines on Steps, Processes, Stages, and entire Cases to enforce the timely completion of work.

Escalating late work

  • Modul

    Escalating late work

    1 Thema

    10 Min.

  • Set a passed deadline interval with both Urgency adjustments and escalation Actions to drive late work to completion.

Sending emails during Case processing

  • Modul

    Sending emails during Case processing

    1 Thema

    15 Min.

  • Organizations depend on timely communication to establish a shared understanding of transactions or Assignments. Generate and send automated emails...

Creating and managing teams of users

  • Modul

    Creating and managing teams of users

    1 Thema

    15 Min.

  • Work Groups and Work Queues allow cross-functional teams of users to work from a shared pool of Assignments and improve Process efficiency.

Team application development

  • Modul

    Team application development

    2 Themen

    30 Min.

  • This module defines the responsibilities of key project roles and explains which Pega Platform studio aligns with each role. This module also...

Collaboration with users

  • Modul

    Collaboration with users

    1 Thema

    20 Min.

  • Complete your Microjourney® faster by using the Pulse and Tags widgets to interact with other application users.

Streamlining Case Workflows

  • Challenge

    Streamlining Case Workflows

    2 Aufgaben

    30 Min.

  • Your Lead System Architect has requested that you work on configuring several automations for the Assistance Request Case Type. Automating the...

Modular architecture and enterprise reuse

  • Modul

    Modular architecture and enterprise reuse

    2 Themen

    20 Min.

  • This module introduces modular enterprise reuse in Pega Platform™ applications, where workflows, data, Decisions, Case Types, and other Rules are...

Creating a Rule

  • Modul

    Creating a Rule

    5 Themen

    45 Min.

  • Pega Platform™ generates application code in the background by using Rules that describe how the application functions. In App Studio, Rules are...

Promoting rule reuse with relevant records

  • Modul

    Promoting rule reuse with relevant records

    1 Thema

    15 Min.

  • Developers designate rules as relevant records to promote rule reuse by other developers. Leveraging relevant records helps developers build high...

Automation shapes in the Case Life Cycle

  • Modul

    Automation shapes in the Case Life Cycle

    1 Thema

    20 Min.

  • Pega Platform™ provides different Automation shapes, which can be used across the application. Each shape has a specific purpose and usage in the Case...

Automating workflow decisions

  • Modul

    Automating workflow decisions

    1 Thema

    20 Min.

  • Learn to configure complex business processes that support multiple outcomes. Automate decision-making to reduce processing time, ensure consistency...

Calculating fields using Decision tables

  • Modul

    Calculating fields using Decision tables

    1 Thema

    25 Min.

  • In App Studio, Pega Platform™ allows you to calculate the value of a field using a Decision table. Decision tables are a helpful approach when you...

Decision tables and trees

  • Modul

    Decision tables and trees

    4 Themen

    35 Min.

  • Decision tables and Decision trees are fundamental to enforcing business decisions. Decision tables are a helpful approach when you must test the...

Using Decision tables and Decision trees

  • Challenge

    Using Decision tables and Decision trees

    1 Aufgabe

    45 Min.

  • GoGoRoad stakeholders need to improve the pricing system around towing services. The cost of towing a vehicle is increasing for service providers. To...

Skipping a Process or a Stage

  • Modul

    Skipping a Process or a Stage

    1 Thema

    10 Min.

  • Skip Processes and entire Stages that are unnecessary in certain situations so that Cases can process with increased efficiency and flexibility. 

Adding optional Actions to a workflow

  • Modul

    Adding optional Actions to a workflow

    1 Thema

    15 Min.

  • Allow users to decide whether to perform additional Actions on a Case, such as updating account information or cancelling a Case. These Actions that...

Using Conditions and optional Actions

  • Challenge

    Using Conditions and optional Actions

    2 Aufgaben

    1 Std.

  • The Project Manager at GoGoRoad asked the project team to configure multiple tasks to streamline the assistance request process for GoGoRoad's...

Identifying duplicate Cases

  • Modul

    Identifying duplicate Cases

    1 Thema

    10 Min.

  • Specify conditions that help identify potential duplicate submissions to avoid duplication and reduce inefficiency. Use the Search duplicate cases...

Creating a child Case

  • Modul

    Creating a child Case

    1 Thema

    15 Min.

  • Create child Cases to model work that different parties perform, work that follows different reporting options, work that follows different reporting...

Pausing and resuming Case processing

  • Modul

    Pausing and resuming Case processing

    1 Thema

    15 Min.

  • Enforce dependencies using the Wait Step. The Wait Step allows you to pause and resume Case processing when the Case meets Conditions that you define...

Configuring and automating child Cases

  • Challenge

    Configuring and automating child Cases

    2 Aufgaben

    45 Min.

  • The Project Manager at GoGoRoad has tasked your team with improving the efficiency if the Assistance Request and Service workflows.

    After a series of...

Creating and setting application variables

  • Modul

    Creating and setting application variables

    1 Thema

    20 Min.

  • Pega Platform™ provides a unified, consistent framework for allowing developers to expose certain application settings for customization. You can...

Validating data against business logic

  • Modul

    Validating data against business logic

    1 Thema

    15 Min.

  • Validate user data against business logic to avoid invalid data within applications. Valid data is required so that the system can process the...

