Certified Pega Lead System Architect (CPLSA) Exam 8.8 PEGACPLSA88V1 key topics cover the following details. 

Pega Platform Design (15%)

Center-out business architecture.
Deployment options and their impact.
Application monitoring and performance.
Distributed case interactions and integration with other Pega products.
Use of App Studio, Prediction Studio, Admin Studio, and Agile Studio.
Knowledge of Hazelcast, Containerization, and Cloud deployment.

Application Design (20%)

Microjourney analysis and Pega Express best practices.
Case structure and hierarchy design.
Use of circumstances, class, ruleset, and application specialization.
Case routing, work finding, and handling flow changes.

Data Model Design (15%)

Data relationship fundamentals and modeling.
Use of data pages and data virtualization.
Case data model design for reuse and integrity.
Dynamic class references and industry foundation models.

Security Design (15%)

Authentication and authorization models.
Role and access group configuration.
Rule security modes and risk mitigation.
Security event logging and best practices.

Reporting Design (10%)

Reporting strategy and performance.
Troubleshooting performance issues.
Query design, including SQL functions and class joins.

Asynchronous Processing Design (15%)

Background processing with Job Scheduler and Queue Processor.
Asynchronous processing for integration and optimization.
Stream service, data flows, and file listeners.

Deployment and Testing Design (10%)

Production deployment best practices.
Release pipeline and continuous integration/delivery.
Deployment strategies and quality assessment.
Testing strategies and automation.