What if Orgs and DevOps were on Tinder? Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 17 July 2021 Categories In Change Intelligence, DevOps *Substitute your own image of Org and DevOps. Successful relationships come in all shapes, sizes, age differences, genders and diversities. So what will it take to make the relationship work? Is the zany Org prepared to be more organized (Implementation Lifecycle including the DevOps Process)? Often the root cause of a chaotic org is a […]
Elements.cloud is excited to announce $20m in funding Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 9 July 2021 Categories In Article 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 Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 7 July 2021 Categories In Change Intelligence, Documentation, Impact Analysis, Implementation 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 Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 6 July 2021 Categories In Product Updates 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 […]
The Salesforce DevSecOps Imperative Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 2 July 2021 Categories In Business Analysis, DevOps SaaS offerings by nature have unique security demands, because they’re designed for continuous updates by developers; and often augmented with multiple third-party apps built to optimize use for specialized groups, from prospects to employees and customers. Unlike traditional software development, SaaS apps like Salesforce are typically exposed to the Internet during the dev cycle. This […]
3 things to consider as you start building Salesforce Diagrams Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 26 June 2021 Categories In Architecture, Business Analysis, Documentation At TrailheaDX, Salesforce launched a systems diagramming notation for Architects (Salesforce Diagrams). It is fantastic that Salesforce is investing in driving great documentation standards. Whilst not everyone enjoys documenting what we are about to build or what we have built, we all understand the value of walking into a well documented Org. “As Architects we […]
Salesforce UPN for Business Analysts launched Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 26 June 2021 Categories In Business Analysis, Documentation, Process Mapping At TrailheaDX, business process mapping notation for Business Analysis (Salesforce UPN) training. It also launched a systems diagramming notation for Architects (Salesforce Diagrams). This article explains UPN and when to use Diagrams vs UPN. “As Architects we know that diagrams are an important tool in our toolset. When we surveyed you, we heard loud and […]
Drawing Salesforce Diagrams using Elements.cloud Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 25 June 2021 Categories In Architecture, Business Analysis, Documentation At TrailheaDX, Salesforce launched a systems diagramming notation for Architects (Salesforce Diagrams) and a business process mapping notation for Business Analysis (Salesforce UPN). This article explores Salesforce Diagrams and which standard to use when. “As Architects we know that diagrams are an important tool in our toolset. When we surveyed you, we heard loud and […]
Record types are like glitter. But now you can get rid of them. Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 12 June 2021 Categories In Change Intelligence Once you have added a record type it is very, very difficult to get rid of it. They are like glitter. Those with small children and arts & crafts projects can relate to this. Why does glitter stick to everything? The answer: Static Electricity, Viscosity & Surface Tension. Back to the plot. Record Types work […]
