Business
February 15, 2018
Monolithic Rollouts of Legacy System Replacements
in: Business, Developers, Programming, Software Tagged: business, business efficiency, business productivity, consulting, custom software, custom software development, Programming tag, software development, softwares, solution design
Legacy system conversion projects are always challenging. Rollout strategy can make a huge difference in successful user adoption and overall project success. Only when I began writing them down did I realize that I had recurring dreams. I had believed that my dreams were largely random and varied, but instead I learned that I had […]
February 9, 2018
Salesforce user adoption, Part I: Signs you don’t have buy-in from your org on using Salesforce
in: Business, Developers, Software Tagged: business, business efficiency, business productivity, salesforce, Salesforce administration, Salesforce adoption, Salesforce user adoption, softwares
Now that your company has rolled out its shiny new CRM system, you’ll want to make sure your team is fully on board. How can you track Salesforce user adoption? What are the signs you don’t have full buy-in from your organization on using Salesforce? Of course, there are many useful reports available in the […]
December 18, 2017
How to Prevent a “Gotcha!” in Salesforce Relationships
in: Business, Data, Programming, Software Tagged: business, data tag, database, sales force management, salesforce, Salesforce administration, Salesforce development, Salesforce relationships, softwares
Working with Salesforce relationships is a little different from traditional relational database structures, but Salesforce has great tools for building custom data relationships, and most people can adapt quickly to the SOQL model. As with any other system, though, there are a few “gotchas” to watch for when designing Salesforce relationships. I ran into one […]
November 1, 2017
Salesforce Winter 2018 Reporting Enhancements
in: Business, Data, Developers, Programming, Software Tagged: Dashboards, Lightning Experience, New Features, Reporting tag, salesforce, Salesforce development, softwares, solution design
It’s a funny thing about Salesforce developers. Many of us really dislike change, even when we know very well it’s necessary and worthwhile. Why? Too often, changing an application is like re-routing plumbing after the house is built: making a change that looks small can take a whole lot of effort with a whole lot […]
September 27, 2017
Software Automation Isn’t A Job Killer
in: Business, Developers, Programming, Software Tagged: automation, business productivity, custom software development, softwares
Can software replace my job? It’s a concern with roots going back centuries to the arrival of the first automated power looms in 18th-century England, continuing into more modern times with the large claw-like robots that build automobiles. Today it seems there are hundreds of websites making their living pushing clickbait headlines describing the perils […]