Level 2 — U-ASDLC Professional Certification
Certified U-ASDLC Professional (CUP)
About this course
This level introduces ownership, decision-making, and system thinking.
Intended audience
Mid-level Engineers, Product Owners, Tech Leads
What you'll learn
- Design end-to-end AI-driven SDLC workflows
- Choose and adapt Agile frameworks based on context and constraints
- Design agent responsibilities, boundaries, and escalation paths
- Implement quality gates, feedback loops, and risk controls
- Balance speed, cost, ethics, and maintainability
Outcomes
- Independently run AI - assisted delivery cycles
- Design orchestration strategies for real projects
- Lead small teams using agentic SDLC models
- Make trade- offs and justify architectural decisions
Syllabus
Module 3 — Orchestration Patterns & Execution Models (Advanced Professional Level)
Enable learners to coordinate multiple agents reliably at scale, using proven orchestration patterns.
Core outcomes
- Select the correct orchestration model for a use case
- Design multi-agent execution flows
- Handle concurrency and dependency resolution
1. Orchestration Fundamentals
- Orchestration vs choreography
- Sync vs async agent execution
- Event-driven agent systems
2. Core Patterns
- Linear pipeline
- Parallel swarm
- Hierarchical conductor model
- Supervisor / worker pattern
3. Execution Control
- Task queues
- State transitions (Pending → Running → Completed)
- Failure recovery strategies
4. Tooling Integration
- IDE-connected agents
- CI/CD agent hooks
- Workflow engines (conceptual)
Assessment
- Pattern selection scenarios
- Flow diagram interpretation
- Orchestration design case study
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: Senior engineers, architects, delivery leads
Goal: Design reliable, multi-agent SDLC systems
| Component | Weight |
|---|---|
| Advanced Exam | 25% |
| Architecture Case Study | 35% |
| Orchestration Design Project | 40% |
1. Advanced Exam
- Fewer MCQs, more written responses
- Topics: multi-agent coordination; memory layers; failure modes; auditability & traceability
2. Architecture Case Study
- Choose orchestration model
- Justify agent boundaries
- Define escalation & rollback logic
3. Design Project
- Deliverables: orchestration diagram; agent responsibilities; governance & logging model; CI/CD + AI checkpoints
- Assessed like a real architecture review
Certification awarded
U-ASDLC AI Orchestration Professional
Note
This level certifies professional autonomy and accountability.