Do you have leading or lagging metrics? Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 1 November 2020 Categories In Business Analysis, Process Mapping A driving analogy Think about driving alongside a pavement crowded with shoppers. A pedestrian steps out and thanks to your lightning reactions and the ABS on your car you manage to avoid hitting them. So ‘agility’ is whether you are able to respond if something jumps out in front of you. The measure is “did you…
15 Winning AppExchange Apps chosen by Salesforce customers Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 31 October 2020 Categories In Article Amanda Nelson, Senior Director, Community Marketing at Salesforce asked customers for their top Appexchange Apps. Elements.cloud was listed in the top 15 alongside Conga, Docusign, and Salesforce Pardot. Amanda Nelson: “Who is winning 2020? Our pets because they see us more. Slippers over dress shoes. Online shopping. No travel expenses. Not commuting. But another opportunity…
The hidden cost of free Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 30 October 2020 Categories In Career ROI Calculator You just know that Elements will make your life easier, but that is not really good enough. Your boss needs a business case and then you need to find some budget. So you need a clear understanding of the ROI – the costs and the benefits. But we can only afford free Rarely…
Poor scope control. #1 serial killer of projects Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 29 October 2020 Categories In Implementation This in an excerpt from the free ebook “Analysis, Automation and Adoption for #AwesomeAdmins”(44 pages of valuable content — not 6 pages of marketing fluff). It is written with Salesforce implementations in mind, but it is equally applicable to any other systems implementation; MSDynamics, SAP, Workday, Oracle etc or in fact any change initiative. https://elements.cloud/ebook-analysis/…
Invited on a private jet? Here is the etiquette Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 29 October 2020 Categories In Career No one wants to risk travelling on airlines at the moment. So the obvious approach is to find a friend with a private jet (and a private island). But what do you do – or not do? What is the correct etiquette? Here are a few pointers according to PJ (private jet) owners magazine: 1.…
Supercharging DevOps: Elements.cloud + Copado Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 28 October 2020 Categories In DevOps, Webinar Andrew Davis – Director of Product Management at Copado and Ian Gotts – CEO of Elements.cloud – discuss how to accelerate DevOps and show the tight integration between Copado and Elements.cloud
Lessons not confessions: 1000 OrgConfessions and counting Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 24 October 2020 Categories In Architecture, Business Analysis, DevOps Dreamforce19 At Dreamforce19 we had 405 OrgConfessions.com. Less than a year later we are at over 1,000. So what has changed, and how does it impact you, the Admin, Developer and Consultant? First, let’s look at the root cause analysis of the OrgConfessions and see how they have changed in the last year. Interestingly enough,…
Why Salesforce Admins job disappearing Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 22 October 2020 Categories In Business Analysis David is a 7x MVP and Technical Architect of a $XX billion org at Google and is a member on Google’s 5 person Salesforce “Jedi Council”. He also runs the SFDC99 blog and now has a successful YouTube Channel where is is educating the Salesforce ecosystem. His videos are insightful, hard-hitting and honest, which is why…
Elements.cloud at #TDX22 Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 22 October 2020 Categories In Change Intelligence ELEMENTS CUSTOMER STORIES We have a number of great customer stories on our Success page. But we are always looking for more stories inspire existing customers and prospects. We recognize the effort it takes to get changes effected in organizations. We are cheering from the sidelines. But if we can help amplify the message and…
