Senior System Architect
v8.7 Course Timing
The following agenda consists of the course timing for the Senior System Architect. Each day is
laid out by a table and both the lecture timing and associated lab timings will be listed. All
timings are in minutes.
Day 1: Application Development & Deployments
Lesson
Introduction to class,
resources & exercise system
Application Development
Creating a Pega application
Deployments
Application versioning
Application rulesets
Branch (Team) Application
Development
Total lecture time
Lecture
Time
60m
Lab(s)
–
Lab
Time
–
45m
–
–
40m
40m
45m
Application versioning
Discover rulesets
Team Application Development
3h 50m
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Total lab time
Day 1 total time
35m
30m
30m
1h 35m
5h 25m
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Day 2: Application Development (cont.)
Lesson
Lecture
Lab(s)
Lab
Time
Time
Quiz 1
60m
–
–
Application Development (cont.)
Circumstancing case
1h 15m Lab 1: Circumstancing rules on a single
30m
processing
variable
30m
Lab 2: Circumstancing rules on multiple
variables
1h 30m Lab: Rule Resolution
20m
Rule resolution
45m
Lab: Application migration
15m
Application migration
Total lecture time 4h 30m
Total lab time 1h 35m
Day 2 total time 6h 5m
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Day 3: Case Management (cont.)
Lesson
Lecture
Time
Case Management (continued)
Extending service level
45m
agreement configurations
Parallel processing with
35m
advanced flow shapes
Quiz 2
60m
Case locking
35m
Pre- and post-processing
35m
with flow actions
Organization Records
40m
Total lecture time 4h 10m
Lab(s)
Lab
Time
Lab: Overriding Case Urgency
15m
Lab: Parallel processing
35m
Lab: Case Locking Learning Lab
Lab: Flow Action Pre- and Post-Processing
30m
15m
Lab: Working with Organizational Records
Total lab time
Day 3 total time
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15m
1h 50m
6h
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Day 4: Data and Integration
Lesson
Data and Integration
Edit Validate rules (Pattern
Validation)
Quiz 3
Access Patterns & Keyed
Data Pages
Exchanging Data with other
Applications
Integration Setting
Management
Integration Errors
Total lecture time
Lecture
Time
15m
Lab(s)
Lab
Time
Lab: Edit Validate
15m
40m
Lab 1: Sourcing a page property with a keyed
data page
Lab 2: Adding an external data source to a data
type
Lab: Creating a Connector
35m
45m
Lab: Managing Application Settings
25m
60m
45m
45m
4h 10m
Lab: Configuring error handling for data pages
Total lab time
Day 4 total time
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25m
1h 40m
5h 50m
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Day 5: Data Integration (cont.), Reporting, & Access Control
Lesson
Data and Integration (cont.)
Web Services
Quiz 4
Reporting
Designing Reports with
Multiple Sources
Access Control
Role-based access control
(RBAC)
Attribute-based access
control (ABAC)
Total lecture time
Lecture
Time
60m
Lab(s)
Lab
Time
Lab: Accessing a Pega application using the
Pega API
-
15m
1h 30m
Lab: Create a report that combines data from
multiple classes referencing an association rule
30m
1h 20m
Lab: Securing an application using role-based
access control
Lab: Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
20m
60m
50m
4h 40m
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Total lab time
Day 5 total time
-
30m
1h 20m
6h
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Day 6: Access Control (cont.) & Pega Platform
Lesson
Quiz 5
Access Control (cont.)
Organizing and Managing
Access to Case Attachments
Securing Data
Pega Platform
Activities
Quiz 6
Background Processing
Total lecture time
Lecture
Time
60m
30m
45m
60m
60m
45m
5h
Lab(s)
-
Lab
Time
-
Lab: Organizing and Managing Access to Case
Attachments
-
30m
Lab: Queuing a task for background
processing
Total lab time
Day 6 total time
15m
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45m
5h 45m
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Day 7: Pega Platform (cont.)
Lesson
Pega Platform (cont.)
Background Processing
Declare OnChange
Reviewing Log Files
Measuring System
Performance
Quiz 7
Total lecture time
Lecture
Time
Lab(s)
Lab
Time
45m
25m
Lab: Queuing a task for background processing
Lab: Automating actions when a property value
changes
Lab: Reviewing Log Files
Lab: Assessing Application Performance
15m
20m
45m
60m
60m
3h 55m
-
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Total lab time
Day 7 total time
20m
15m
1h 10m
5h 5m
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Day 8: Pega Platform (cont.) & Web Mashup and Mobile Apps
Lesson
Lecture
Time
Pega Platform (cont.)
Debugging and System
1h 30m
Performance
Relevant Records
30m
Web Mashup and Mobile Apps
Pega Web Mashup
50m
Mobile apps for Pega
20m
Applications
Quiz 8
60m
Senior System Architect
Mission Test
Total lecture time
4h 10m
Lab(s)
-
Lab
Time
-
Lab: Designing a relevant record
15m
Lab: Create a Pega web mashup
-
20m
-
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Total lab time
Day 8 total time
45m
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1h 20m
5h 30m
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Day 9: Exam Prep
Lesson
Exam Prep & Testing
PCSSA Exam Preparation
Quiz 10
Total lecture time
Lecture
Time
4h
1h 30m
5h 30m
Lab(s)
Lab
Time
Total lab time
Day 8 total time
5h 30m
Day 10: Enhanced Topics
Lesson
Enhanced Topics
Selected Topics
Total lecture time
Lecture
Time
4h
4h
Lab(s)
Lab
Time
Selected labs
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Total lab time
Day 8 total time
2h
2h
6h