Is your Org BG or PG?  (Before GoogleMaps or Post GoogleMaps)

GOOGLE MAPS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A MAP We might never have reached our destination if it weren’t for Bret Taylor, the COO of Salesforce. He was the inspiration behind of Google Maps. He was given the task of building a competitor to Yellow Pages. Fortunately, he looked at the potential if you brought…

Taming JIRA configuration nightmares ( & Pardot Tableau Slack)

As VP Product Management at Elements, I would like to share a use-case that has nothing to do with Salesforce but is the epitome of the ‘Configuration Knowledge Platform’ value proposition. You see, JIRA is a nightmare. JIRA has the configuration flexibility and richness of Salesforce (well, close enough) but zero change governance. In short,…

Matt Blocha, Salesforce Consultant: 13 Best Practices for an Outstanding Org

Matt Blocha, Salesforce Consultant and trainer, shares his vast experience of Salesforce implementations and consulting projects to recommend a range of best practices for creating your own outstanding org. Best practices: Documentation and config knowledge Have well-qualified Admin/Org owner/Architect Have a center of excellence Have a steering committee for implementations Ensure leadership buy-in Delete things…

What does it take to win multiple Gold medals

WINNING GOLD Gold medallists ACTUALLY dream of winning gold medals. They picture themselves walking up onto the podium – night after night. That’s what a Gold Medalist told me. In his case it was from the age of 12 up until he won Gold aged 32. Winning rarely happens at their first Olympics, despite the…

Elements.cloud is excited to announce $20m in funding

Businesses are driving change at an accelerating pace and Elements.cloud was built to enable organizations to understand the risks and opportunities of changing their software configuration, with a particular focus on Salesforce. Every Salesforce Center of Excellence knows that business analysis combined with an in-depth understanding of “the org” are essential for lasting success. Without…

The Elements Change Intelligence Platform

Configuration Knowledge is Power Organizations want to drive more rapid change but they need the confidence that they fully understand the risk of changes to their Salesforce Org and to the business.  We all know that the early, robust business analysis and an understanding of the configuration of the Org massively reduces rework and risk. That…

Salesforce Industries: launching Omniscript support

Salesforce Industries uses Omniscript for configuration which means that they are records in custom objects rather than metadata. These custom objects are in the specific industry managed package. The approach of records-based configuration is also used by other ISVs like nCino.  This adds an additional level of complexity when you want to document your Org…

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