MuleSoft Certified Associate
What is the IT delivery gap? - answerThe growing gap between IT delivery capacity and
the ability of IT to meet those demands
What is the MuleSoft Catalyst? - answerMuleSoft Catalyst is centered around three core
pillars: Business Outcomes, Organizational Enablement, and Technology Delivery.
What are some common factors for IT delivery gaps? - answer1. Lack of alignment around Business Outcomes 2. Organization wasn't Enabled to deliver success
3. Project took too long to realize value
What is MuleSofts approach for closing IT gaps? - answerA new approach enables central IT to focus on operating, connecting, and abstracting systems of record (System APIs). Subsequently, the line of business IT benefits by consuming previously built assets and then extending those resources into new solutions, ultimately delivering customer-facing innovation. This enables a model for PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION,
and FEEDBACK... Also known as an Application Network.
What is an Application Network? - answerAn application network emerges from our approach to enterprise integration, called API-LED CONNECTIVITY, and our equally unique approach to organizational structure and application delivery, the CENTER FOR ENABLEMENT.
What is an Application Building Block? - answerAn Application Network is composed of application building blocks. These have multiple elements. The API interface, the API implementation, and the API management can be considered as building blocks. All building blocks have their own specific, unique lifecycles to follow.
What is API-Led Connectivity? - answerA production + consumption model (i.e. core capabilities must be packaged up for consumption) or a way to connect data to applications through a series of reusable and purposeful modern APIs (System, Process, and Experience).
What are System API? - answerSystem APIs provide a means of insulating the user from the complexities or any changes to the underlying systems we are trying to integrate (authenticate) with. It is focused on Connectivity.
What are Process APIs? - answerProcess APIs interact with and shape data within a single system or across systems (breaking down data silos) and are created here without a dependence on the source systems from which that data originates. This is typically where the business logic is implemented for further processing data.
What are Experience APIs - answerExperience APIs are the means by which data can be reconfigured so that it is most easily consumed by its intended audience, all from a common data source. Experience APIs are concerned with how data is presented securely.
What is the Center for Enablement (C4E)? - answerWith a major culture shift that the new API development model requires, there needs to be a people and business process component as well. We suggest doing this by establishing a cross-functional team called a Center for Enablement, or C4E.
What are the different paths/play books for the MuleSoft Catalyst methodology? - answer1. Business Outcomes
2. Anypoint Platform
3. Projects
4. Center for Enablement (C4E)
5. Internal Support
6. Training
What is agile development? - answerAn iterative approach to project delivery, in which software is built in an incremental fashion from the beginning of the project by creating user stories, prioritizing, and then implementing code.
What are the three main building blocks for the complete MuleSoft API lifecycle? - answerDesign, Implement, and Management.
What are the stages of design an API in MuleSoft? - answerStart from an outside-in perspective and then Design, Simulate, Feedback, and Validate.
What is an API Notebook? - answerAn API Notebook is the artifact to convey the inspiration for what is possible with an API, for example a MuleSoft portal.
What are the stages of implementation in MuleSoft? - answerAccomplished in a systematic manner, we Build and Test in the implementation phase (Roles involved in this stage include: Integration Dev, Architects, Ops, API Manager).
How do we manage an API with MuleSoft? - answerEmbracing modern DevOps-centric processes and tooling is critical to reduce mean time-to-production then Secure, Deploy, Monitor, Troubleshoot, and Manage.
What is DevOps? - answerThe word DevOps is a combination of Development and Operations, symbolizing that these functions must merge and cooperate to meet business requirements. CI/DC, automated testing, and active monitoring are the most common principles.
What is the IT delivery gap? - answerThe growing gap between IT delivery capacity and
the ability of IT to meet those demands
What is the MuleSoft Catalyst? - answerMuleSoft Catalyst is centered around three core
pillars: Business Outcomes, Organizational Enablement, and Technology Delivery.
What are some common factors for IT delivery gaps? - answer1. Lack of alignment around Business Outcomes 2. Organization wasn't Enabled to deliver success
3. Project took too long to realize value
What is MuleSofts approach for closing IT gaps? - answerA new approach enables central IT to focus on operating, connecting, and abstracting systems of record (System APIs). Subsequently, the line of business IT benefits by consuming previously built assets and then extending those resources into new solutions, ultimately delivering customer-facing innovation. This enables a model for PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION,
and FEEDBACK... Also known as an Application Network.
What is an Application Network? - answerAn application network emerges from our approach to enterprise integration, called API-LED CONNECTIVITY, and our equally unique approach to organizational structure and application delivery, the CENTER FOR ENABLEMENT.
What is an Application Building Block? - answerAn Application Network is composed of application building blocks. These have multiple elements. The API interface, the API implementation, and the API management can be considered as building blocks. All building blocks have their own specific, unique lifecycles to follow.
What is API-Led Connectivity? - answerA production + consumption model (i.e. core capabilities must be packaged up for consumption) or a way to connect data to applications through a series of reusable and purposeful modern APIs (System, Process, and Experience).
What are System API? - answerSystem APIs provide a means of insulating the user from the complexities or any changes to the underlying systems we are trying to integrate (authenticate) with. It is focused on Connectivity.
What are Process APIs? - answerProcess APIs interact with and shape data within a single system or across systems (breaking down data silos) and are created here without a dependence on the source systems from which that data originates. This is typically where the business logic is implemented for further processing data.
What are Experience APIs - answerExperience APIs are the means by which data can be reconfigured so that it is most easily consumed by its intended audience, all from a common data source. Experience APIs are concerned with how data is presented securely.
What is the Center for Enablement (C4E)? - answerWith a major culture shift that the new API development model requires, there needs to be a people and business process component as well. We suggest doing this by establishing a cross-functional team called a Center for Enablement, or C4E.
What are the different paths/play books for the MuleSoft Catalyst methodology? - answer1. Business Outcomes
2. Anypoint Platform
3. Projects
4. Center for Enablement (C4E)
5. Internal Support
6. Training
What is agile development? - answerAn iterative approach to project delivery, in which software is built in an incremental fashion from the beginning of the project by creating user stories, prioritizing, and then implementing code.
What are the three main building blocks for the complete MuleSoft API lifecycle? - answerDesign, Implement, and Management.
What are the stages of design an API in MuleSoft? - answerStart from an outside-in perspective and then Design, Simulate, Feedback, and Validate.
What is an API Notebook? - answerAn API Notebook is the artifact to convey the inspiration for what is possible with an API, for example a MuleSoft portal.
What are the stages of implementation in MuleSoft? - answerAccomplished in a systematic manner, we Build and Test in the implementation phase (Roles involved in this stage include: Integration Dev, Architects, Ops, API Manager).
How do we manage an API with MuleSoft? - answerEmbracing modern DevOps-centric processes and tooling is critical to reduce mean time-to-production then Secure, Deploy, Monitor, Troubleshoot, and Manage.
What is DevOps? - answerThe word DevOps is a combination of Development and Operations, symbolizing that these functions must merge and cooperate to meet business requirements. CI/DC, automated testing, and active monitoring are the most common principles.