Validating data in Dev Studio

  • Modul

    Validating data in Dev Studio

    1 Thema

    20 Min.

  • Extend the configuration of Validate Rules in Dev Studio by applying edit Validate Rules to test data formats, using qualifying Validation logic and...

Validating data

  • Challenge

    Validating data

    1 Aufgabe

    15 Min.

  • The Project Manager at GoGoRoad has requested that data validation be added to the Assistance Request Case Type.

    Customers with the Standard coverage...

Application data manipulation

  • Modul

    Application data manipulation

    2 Themen

    15 Min.

  • In some situations, a data reference is insufficient for your business need. Pega Platform™ provides Data Transforms to copy selected data from one...

Application data manipulation in Dev Studio

  • Modul

    Application data manipulation in Dev Studio

    2 Themen

    25 Min.

  • Configure Data Transforms in Dev Studio to initialize or manipulate data for ease of application development and maintenance.

Using Data Transforms

  • Challenge

    Using Data Transforms

    1 Aufgabe

    45 Min.

  • Stakeholders have requested two additional automations to streamline the Assistance Request workflow. A recent analysis of Assistance Request Cases...

Accessing sourced data in a Case

  • Modul

    Accessing sourced data in a Case

    6 Themen

    1 Std. 15 Min.

  • Configure the structure and refresh strategies for Data Pages to optimize the retrieving, refreshing, and persistence of data for Case processing.

Saving data to a system of record

Erforderlich

  • Modul

    Saving data to a system of record

    2 Themen

    30 Min.

  • Promote Case processing efficiency and improve application flexibility by leveraging savable Data Pages and systems of records to store and update...

Using Data Pages and Rules in branches

  • Challenge

    Using Data Pages and Rules in branches

    6 Aufgaben

    1 Std. 20 Min.

  • For the Assistance Request Case Type, GoGoRoad stakeholders want to provide users with an option to enroll when requesting service rather than...

Application security

  • Modul

    Application security

    3 Themen

    40 Min.

  • Learn how to configure security policies to thwart attempts by malicious hackers to gain unauthorized access to Pega Platform™, and how developers...

Managing application access

  • Modul

    Managing application access

    2 Themen

    25 Min.

  • Learn how you can configure role-based access control by using the Persona access landing page and Access Manager. The Persona access landing page and...

Managing application access through Personas

  • Challenge

    Managing application access through Personas

    1 Aufgabe

    30 Min.

  • GoGoRoad Product Managers want to restrict access to development on the New Vendor Case Type so that only approved roles have the ability to perform...

Configuring UI elements

  • Modul

    Configuring UI elements

    2 Themen

    20 Min.

  • Learn about how themes update the styling of UI elements to meet branding requirements. Learn how to configure dynamic functionality on UI elements.

Configuring Portal content

  • Modul

    Configuring Portal content

    5 Themen

    40 Min.

  • Explore how tailored Constellation Channel options support diverse user needs across business roles in Pega Platform™. Learn to differentiate between...

Creating a Constellation Portal

  • Challenge

    Creating a Constellation Portal

    1 Aufgabe

    45 Min.

  • GoGoRoad wants to enhance its roadside assistance services by ensuring customer satisfaction and service consistency across vendors. To accomplish...

Application development management

  • Modul

    Application development management

    3 Themen

    45 Min.

  • Project team members use the Developer Assistant pane to organize work and Agile Workbench to create, view, and update user stories, bugs, and...

Tracking application development

  • Challenge

    Tracking application development

    1 Aufgabe

    20 Min.

  • Stakeholders at GoGoRoad want to develop a new roadside assistance application to streamline operations for customer roadside assistance requests...

Testing your application

  • Modul

    Testing your application

    3 Themen

    40 Min.

  • Conduct unit testing on Rules to ensure application configurations behave as expected. Ensure that your application has a high number of tested Rules...

Testing Pega Platform applications

  • Challenge

    Testing Pega Platform applications

    1 Aufgabe

    30 Min.

  • For an Assistance Request Case, when users enter the vehicle make, one or more associated models should be displayed in the Model drop-down list...

Debugging application errors

  • Modul

    Debugging application errors

    3 Themen

    35 Min.

  • Test application functionality that returns an error or incorrect result to debug issues and identify an appropriate resolution path.

Troubleshooting a Pega Platform application

  • Challenge

    Troubleshooting a Pega Platform application

    1 Aufgabe

    35 Min.

  • Based on your conversations with GoGoRoad stakeholders and the project development team about the processing of an Assistance Request Case,  you...

Exploring application data with Insights

  • Modul

    Exploring application data with Insights

    3 Themen

    25 Min.

  • Discover the reporting capabilities of Pega Platform™ through Insights. Explore how to create, configure, and apply chart-based and table-based...

Using Insights

  • Challenge

    Using Insights

    1 Aufgabe

    15 Min.

  • One business requirements detailed by GoGoRoad stakeholders is that they have access to a report that identifies the number of Assistance Request Case...

Localizing application content

  • Modul

    Localizing application content

    2 Themen

    30 Min.

  • Pega Platform™ applications can be configured to meet localization needs for work in different languages and time zones.

Localizing application content

  • Challenge

    Localizing application content

    1 Aufgabe

    30 Min.

  • GoGoRoad stakeholders have requested that  New Vendor Case Type be localized into the Spanish language. Fortunately, Pega Platform™ supports language...

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