Yves Leblond, Director of Innovation of UpCRM, a salesforce.org and salesforce.com gold partner, presented during an event dedicated to salesforce CRM implementation for non-profit organisation some insights coming from 10 years of UpCRM project implementation in both the non-profit and commercial sectors: ● Everything starts with a clear and strong vision, which gives the impulse and the direction. ● This vision must be supported by a simple, clear and well-designed architecture around open, agile and scalable solutions. ● However, vision and architecture are useless if not supported by a well-defined execution path, including technical but also organisational aspects. ● This execution path has to support a progressive evolution of the implemented CRM, with a strong focus on delivering value early and over time, at later project stages, to all organisation stakeholders: Donors, volunteers, employees, supporting funders, and others. ● Keeping things under control is key: The CRM will be used for many years. The organisation has to develop and preserve the knowledge and understanding of the solution, the data, and the best ways to use them, especially in a growing and fast evolving organisation. Someone has to be in charge of this strategic asset of the organisation. The CRM is not a « buy and forget » kind of second importance tool. ● Team on-boarding needs attention too: Investing into training, support, and advice will strongly increase both the productivity and motivation of CRM users. ● And finally, everything is about the correct timing: The rhythm of the CRM implementation has to be in sync with the rhythm of the organisation. The project shall be given the time and attention required for success. Especially to get benefits from the important contributions of the organisation’s key people who bring their expertise and knowledge to the implemented solution. A CRM project is an implementation for the long run ! Let's discover more with UpCRM : www.up-crm.com