Business Architect Essentials vs System Architect Essentials
I was looking at these two courses and in version 8 they look identical. In past versions, the BAE course covered a lot more stuff like DCO sessions , business objectives, requirements, specifications etc. Is this stuff not covered on the PCBA exam ? The description below from the learning library says yes but the course modules do not seem to reflect the description.
The Pega Certified Business Architect (PCBA) certification concentrates on the ability to participate in the design and construction of a Pega application, incorporating business objectives and requirements. Pega Certified Business Architects possess the fundamental, essential Pega skills and knowledge that must be applied to be successful on a Pega project. The PCBA Version 8 exam includes scenario questions, multiple choice questions and drag/drop items. EXAM CODE: PEGAPCBA80V1_2019.
It seems like module 3 from the 7.3/7.4 course was removed in v8 which seemed like to appear to be the differentiatior from SAE
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Good question - while the modules are the same, there is a difference in a few individual ones. The student guides are slightly different as well - SAE has 428 pages, while BAE has 404. Examples:
- Optimizing report data is not covered in BAE (i.e. exposing properties)
- Unit testing and DevOps is not covered in BAE.
Naturally you won't be asked questions during the exam that aren't covered in the materials (the BAE exam won't ask you how when exposing properties is necessary, and why).