iSAQB CPSA-F Certification: What to Expect and How to Prepare

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CPSA-F (Certified Professional Software Architect - Foundation Level) is a widely recognized certification that establishes a solid foundation for software architects. It focuses on core concepts, terminology, and ways of thinking to describe, evaluate and design software systems. Some topics included are:

• Kinds of software systems: embedded, mobile, real-time, ... and what this means for the architecture
• Architecture frameworks: C4, 4+1, arc42
• Evaluation of software systems: qualitative vs quantitative, ATAM
• Design Principles: Postel’s Law, conceptual integrity, inversion of control, ...
• Quality attributes: maintainability, performance, ...
• ‘Friendly Penguins Can Use Rockets Safely Making Progress’ 🐧

In this talk, I take you with me on the journey of how I prepared for the exam (books read, videos watched, knowledge organized), what I think of the exam itself and how it changed my work as a software architect. This helps you to decide if you want to take the certification for yourself and how best to achieve this.