Registration for the self-paced course and exam
A self-paced version of this course and the associated certification exam is available for purchase for $300; it is not free. This price includes 90 days of access to the course from the date you enroll, and two attempts for the MuleSoft Certified Catalyst Specialist exam upon course completion.
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Summary
This course teaches team members involved in MuleSoft projects or engagements the concepts and principles of Catalyst, MuleSoft's distinctive approach to delivery, and how to use them to realize business outcomes. It consists of interactive modules with real world scenarios, exercises and quizzes to apply and test knowledge, and a practice exam for the certification exam.
Many organizational initiatives fail to achieve their outcomes due to a lack of aligning around business outcomes, failure to balance short-term objectives against long-term goals, and projects taking too long to realize value. MuleSoft Services recognized these pitfalls through working with over 1,000 customers, and codified their best practices and approach to delivery. This distinctive approach to delivery, called Catalyst, helps ensure the successful delivery of IT projects and longevity of solutions delivered with MuleSoft technologies.
This course prepares students to take the MuleSoft Certified Catalyst Specialist exam. Upon successful completion of the course, students are automatically enrolled in the certification exam and receive two exam attempts.
Objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Explain why MuleSoft created Catalyst; list its core concepts, principles, and components; and describe what value it provides to organizations.
- Leverage Catalyst Knowledge Hub to use playbooks and delivery approaches to assist with Catalyst engagements.
- Architect in a Catalyst context, to the principles of Catalyst.
- Address objections that might be raised when a Catalyst approach to integration is proposed.
- Create a success plan for an engagement that delivers business outcomes, measured by KPIs.
- Position and successfully implement a Center for Enablement (C4E).
| Introducing Catalyst |
- Explain why MuleSoft created Catalyst and what value it provides to organizations.
- List and describe each of the seven core principles and three core pillars of Catalyst.
- Identify and define the key concepts of Catalyst including Catalyst terminology, playbooks and delivery approaches, assets and their lifecycles, terms of use, types of engagements and phases, delivery models, and typical roles and responsibilities.
- Define the values and success criteria that lead to successful Catalyst engagements.
- Articulate how Catalyst adapts to commonly used delivery methodologies and frameworks.
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| Leveraging Catalyst Knowledge Hub |
- Identify assets available in Catalyst Knowledge Hub to support successful Catalyst engagements.
- Explain how the structure of playbooks and delivery approaches assist with Catalyst engagements.
- Determine when you should use a playbook or delivery approach to guide Catalyst engagements.
- Find assets applicable to specific concerns faced during Catalyst engagements.
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| Architecting in a Catalyst context |
- Articulate the role architecture plays in aligning business and technology.
- Organize business environment drivers, organizational vision, and strategic goals, objectives, KPIs, and initiatives into a logical network of influences.
- Analyze the value of each principle of architecting with Catalyst for projects and engagements.
- Articulate the role of integration architecture in realizing end-to-end business processes.
- Create a backlog of architectural significance to capture engagement scope in a way that is conducive to architecting in a Catalyst context.
- Critique too narrow engagement scope definitions and objections to their widening.
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| Architecting to Catalyst principles |
- Architect to maximize reuse and reuse potential without neglecting short-term objectives.
- Analyze the advantages that architecting on top of a digital platform brings to projects.
- Articulate the role of integration architecture in realizing end-to-end business processes.
- Apply an API-led approach to connectivity on the conceptual and logical level, making idiomatic use of interaction types and patterns.
- Architect in the context of projects to support productization of APIs.
- Architect to achieve both short-term outcomes and long-term goals, in a balanced way.
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| Realizing business outcomes with Catalyst |
- Analyze the organizational context (driver, goals, objectives).
- Capture desirable and context-appropriate business outcomes for an engagement.
- Define and align on KPIs to measure success.
- Create a success plan for an engagement that delivers business outcomes, measured by KPIs.
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| Implementing a Center for Enablement |
- Describe what a C4E is and the difference between a C4E and a CoE.
- Explain the value proposition of a C4E and the impact of not having a C4E.
- Articulate the alignment between the C4E structure models and the organization's technical capabilities.
- Describe the concepts of C4E foundational assets.
- Explain the importance and process of promoting a C4E.
- List the activities to maintain an operational and relevant C4E.
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| Positioning and reframing with Catalyst |
- Articulate the benefits associated with adopting a Catalyst approach and be able to tailor the messages for different stakeholders.
- Position and incorporate the principles of a Catalyst approach throughout the customer sales opportunity and engagement life cycles.
- Detect when a Catalyst approach is not being adopted within an engagement (not being applied correctly).
- Step back and reframe scenarios; articulate issues with the current approach and the reasons to take a different approach.
- Address common objections raised when a Catalyst approach to integration is proposed.
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3 days
Self-paced
Level 1
