From Dreamforce Comes to You: Accelerate Agilely with Salesforce

1. ACCELERATE AGILELY
WITH SALESFORCE
John Szurley – Salesforce User Group Leader
Rough Stone Software
Salesforce Practice Director

2. WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF AGILE?

3. PROJECT REALITY – AGILE OR NOT

4. AGILE IS A LOT OF THINGS…
BUT ITS NOT A SILVER BULLET!

5. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS TRUE TO LIFE

6. AGILE
MANIFESTO
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan

7. HOW DO I ACCELERATE AGILELY WITH
SALESFORCE?

8. SALESFORCE LENDS ITSELF TO AGILE…
Data First, GUI Second
Working Sessions, Quicker Turn Around of Asks
Clicks before Code
DEV / QA Environments
Controlled Deployments

9. SALESFORCE LENDS
ITSELF TO PROCESS…

10. SCRUM:
MOST POPULAR FORM OF AGILE

11. SALESFORCE DEVELOPMENT
USES AGILE ACCELERATOR

12. SALESFORCE AGILE ACCELERATOR:
KANBAN BOARDS

13. SPRINTS: USER STORIES

14. USER STORIES: TASKS

15. SPRINT CHARTS:
BURNDOWN, RESOURCE ALLOCATION

16. AGILE ACCELERATOR –
NOT ENOUGH TIME TO SHOW IT ALL!!!
THREE STEPS TO AGILE
Adopt SCRUM Methodology (Get BETTER!)
Use Agile Accelerator (or similar tools)
Seek Assistance in Planning, Setup and Execution
(Train Everyone, You Won’t Regret It)

17. THANK YOU – QUESTIONS NOW OR
JSZURLEY@ROUGHSTONE.COM