# Integration project team roles and the C4E

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How MuleSoft builds a DevOps team structure in four steps, the six tiger-team roles and what each one owns, and why a Center for Enablement (C4E) replaces the bottlenecked Integration Competency Center with a cross-functional team that drives asset reuse.

- Certification: Salesforce MuleSoft Integration Foundations
- Exam section: Identify the roles, responsibilities, and lifecycle of a integration project
- Study guide: https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/mulesoft-integration-foundations

**Official exam objective:**

> Describe the roles and responsibilities within a typical MuleSoft integration project team.

## What the exam expects

- Order the four steps MuleSoft gives for building a DevOps team structure and say what each step does.
- Match a responsibility to one of the six DevOps team roles MuleSoft lists.
- Say what the Scrum Master, architects, business analysts, developers, testers and API lifecycle roles own on a MuleSoft integration project.
- Describe who staffs a C4E, what it is charged with and how its success is measured.
- Explain why a C4E improves on an Integration Competency Center or traditional Center of Excellence.

Key terms:
- **Tiger team**: the first DevOps team, made of existing or new experts with a multidisciplinary skill set.
- **Center for Enablement (C4E)**: a cross-functional team tasked with productizing, publishing and harvesting reusable assets and best practices.
- **Integration Competency Center (ICC)**: a cross-functional group that combines integration skills, resources and processes into one group.
- **Center of Excellence (CoE)**: a traditional team that runs an API platform, develops APIs and manages their operation with centralized expertise.

## Key facts

| Fact | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps team first step | Assemble a tiger team of multidisciplinary experts | [DevOps team structure](https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/devops-team-structure) |
| DevOps team last step | Measure effectiveness with KPIs, continuously | [DevOps team structure](https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/devops-team-structure) |
| Example roles | Six, outlined by TechBeacon; not every team has them all | [DevOps team structure](https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/devops-team-structure) |
| Scrum Master on integration projects | Leads and facilitates the scrum team and coordinates customer, vendors and SIs; does not code or test | [Scrum Master strategy](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/api-integration/api-integration-scrum-master-strategy/) |
| Core project team | MuleSoft and Salesforce teams, with architects and developers from both | [Integration Best Practices](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/api-integration/security/mulesoft-salesforce-integration-best-practices/) |
| API lifecycle roles | Small orgs: one API manager; larger: analyst/admin (design), integration developer and application network architect (implement), API admin (manage) | [Full lifecycle API management](https://www.mulesoft.com/api/management/what-is-full-lifecycle-api-management) |
| Security engineer | Ensures security is always first | [DevOps team structure](https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/devops-team-structure) |
| C4E delivery model | Production-and-consumption-based | [What is a C4E?](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/biz/connectivity/what-is-a-center-for-enablement-c4e/) |
| C4E setup | Six steps, from assessing capability to measuring KPIs | [What is a C4E?](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/biz/connectivity/what-is-a-center-for-enablement-c4e/) |
| C4E success measure | Consumption and reuse of assets | [What is a C4E?](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/biz/connectivity/what-is-a-center-for-enablement-c4e/) |
| ICC weakness | Centralized knowledge becomes a bottleneck | [ICC](https://www.mulesoft.com/integration/integration-competency-center) |

## Check yourself

- Why does MuleSoft say assembling people comes before anything else in DevOps?
- When a C4E measures its success, what does it measure against?
- Which role monitors new feature releases and prioritizes the user experience?
- Why can a C4E keep up with changing best practices better than an ICC?

## Sources

- [DevOps team structure](https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/devops-team-structure)
- [What Is a Center for Enablement (C4E)?](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/biz/connectivity/what-is-a-center-for-enablement-c4e/)
- [What is an Integration Competency Center (ICC)?](https://www.mulesoft.com/integration/integration-competency-center)
- [What is Full Lifecycle API Management?](https://www.mulesoft.com/api/management/what-is-full-lifecycle-api-management)
- [Solving the IT delivery gap with a Scrum Master strategy](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/api-integration/api-integration-scrum-master-strategy/)
- [MuleSoft-Salesforce Integration Best Practices](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/api-integration/security/mulesoft-salesforce-integration-best-practices/)
- [What Is Universal API Management?](https://www.mulesoft.com/api/management/what-is-universal-api-management)

## About the full unit

The "Core concepts", "Exam traps" and "Worked scenario" sections of this unit, its 3 linked practice questions, and unlimited timed mock exams are included with the MuleSoft Integration Foundations pack (USD $19): https://www.certifyforce.com/practice-exams