solution design
February 15, 2018
Monolithic Rollouts of Legacy System Replacements
in: Business, Developers, Programming, Software Tagged: business efficiency, business productivity, Business Tag, 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 […]
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 5, 2017
Keep Asking Why
in: Business, Developers, Programming, Software Tagged: business analysis, consulting, custom software development, solution design
DISCLAIMER – this article applies to mainly to Organizations without business analysts and programmers on staff. A few years ago, we were asked to quote a small automation for an existing, repeat client. They wanted help streamlining a spreadsheet-based process that took about 1/2 day of a high-level employee’s time each week. Client: Can you help […]