Elements multi-cloud dependencies Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 28 June 2022 Categories In Architecture, Business Analysis, Change Intelligence, Metadata management Salesforce is not an island. Elements multi-cloud dependencies. The need for enterprise-wide, not just Salesforce, change intelligence is becoming obvious. Change intelligence is the aggregation of all documentation that supports the implementation change cycle for apps and processes. It allows collaboration across different stakeholders and enables them to make risk-based decisions when making changes. There are…
Tractor Pulling is like Salesforce Tech Debt Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 4 May 2022 Categories In Change Intelligence, Impact Analysis, Metadata management, Technical Debt What is Tractor Pull? Tractor Pulling is known as “the world’s heaviest motorsport.” Tractor pulling is a competitive motorsport in which modified farm tractors, modified tractors or trucks drag a metal sled along a prescribed course. The sled contains a box filled with weight that is mechanically winched forward as the sled progresses along the…
DevOps Center is free replacement for Change Sets Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 1 May 2022 Categories In Change Intelligence, DevOps What is DevOps Center Moving metadata between Sandbox and Production Orgs has never been easy, particularly for the declarative developer – i.e. the Admin. Change Sets are a painful experience and replacing them has been long overdue. Fortunately, that wait is over. DevOps Center is the free replacement for Change Sets and it goes into…
Coming to TDX? Experience SF like a local. Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 12 April 2022 Categories In Career 5 really cool outdoor activities around San Francisco to explore before/after TDX 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…
Up close and personal: 5 networking hacks Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 9 April 2022 Categories In Career With DevOps Dreamin’ last week and a flurry of events at the end of the month – TrailblazerDX #TDX22, Northeast Dreamin’ #NED22 and Texas Dreamin’ #TXD22 – it is clear that in-person events are coming back. BTW We’re sponsoring TrailblazerDX, on stage with Salesforce DevOps center and the sponsor of the AfterParty with Weezer. We’re…
Org Adoption and Salesforce Event Logs Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 31 March 2022 Categories In Implementation, Product Updates, User Adoption We talk about “Building the right thing” by more complete and rigorous business analysis before you launch into development. You may have heard the term “Shift Left” which is identifying issues and conflicts through business and org analysis as early as possible – in design rather than in production – as they are 100x cheaper…
Org Complexity and Org Health Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 31 March 2022 Categories In Business Analysis, Change Intelligence, Impact Analysis, Technical Debt Salesforce Orgs are often big and scary. Tens of thousands of metadata components, all configured to different standards, by different people, and for different purposes. Not to mention, mountains of technical debt. Consultants and admins are expected to implement working solutions quickly in the environments they do not understand. That’s why at Elements we are…
Explore the TrailblazerDX campground in 3D Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 26 March 2022 Categories In Career Use your mouse/track pad to “walk” around, turn to look at things, and zoom in and out. Click on the “white rings” on the floor to jump to that location. Hover over the “colored rings” on things to discover more. You can go to full screen with the [ ] icon bottom right. Note: Only…
Add value while working from home Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 25 March 2022 Categories In Career #MIME. Maximum Impact Minimum Expense Now normal, not new normal This is not the new normal. But over the next few weeks/months we need to change our normal working practices. Want to show you’re still valuable even when you’re WFH? It is even more important when we are all now working remotely and companies are…
