Level 3 — U-ASDLC Advanced / Architect Certification
Certified U-ASDLC Architect (CUA-A)
About this course
This level focuses on system design, scale, and governance.
Intended audience
Senior Engineers, Architects, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Delivery Leads
What you'll learn
- Architect multi - agent, multi - team orchestration systems
- Design enterprise - grade SDLC pipelines
- Implement governance, compliance, auditability, and security controls
- Align AI orchestration with business, legal, and ethical constraints
- Handle failure modes, agent conflicts, and system drift
Outcomes
- Architect AI - first delivery platforms
- Define organizational SDLC standards
- Lead complex programs with multiple teams and agents
- Serve as an AI SDLC authority within an organization
Syllabus
Module 4 — Governance, Quality & Trust (Expert Level)
Ensure AI-driven delivery remains auditable, safe, and enterprise-ready.
Core outcomes
- Design governance frameworks for AI agents
- Implement quality gates and compliance checks
- Balance autonomy with control
1. Governance Models
- Human-supervised autonomy
- Policy-driven agents
- Risk-based agent permissions
2. Quality Assurance
- AI-generated code validation
- Test-generation agents
- Regression control
3. Security & Compliance
- Prompt injection risks
- Data leakage prevention
- Audit logging and traceability
4. Ethical & Legal Considerations
- Accountability in AI decisions
- IP ownership of AI outputs
- Regulatory alignment
Assessment
- Risk assessment exercise
- Governance design scenario
- Compliance-focused MCQs
Exam & assessment model
Closed-book, scenario-first, audit-ready. Each level is independently certifiable.
Global assessment principles (locked)
- Closed-book exams (except where explicitly stated)
- Scenario-first questions (real SDLC / AI orchestration contexts)
- AI-augmented allowed only where explicitly permitted and evaluated
- Passing requires competence across all dimensions, not just one
- No single assessment decides pass/fail (anti-cramming design)
Assessment pillars
| Pillar | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Knowledge Exam | Verify conceptual & theoretical mastery |
| Scenario Analysis | Test judgment, trade-offs, and decision-making |
| Practical Artifact | Prove ability to build/design/orchestrate |
| Oral / Review Defense | Confirm authorship, reasoning, and clarity |
Level model
Audience: Principal engineers, platform architects
Goal: Build production-grade agentic SDLC platforms
| Component | Weight |
|---|---|
| Design Defense | 30% |
| Capstone Architecture | 50% |
| Risk & Ethics Review | 20% |
1. Capstone Architecture
- Design end-to-end agentic SDLC platform
- Includes: auth; cost control; observability; governance
2. Oral / Written Defense
- Explain trade-offs
- Respond to failure scenarios
- Defend decisions under pressure
3. Risk & Ethics Review
- Bias
- Data leakage
- Compliance
- Kill-switch design
Certification awarded
U-ASDLC Agentic Systems Architect
Note
This level certifies architectural mastery and strategic oversight.