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Salesforce.com​

Our Process
Taking Your Salesforce.com Implementation To A New Level Of Excellence

In today’s challenging economy, many companies are having difficulties finding an experienced Salesforce.com implementation partner willing to work within a limited budget. DPM Technology Solutions is experienced at building low-cost, effective, and award-winning Salesforce.com platforms for non-profit, for-profit, and public-sector companies. DPM Technology Solutions offers Certified Salesforce.com Administrators that will work with you through all steps of the process:

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Project Planning and Business Process Review  (BPR)

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  • Determine Project Objectives, Priorities and Goals

  • Conduct a project kickoff meeting

  • Work with core users to understand today’s business processes and pain points

 

The Business Process Review (BPR) is to facilitate the mapping of business processes to Salesforce.com, such as: identify the configuration, data migration, and training required for the implementation.

 

  • Project Objectives and Goals

  • Gap Analysis – Functional and Data Assessment

  • Functional Requirements and the Salesforce.com Design to meet those requirements

  • Security - Application Administration, User Roles and Security rules

  • Data Migration - Requirements and a High-Level Design to meet those requirements

  • Integration Requirements and a High-Level Design to meet those requirements

  • Training Requirements and the Training Execution Plan 

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Communication Planning and Execution

 

Establish a communication plan to facilitate the execution of plan throughout the entire project.

Define audience(s) requiring communication such as Stakeholders, Sponsors, etc…

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Configuration and Development

 

Configure the Salesforce.com application:

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  • Set up Standard and Custom Apps, Objects, and Fields

  • Program Triggers and Workflow Rules to automate processes, Validation and Escalation Rules to ensure data quality and performance

  • Design and customize Page Layouts and Communications Templates

  • Design Data Security Structure based on Profiles, Roles, Field-Level Security and Sharing Rules

  • Create Custom List Views, Reports, Reporting Systems and Dashboards based on user and executive specifications

  • Oversee Data Migration via Apex Data Loader and Standard Import Wizard

  • Design and Build application extensions such as Web-to-Case, Web-to-Lead, Visual Force Pages, Salesforce Sites, Salesforce Mobile, and the Self-Service and Customer Portals

  • Develop Data and Application Integrations (QuickBooks expert on staff); provide full vetting and oversight of Appexchange vendors, product testing and installation

 

(Partial List of Available Services)

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Application and Data Review

 

Testing and Review period is an extension of the Configuration & Development phase, where users review the configuration of the Salesforce application (Application Review). This is typically done while the Configuration & Development phase is still in progress. Prior to go-live, time is set aside for a review of the migrated data within the new configuration (Data Review). 

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Training and Support

 

  • Training Manuals.

  • Virtual Training using Go-To-Meeting

  • Quick Reference Guides

  • FAQ

  • Information on accessing Salesforce.com provided training and the online Help

  • Addition of “Quick Links” to the Training Materials on the Salesforce.com Homepage or a Custom Tab

  • Identify future training needs – both administrator and end-user

  • Future support available to leverage new technology during subsequent feature releases.

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