5. Deploying, Monitoring, and Testing AI Solutions (40–45%)

The Deploy domain carries the heaviest exam weight (40–45%), split across this phase (monitoring and testing) and Phase 6 (ALM, security, governance). This weight reflects a critical reality: designing an AI solution is only half the job. The other half — the half where most projects fail — is keeping it running, measuring its effectiveness, and catching problems before users lose trust.

Phases 2–4 answered "what to build" and "how to build it." Phases 5–6 answer "how to make sure it actually works and keeps working." The exam tests operational maturity: Can you recommend the right monitoring approach? Can you design test strategies that account for AI's non-deterministic nature? Can you interpret telemetry to drive continuous improvement?