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Mission

Planning and Design

8 Modules

15 Challenges

1 day 7 hrs

Pega Platform '25
Visible to: All users Applies to: Pega Platform '25

The Planning and Design mission is an advanced mission for Certified Pega Senior System Architects (SSAs) who are ready to take on the Certified Pega Lead System Architect (LSA) role. Lean about the requirements for designing a Pega Platform™ solution that delivers value to business quickly, and is also built for change.

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Lead System Architect v7

Required components

Application structure design Designing for specialization Designing Data Models and reporting strategies API design Creating the delivery service and MDC applications Creating the REST integration interface Implementing a data-instance-first design pattern Configuring OpenID Connect authentication using App Studio Application monitoring with PDC

Application structure design

Required

  • Module

    Application structure design

    4 Topics

    1 hr 25 mins

  • A well-structured application is essential for building scalable and maintainable Pega solutions. Designing the application stack involves organizing...

Designing the case hierarchy

  • Challenge

    Designing the case hierarchy

    3 Tasks

    1 hr 30 mins

  • Metro Delivery Company (MDC) is a B2B company whose core business is delivering same-day Intracity shipments originating from registered business...

Designing the subcase hierarchy

  • Challenge

    Designing the subcase hierarchy

    3 Tasks

    1 hr

  • Metro Delivery Company (MDC) is a B2B company that specializes in delivering same-day intracity shipments from registered business partners to their...

Creating the delivery service and MDC applications

Required

  • Challenge

    Creating the delivery service and MDC applications

    5 Tasks

    1 hr

  • Metro Delivery Company (MDC) assists its business partners in booking delivery requests for intra-city shipments of various sizes from one location to...

Designing for specialization

Required

  • Module

    Designing for specialization

    7 Topics

    2 hrs 5 mins

  • Pega Platform™ provides various solutions for specializing applications to support ever-changing requirements. Learn about these specialization...

Designing case specialization and extensibility

  • Challenge

    Designing case specialization and extensibility

    3 Tasks

    1 hr

  • MDC is expanding its service portfolio to include both home and office moving services for individual and business customers. A dedicated truck and...

Creating the REST integration interface

Required

  • Challenge

    Creating the REST integration interface

    5 Tasks

    1 hr 30 mins

  • The executive manager approves or rejects a truck after the vendor registers it. Upon approval, the city manager is assigned to rank the companies...

Designing options for invoice case handling

  • Challenge

    Designing options for invoice case handling

    2 Tasks

    45 mins

  • The Accountant system is a separate system dedicated to invoicing. PKM Agency is an expert organization that provides accounts-related support to MDC...

Designing Data Models and reporting strategies

Required

  • Module

    Designing Data Models and reporting strategies

    9 Topics

    4 hrs 5 mins

  • Learn how to design efficient Data Models and implement reporting strategies in Pega applications. This module introduces best practices for...

Implementing an effective Data Model

  • Challenge

    Implementing an effective Data Model

    2 Tasks

    45 mins

  • The Delivery Service team is currently in the design phase of their project within the MDC enterprise ecosystem. Their primary task is to evaluate the...

Authoring a Data Model and associated Views using App Studio

  • Challenge

    Authoring a Data Model and associated Views using App Studio

    3 Tasks

    1 hr

  • In the context of candidate recruitment, create a data object and develop the views that are linked to it.

    Creating Data Models and connecting Views...

Implementing a data-instance-first design pattern

Required

  • Challenge

    Implementing a data-instance-first design pattern

    1 Task

    45 mins

  • In the HR recruitment process, the application collects candidate information from multiple sources and stores it in a Candidate Data Object. The Cand...

Defining a reporting strategy

  • Challenge

    Defining a reporting strategy

    2 Tasks

    45 mins

  • Truck vendors associated with MDC (Metro Delivery Services) are facing significant operational challenges due to over- and under-bookings of trucks...

Extracting Case data using BIX

  • Challenge

    Extracting Case data using BIX

    1 Task

    45 mins

  • MDC currently has business intelligence tools included in its enterprise licenses. Using these external tools, MDC wants to generate and view the...

Creating an Insight for the Executive Manager

  • Challenge

    Creating an Insight for the Executive Manager

    1 Task

    45 mins

  • The Executive Manager requires a monthly view of business partner registrations and renewals.

    Create a table-based Insight that shows the number of...

API design

Required

  • Module

    API design

    4 Topics

    45 mins

  • Adopt the API-first approach to design enterprise applications with Pega Platform™. Create interfaces that integrate with other applications, avoid...

Authentication design

  • Module

    Authentication design

    5 Topics

    1 hr 55 mins

  • Authenticate users during login to verify their identity and confirm access permissions. Learn how to implement authentication features in Pega...

Configuring OpenID Connect authentication using App Studio

Required

  • Challenge

    Configuring OpenID Connect authentication using App Studio

    3 Tasks

    1 hr

  • To authenticate operators, MDC plans to use OpenID Connect. As a Lead System Architect, your task is to design and implement OpenID Connect...

Configuring SAML authentication using App Studio

  • Challenge

    Configuring SAML authentication using App Studio

    3 Tasks

    1 hr

  • To authenticate operators, MDC plans to use single sign-on (SSO) with SAML. As a Lead System Architect, your task is to design and implement SAML...

Authorization design

  • Module

    Authorization design

    6 Topics

    2 hrs 50 mins

  • In most cases, you want to restrict authenticated users from accessing every part of an application. Learn about the authorization features that you...

Defining the authorization scheme

  • Challenge

    Defining the authorization scheme

    5 Tasks

    1 hr 30 mins

  • MDC wants to implement the following security requirements in its organization:

    • City Managers and Accountants can see only financial information...

Application monitoring with PDC

Required

  • Module

    Application monitoring with PDC

    4 Topics

    1 hr

  • Ensuring application health is essential for delivering a stable and responsive user experience. This module introduces Pega Diagnostic Center (PDC)...

Design patterns and strategies for scalable deployment

  • Module

    Design patterns and strategies for scalable deployment

    4 Topics

    1 hr 5 mins

  • Learn how to design and implement deployment patterns and strategies that enable scalable, resilient, and automated application delivery. Explore...

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