“Won't it just get dirty again?”
15 field notes on keeping it clean
Org Cleaning is part of Well-Architected
The Well-Architected Framework went from 3 pillars to 5. Translation: Running a clean Org is now officially architecture.
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minCleanup should be simple. That's the whole point of it
Whenever a cleanup initiative needs the company's best architects, months of planning, and multiple steering committees, it's not simple anymore, and it's not really cleanup. It's something…
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 min"Well Run Orgs" onto the Stage
Everyone races toward more AI but there is another frontier just as important, and it barely has a stage. Running an Org well, the whole package, from right sized Architecture to UX people…
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 min"If we clean up now, won't it just get dirty again?" -> Yes
... but that's not a reason to skip cleaning. Every factory shop floor gets dirty throughout a shift. The mess is a byproduct of work getting done.
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minDirty processes are okay. A dirty Org is not
“Before we fix Salesforce, we first need to clean up the business processes.”
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minIs "Clean as you go" really good Salesforce cleaning discipline? I say NO
Every senior developer will tell you: Clean as you go. Touch a class, leave it better than you found it. It's practically a professional virtue. I strongly disagree!
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minFive Things Bikepacking Taught Me About Salesforce Cleanup
As it's summer tradition, a LinkedIn post from my bike tours. This year we bike from camping ground to camping ground in Brandenburg, Germany. A few learnings along the way :-).
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minEvery Salesforce leader believes the same thing: get Governance right, and the mess stops
Better naming conventions, stricter change management, a Center of Excellence with a nice slide deck, enforce the rules hard enough and the Org stays clean on its own.
Read field note Keeping it clean · 2 minLet’s learn from our IT forefathers - Treat Maintenance as Primary Task!
In a recent conversation with Fabrice Cathala, we talked about a glaring blind spot in our industry. To traditional Systems Engineers, the technical debt we are dealing with right now is…
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minWhy Salesforce Cleanup is Like Brushing Your Teeth
You don’t sit down with a spreadsheet every morning to calculate the ROI of brushing your teeth.
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minYour Salesforce Org Needs a Maintenance Plan
When I was young, I spent a few summers working on a factory floor. That is where I learned how seriously maintenance plans are taken when machines actually matter.
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minLeaving Your Org Better Than You Found It
You don’t need a mandate to leave an Org better than you found it. You can make the org a better place if you want to, just do it.
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minWe got really good at building Salesforce
We're still bad at managing what we built.
Read field note Keeping it clean · 1 minBuild for the Admin Who Comes After You
Even if you built the org today as part of a 50-person digital transformation, think about who will be running it in five years.
Read field note Keeping it clean · 2 minDon’t cheap out on your Salesforce maintenance team
Cautionary Tale Part 2: The "Million-Dollar Engine" with a $5 Toolbox.
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