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Continuous Delivery of Success
How the Salesforce platform enables organizations to continuously adapt to change
Alex Sutherland
Technical Architect
alex@crmscience.com
@apexsutherland

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Alex Sutherland
TechnicalArchitect
CRM Science, Inc.
alex@crmscience.com
@apexsutherland

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• What is it?
• Elements for Success
• Salesforce platform specifics
• Q&A
Continuous Delivery

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Continuous Delivery
“an approach in which teams
ensure that every change to the
system is releasable, and that
we can release any version at the
push of a button. Continuous
Delivery aims to make releases
boring, so we can deliver
frequently and get fast feedback
on what users care about.”
http://www.thoughtworks.com/continuous-delivery

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• Salesforce is a Continuous Delivery platform out of the box!
• CD can be implemented through incremental change to
processes and behaviors
• CD can deliver measurable advantages to end users and
stakeholders
• CD is a discipline that promotes agility and responsiveness
Continuous Delivery (CD)

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Elements for Success
Continuous Delivery disciplines and mindset

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• Process - documentation and communication of changes
• Agility - analysis and development that is responsive to change
• Granularity - changes in the smallest increments feasible
• Automation - script testing & deployments for complex orgs
• Courage - overcome fear of change by doing it regularly
Continuous Delivery - Elements for Success

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Salesforce Platform Specifics
Practical considerations for Continuous Delivery on the Salesforce platform

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Continuous Delivery on the Salesforce Platform

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• Declarative changes first & most
• Keep sandbox(es) fresh, deploy with Change Sets
• “Feature flags” (Custom Settings, Boolean fields)
• Page Layouts, Record Types, Permission Sets
• Branching & parallel process automation
Continuous Delivery on the Salesforce Platform

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Plant an improvement in your Salesforce environment every day!

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• ThoughtWorks - Continuous Delivery - @ThoughtWorks
• Faster Delivery with Continuous Integration - @botoscloud
• Collaborative Salesforce Development - @atlassian
Additional Resources

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Q&A

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Thank you