GCP Architect: Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business Processes Competency (Intermediate Level)

Topics covered

• describe how lessons learned from incident post-mortems are related to effective troubleshooting and use root cause analysis best practices
• describe the purpose and process of implementing Google software catalog
• identify appropriate business continuity strategies for data and applications
• identify appropriate disaster recovery strategies for data and applications
• identify key tools and techniques used to assess team and individual readiness to engage in a project
• identify the benefits of using tools like Google Looker to use business intelligence to manage customer success
• identify the differences between SDLC methodologies and reasons for selecting a specific SDLC methodology
• identify the elements of infrastructure testing and reasons for performing infrastructure testing regularly
• identify the elements of software testing and reasons for performing software testing regularly
• identify the key characteristics that are associated with developing using a CI/CD model
• identify the key stages that will be used when developers are using the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• identify the key stakeholders and relationship models needed to keep a cloud software development project going
• outline the process and elements that will help support clear decision making throughout the software development project lifecycle
• outline the transition for businesses from investing heavily in capital expenses (CapEx) to focusing on operational expenses (OpEx), and the ways that these costs can be managed for financial success
• recognize how change management can be done to support operating and developing software in the cloud
• recognize how to identify primary, secondary, and key stakeholders and list benefits of engaging stakeholders throughout the development process