
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
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Conduct a project kickoff meeting
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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.
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Project Objectives and Goals
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Gap Analysis – Functional and Data Assessment
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Functional Requirements and the Salesforce.com Design to meet those requirements
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Security - Application Administration, User Roles and Security rules
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Data Migration - Requirements and a High-Level Design to meet those requirements
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Integration Requirements and a High-Level Design to meet those requirements
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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
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Program Triggers and Workflow Rules to automate processes, Validation and Escalation Rules to ensure data quality and performance
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Design and customize Page Layouts and Communications Templates
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Design Data Security Structure based on Profiles, Roles, Field-Level Security and Sharing Rules
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Create Custom List Views, Reports, Reporting Systems and Dashboards based on user and executive specifications
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Oversee Data Migration via Apex Data Loader and Standard Import Wizard
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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
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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
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Training Manuals.
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Virtual Training using Go-To-Meeting
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Quick Reference Guides
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FAQ
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Information on accessing Salesforce.com provided training and the online Help
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Addition of “Quick Links” to the Training Materials on the Salesforce.com Homepage or a Custom Tab
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Identify future training needs – both administrator and end-user
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Future support available to leverage new technology during subsequent feature releases.