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…

The Salesforce DevSecOps Imperative

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

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…

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