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Pega Certified System Architect (PEGACPSA)
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Pega Pega Certifications License: Complete Roadmap
Follow this path to organize your licensing and exam preparation
Phase 1: Case ManagementYou are here
Drill case types, stages, steps, SLAs, routing, child cases, and parallel work patterns in Case Designer.
Phase 2: Data and Integration
Practice properties, data pages, data transforms, declare expressions, decision tables and trees, and Connect REST.
Phase 3: UI and App Development
Build sections, harnesses, flow actions, design templates, and Constellation views; understand class hierarchy and rule resolution.
Phase 4: Security, Reporting, Mobility, DevOps
Cover access groups, ARO, privileges, ABAC, report definitions, mobile channel, and Deployment Manager pipelines.
Phase 5: Final review
Take full-length practice tests; review missed questions; revisit guardrails, pre-flight, and Constellation deltas.
Can You Take the Pega CSA Exam?
Check if you meet the basic eligibility requirements
- •Exam delivery via Pearson VUE; create a Pearson VUE account before scheduling
- •PEGACPSA25V1 (Pega Platform '25) is the current version and has no published retirement date
- •PEGACPSA24V1 (Pega Platform '24.2), PEGACPSA88V1 (8.8), and PEGAPCSA87V1 (8.7) also remain active with no published retirement date
- •Items can be standard multiple choice, scenario-based multiple choice, or drag-and-drop
Pega CSA Quick Facts
Time to Get Licensed
4-8 weeks of focused study for candidates already working through the System Architect mission
From start to license in hand
Retake Policy
Retakes require the full exam fee per attempt; consult Pega Academy and Pearson VUE for current waiting periods between attempts.
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100 Practice Questions
Pega CSA questions weighted to the official PEGACPSA syllabus across all eight domains.
Pega GenAI Coverage
Coverage of the 10% Pega GenAI domain on the '25 exam: Blueprint, Autopilot, Coach, Connect Rules, Knowledge Buddy, and Agents.
2026 Current
Built on the current PEGACPSA25V1 objectives for Pega Platform '25, with the still-active PEGACPSA24V1 differences called out.
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What You'll Study
13 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide
Chapter 1: Exam Overview & Architecture Foundations
3 sections
Chapter 2: Case Lifecycle Design & Core Workflows
3 sections
Chapter 3: Advanced Case Management Patterns
4 sections
Chapter 4: Data Modeling & Data Page Architecture
3 sections
Chapter 5: Business Logic, Calculations & Decisioning
3 sections
Chapter 6: User Interface & User Experience Design
4 sections
Chapter 7: Rule Architecture & Rule Resolution
3 sections
Chapter 8: Security & Access Control
4 sections
Chapter 9: DevOps, Testing & Application Quality
3 sections
Chapter 10: Reporting & Operational Analytics
3 sections
Chapter 11: Mobility, Digital Channels & Portals
3 sections
Chapter 12: Center-out Architecture, Enterprise Reuse & Agile Delivery
3 sections
Chapter 13: Pega GenAI for System Architects
3 sections
Pega CSA Exam Details
Pega Certified System Architect (PEGACPSA)
Administered by Pegasystems
Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official Pegasystems content outline
Designing case life cycles, stages, and statuses; service level agreements with urgency, goals, and deadlines; routing to users, work groups, and work queues; cascading approvals and the authority matrix; duplicate cases; optional actions; wait steps; skipping stages; child cases; automation shapes; decision tables and trees; and defining personas.
Describing the data model; data types, data objects, relationships, records, and field types; calculated values; business-logic validation rules; default property values and data transforms; accessing sourced data with refresh strategies; saving data to a system of record; and simulating application data.
Benefits of Pega Platform for digital solutions; the Situational Layer Cake, prescriptive design, studio interoperability, and the Reuse Library; Center-out architecture; accessibility features; key delivery roles; workspaces and branches; Agile Workbench user stories, feedback, and bugs; rules, rulesets, classes, inheritance, and relevant records; and debugging.
Views and templates including full page view customization; default versus hierarchical forms; field settings, primary fields, and field groups; patterns, conditional expressions, and when rules for dynamic behaviour; channels and their relationship to personas; portal templates; and landing page templates, themes, widgets, and localization.
Pega GenAI Knowledge Buddy for client-specific contextual knowledge; the role of Pega Blueprint in application design including creating, importing, and modifying a Blueprint; Pega GenAI Autopilot; Pega GenAI Connect Rules; Pega GenAI Coach; and Pega GenAI Agents and Tool Rules.
The relationship between authentication and authorization; the benefits of the Security Checklist; the relationship between operators, access groups, access roles, and personas; and role-based access control.
Benefits of using Insights; creating Insights from the Explore Data landing page; and the relationship between Insights, dashboards, the Dashboards landing page, portal landing pages, and full page case views.
Pega's process of continuous development, integration, delivery, and deployment (CI/CD); and the types of tests required to ensure a successful application deployment.
What's Included
13 Chapters
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What's Next After the Pega CSA?
After passing the Pega CSA, you can pursue these career paths
Pega Certified Senior System Architect (CSSA)
Next step in the Pega System Architect mission path, focused on advanced case design, integrations, and enterprise patterns.
Pega Certified Lead System Architect (CLSA)
Architect-level certification covering enterprise architecture, performance, governance, and design reviews on Pega Platform.
Pega Certified Business Architect (CPBA)
Companion certification for business architects who shape Pega applications collaboratively with system architects.
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