September 4, 2017

Better Salesforce Solutions by Involving Users in Solution Design

User involvement is typically high during requirements and UAT. Here we highlight some methods to increase user involvement during design phase to strengthen solution design and increase adoption.
July 17, 2017

Varasi Solution Design Series: Designing APIs for Salesforce Integration

In this Varasi Solution Design series video we cover integration API design and factors to consider while picking the right place to apply business rules
July 10, 2017

A Lesson from Journalism for Salesforce Requirements

In this video, we discuss the simple questions of What, Who, How, When, Where, and Why from the field of Journalism to get an understanding of current state and needs for the future from a Salesforce Sales Cloud system.
June 20, 2017

Context Diagrams for Project Scoping

We go over using Context Diagrams for defining the scope of a project. We cover the basic constructs of a Context Diagram - actors, use cases. Context Diagrams are a good first step for scoping a system and sets up the stage for estimating the project effort.
June 20, 2017

Context Diagram for Salesforce Implementation for a Non Profit Organization

In this video, we will go over the Context Diagram that we have been using to explain to non profits, the functionality that can be built out using Salesforce; more specifically using the Non Profit Success Pack (NPSP) from Salesforce.
April 24, 2017

Beyond Users and Choosers – Sources for Salesforce CRM Requirements

The users and choosers of the system are the first source of requirements for Salesforce CRM implementations. The article discusses 5 additional categories of sources.
April 17, 2017

Salesforce Trailhead – An Example of the Salesforce “System of Innovation”

Salesforce frequently gets ranked as one of the most innovative companies in the world. It is natural to focus on the wonderful platform and products Salesforce […]
April 3, 2017

Personas for better user needs -“Would this make sense to Gus ?”

Personas help differentiate similar roles and identify nuances you need to build in to the CRM system to address varied user needs. We discuss examples of persons for sales and service systems.
February 7, 2017

User Adoption is a Critical Success Factor in Designing Salesforce Solutions

How effectively you drive adoption among your customer facing staff to bring enduring changes in business processes and behavior will define the success of your Salesforce initiatives.
February 6, 2017

Identifying Criteria for Selecting Solutions

In this article, we share a simple artifact from one of our client engagements that captures various stakeholder groups and what each one valued in a […]
February 4, 2017

The Salesforce CRM Project Types

Your Salesforce CRM project may be one of several types. ‘Build from Scratch’',• Automation of manual CRM process, Migrations, Enhancements and re-designing current processes
October 18, 2016

Dreamforce 2016 Takeaways – Part 1 of 3 (General Announcements)

Here are our observations from DF 2016, posted in three parts. These are observations coming from our client and partner interactions, and sessions we attended at Dreamforce 2016. […]
October 18, 2016

Dreamforce 2016 Takeaways – Part 2 of 3 (Enterprise Customers)

Migration to Lightning is underway at a number of customers. There seems to be two segments of customers when it comes to Lightning .. those that […]
October 18, 2016

Dreamforce 2016 Takeaways – Part 3 of 3 (Mid-Market Customers)

The theme for SMB at Dreamforce has traditionally been on how CRM and SF Sales/Service/Marketing technologies aid growth. Automating processes in order to scale them is […]
August 7, 2016

Salesforce Data Governance

Here are some observations coming from an engagement at a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) on setting up Data Governance processes. Property managers, IT personnel, business analysts […]