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Mission

System Architect

48 Modules

18 Défis

1 day 11 heures

Visible par : 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:
Débutant
Case Management
Low-Code App Development
Reporting
Mobile
Security
User Experience
DevOps
Anglais

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

  • Module

    Low-code defined

    5 Rubriques

    55 mins

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

Defining a customer Microjourney

  • Module

    Defining a customer Microjourney

    4 Rubriques

    45 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Inviting users to an application

    1 Rubrique

    10 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Pega Center-out architecture

    2 Rubriques

    20 mins

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

Building a Case Life Cycle

  • Défi

    Building a Case Life Cycle

    1 Tâche

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Pega GenAI in Pega Platform

    4 Rubriques

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Accelerating application building with Pega Blueprint

    4 Rubriques

    1h 5 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Building an application with Blueprint

    2 Tâches

    20 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Capturing and presenting data

    3 Rubriques

    45 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    The Data Model

    4 Rubriques

    50 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Creating a data relationship

    2 Rubriques

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Designing the Data Model

    1 Tâche

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Application user interface design

    5 Rubriques

    1h 10 mins

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

Creating Views

  • Défi

    Creating Views

    1 Tâche

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    User guidance

    2 Rubriques

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Routing Assignments to users

    1 Rubrique

    25 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Designing an approval Process

    1 Rubrique

    15 mins

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

Cascading approvals

  • Module

    Cascading approvals

    1 Rubrique

    20 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Completing work on time

    2 Rubriques

    25 mins

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

Escalating late work

  • Module

    Escalating late work

    1 Rubrique

    10 mins

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

Sending emails during Case processing

  • Module

    Sending emails during Case processing

    1 Rubrique

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Creating and managing teams of users

    1 Rubrique

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Team application development

    2 Rubriques

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Collaboration with users

    1 Rubrique

    20 mins

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

Streamlining Case Workflows

  • Défi

    Streamlining Case Workflows

    2 Tâches

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Modular architecture and enterprise reuse

    2 Rubriques

    20 mins

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

Creating a Rule

Obligatoire

  • Module

    Creating a Rule

    5 Rubriques

    45 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Promoting rule reuse with relevant records

    1 Rubrique

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Automation shapes in the Case Life Cycle

    1 Rubrique

    20 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Automating workflow decisions

    1 Rubrique

    20 mins

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

Calculating fields using Decision tables

  • Module

    Calculating fields using Decision tables

    1 Rubrique

    25 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Decision tables and trees

    4 Rubriques

    35 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Using Decision tables and Decision trees

    1 Tâche

    45 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Skipping a Process or a Stage

    1 Rubrique

    10 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Adding optional Actions to a workflow

    1 Rubrique

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Using Conditions and optional Actions

    2 Tâches

    1h

  • 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

  • Module

    Identifying duplicate Cases

    1 Rubrique

    10 mins

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

Creating a child Case

  • Module

    Creating a child Case

    1 Rubrique

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Pausing and resuming Case processing

    1 Rubrique

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Configuring and automating child Cases

    2 Tâches

    45 mins

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

    After a series of...

Creating and setting application variables

  • Module

    Creating and setting application variables

    1 Rubrique

    20 mins

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

Validating data against business logic

  • Module

    Validating data against business logic

    1 Rubrique

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Validating data in Dev Studio

    1 Rubrique

    20 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Validating data

    1 Tâche

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Application data manipulation

    2 Rubriques

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Application data manipulation in Dev Studio

    2 Rubriques

    25 mins

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

Using Data Transforms

  • Défi

    Using Data Transforms

    1 Tâche

    45 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Accessing sourced data in a Case

    6 Rubriques

    1h 15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Saving data to a system of record

    2 Rubriques

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Using Data Pages and Rules in branches

    6 Tâches

    1h 20 mins

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

Application security

  • Module

    Application security

    3 Rubriques

    40 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Managing application access

    2 Rubriques

    25 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Managing application access through Personas

    1 Tâche

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Configuring UI elements

    2 Rubriques

    20 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Configuring Portal content

    5 Rubriques

    40 mins

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

Creating a Constellation Portal

  • Défi

    Creating a Constellation Portal

    1 Tâche

    45 mins

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

Application development management

  • Module

    Application development management

    3 Rubriques

    45 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Tracking application development

    1 Tâche

    20 mins

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

Testing your application

  • Module

    Testing your application

    3 Rubriques

    40 mins

  • 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

  • Défi

    Testing Pega Platform applications

    1 Tâche

    30 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Debugging application errors

    3 Rubriques

    35 mins

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

Troubleshooting a Pega Platform application

  • Défi

    Troubleshooting a Pega Platform application

    1 Tâche

    35 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Exploring application data with Insights

    3 Rubriques

    25 mins

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

Using Insights

  • Défi

    Using Insights

    1 Tâche

    15 mins

  • 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

  • Module

    Localizing application content

    2 Rubriques

    30 mins

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

Localizing application content

  • Défi

    Localizing application content

    1 Tâche

    30 mins

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

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