Pega Platform

Question 1

What is a pega application?

Answer 1

A collection of rule sets

Question 2

What are the key concept related to Pega applications?

Answer 2

Overview of Pega
Situation Layer Cake
Studios
Pega Roles

Question 3

What are the key concept of the Pega Platform?

Answer 3

No Code Low Code
Direct Capture of Objectives (DCO)
Automation
Guard Rails
Extensions
Capabilities
Cloud Integration

Question 4

What are Pega extensions and what is an example of a Pega extension?

Answer 4

Extensions of core Pega platform for industry or sector

Example: Customer Service for Government, or Finance for private sector

Question 5

What are Pega Capabilities and what are some examples?

Answer 5

Built in capabilities of Pega platform:
Application Development
Rapid UI development
Decision Analytics

Question 6

How are guard rails implemented in Pega?

Answer 6

Built in analysis of rule evaluation

Built in unit testing

Question 7

What is the situation layer cake?

Answer 7

Idea that Pega applications are built in a stack from specific to general. Rule sets are allocated to each layer of stack and can be inherited and overridden

Question 8

What are the four Pega Studios and what are they for?

Answer 8

App Studio - application development - BA, SA, UI
Dev Studio - advanced functionality - Senior SA
Admin Studio - operations - Systems Administrator
Decision Studio - analytics - Data Scientist

Question 9

What are the Pega team roles?

Answer 9

Practice Lead
Engagement Lead
Product Owner
Scrum Master
System Architect
Business Architect
Quality Assurance
SME
IT Service Provider
Specialized Architects