Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer

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Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer Exam Format

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Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. The Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer exam validates a professional's ability to design and implement a robust application lifecycle. It focuses on the technical and procedural aspects of moving metadata and data through various environments. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in selecting the right tools (CLI, DevOps Center, Git) and methodologies (Agile, DevOps) to minimize deployment failures and maximize speed-to-market. The exam covers the entire spectrum from initial sandbox configuration and source control branching to final production deployment and post-release monitoring, ensuring a seamless flow of value in complex enterprise Salesforce orgs.

60 questions
105 min
65% to pass
4 domains

Exam facts at a glance

What we know about this exam, and where the information comes from.

SpecificationValue
Questions60
Time limit105 minutes (105s per question)
Passing score65%
Domains4
LevelExpert
Question bank here60 questions
SourceCertilum's own record — the vendor does not publish this figure

Official domain weights

The percentage of the exam each domain carries. Weight your revision by these numbers, not by what you find hardest.

DomainWeightTopicsPractice Qs
Deployment Management30%
  • Change Sets vs. DevOps Center
  • Metadata API and Tooling API
  • Salesforce CLI (sf/sfdx) usage
  • +2 more
18
Testing and Validation20%
  • Automated Unit Testing
  • Regression Testing strategies
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT) workflows
  • +2 more
12
Governance and Risk Management20%
  • Release Governance models
  • Change Control Boards (CCB)
  • Compliance and Audit requirements
  • +2 more
12
Development Lifecycle Management30%
  • Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
  • Source Control Management (SCM) strategies
  • Branching models (Gitflow, Trunk-based)
  • +2 more
18

The heaviest domain is Deployment Management at 30%, and that is where lost points cost you the most. Certilum scores you per domain so you can see the difference between a knowledge gap and a formatting problem.

Note from the vendor record: Naming note: Salesforce renamed 'Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer' to 'Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect', which appears in the official Architect exam list at USD 400 (retake USD 200). Taxes excluded. Official exam page

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