The process for creating the film Red Notice Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 13 November 2021 Categories In Business Analysis, Process Mapping Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson star in Red Notice which was released on Friday on Netflix. It is excellent. But as many of you know Ryan is a bit of a process nerd. His Aviation Gin process mapping workshop video is epic So he’s shared the approach for making the movie…
Will the real Shift-Left please stand up??? Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 9 November 2021 Categories In Business Analysis Too often we hear words defined loosely. We all have a sense of what the term means, but when pushed for a clear definition we struggle to agree: Influencer Think Outside The Box New Normal Shift Left What exactly is Shift Left? In simple terms, it is the process of early analysis or validation which…
3 trends that will shape your career Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 28 October 2021 Categories In Career This is the session presented at Tahoe Dreamin’ 2021. DOWNLOAD 3 trends that will shape your career
$6 billion. The personal cost of poor Metadata Management Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 9 October 2021 Categories In Change Intelligence, Impact Analysis, Metadata management Config Change costs $6 billion dollars Facebook apologized late Monday for a massive 6 hour outage that knocked out service to the social media giant’s platforms for 3.5 billion users around the world, and said the disruption was due to a “faulty configuration change.” “Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone…
Sean Ouimette, Salesforce Practice Leader at Mastersolve: Why Have a Center of Excellence? Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 4 October 2021 Categories In CoE Sean Ouimette, Salesforce Practice Leader at Mastersolve, 20x Salesforce Certified and Center of Excellence expert, explains the benefits of having a COE. These include clarifying policy and strategy, improving creativity, and identifying organization bottlenecks. He talks about how a COE is a communication vehicle, and way to clarify process. Steps to creating a COE include…
Dreamforce is all about shoes. Not just Marc’s. Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 24 September 2021 Categories In Business Analysis by Carlos Siqueira, Elements Global Product Evangelist I just came from #Dreamforce21 and this was one to remember. Lots of people asked me why I joined Elements.cloud and what we do. A potential partner approached me at the lobby of the hotel, introduced himself and his wife. He wanted to understand what we do and…
5 really cool outdoor activities around SF for #DF21 Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 10 September 2021 Categories In Career The city of San Francisco has so much to offer: bike the Bridge, visit Golden Gate park, watch the baseball, etc. But within 30 mins of the center of the city there is also some stunning scenery which you would probably never discover on your own. #1: Drive the steepest road in the city. Everybody…
This specification is a horses ass (5 Whys) Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 9 September 2021 Categories In Business Analysis Why US railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Spoiler alert: this story goes all the way back to Imperial Rome. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that’s the way they built them in England,…
Where is the CarFax for your Org? Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 28 August 2021 Categories In Business Analysis, Change Intelligence, Documentation, Impact Analysis You wouldn’t spend $5,000 on a used car without checking CarFax and going through all the history. As CarFax says. “A car’s history affects its value”. So why are you risking thousands of dollars when changing Salesforce by not assembling the complete picture of the Configuration Knowledge. Derisking the car buying process Buying a car…
