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March 30, 2018

Making the Case to be a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

We all know the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) is expensive. Add $6k to the already-significant costs of completing the certifications needed to get to System Architect and Application Architect and it’s enough to make any CFO break into a sweat. However, for a Salesforce partner, the benefits of having a CTA make it an incredibly worthwhile investment. Let me (attempt...

JourneyToCTA/Salesforce

February 18, 2018

Salesforce Project Chronicles: Automatic Renewals

My first corporate client was a media company who wanted help building a clever renewals process within Sales Cloud. They had recently gone live with simple Opportunity management. Process Builder didn’t exist in 2010, so it was really the first chance I had to start designing coded solutions. It was a great project that really tested my ability to translate...

Projects/Salesforce

February 18, 2018

What I Learnt at London’s Calling 2018

London’s Calling 2018 was held on 16th February and Chris and I went along with every intention of attending a full day of sessions. We went to one session then spent the rest of the day networking instead! Share This:

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February 15, 2018

Salesforce Solution Design: Success is a Team Sport

I think I speak for many admins and consultants when I say that thinking about a Salesforce solution can be harder than configuring it. By the time you’ve finished gathering requirements, mapping processes and mocking things up, the solution you plan to build is nicely taking shape in your brain. The big question is: how can you be certain that...

Ohana/Salesforce

February 4, 2018

Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer Exam Tips

If you’ve ever been a Salesforce #AwesomeAdmin, you’ll find the Sharing and Visibility Designer exam to be one of the simpler ones. I’ve heard from a few developers lately that they, on the other hand, have found this to be one of the hardest in the architect pyramid. Well, with this blog post, I aim to take away some of...

Salesforce/Salesforce Certifications

January 21, 2018

VIDEO: Visualising Solutions – How to Communicate Your Vision

Trust and Confidence Aside from building the solution itself, these two things are arguably the most important things you have to build when you’re implementing any kind of new software solution. Think about the last implementation you did – be it an internal or an external project. Your stakeholders have been through negotiations on scope, on price and on quality....

Ohana/Salesforce

January 9, 2018

The Crossover: When Cancer and Salesforce Collide

This blog has an unusual name because at the time I started it, I didn’t want to commit to blogging about a single topic. I decided I was going to write about my experiences with cancer, perhaps some genealogy and a little Salesforce. The cancer story got to ten chapters before my goals changed and suddenly I was only blogging...

Ohana/Salesforce

January 1, 2018

Salesforce Certified Identity and Access Management Designer Exam Tips

After failing this exam once before, I couldn’t leave it for very long before having another go. I was close enough that I knew I could have a good shot at it if I only gave myself a couple more weeks of study and stuck to the resource guide like a limpet. So on Christmas Eve 2017, after 3 more...

Salesforce/Salesforce Certifications

December 9, 2017

Why FAILING Identity and Access Management Designer was actually a good thing

This week hasn’t been too good; for the first time in ages, I failed an exam. I won’t lie, I spent two days with my tail tucked firmly between my legs. I was hacked off. But I wasn’t massively surprised. Here’s why. Share This:

JourneyToCTA/Ohana/Salesforce

November 28, 2017

Guest Post: Andrew Hart’s CTA Journey

By Andrew Hart, Certified Technical Architect I was previously Gemma’s boss, and remain her friend and mentor for her CTA journey. She asked me to share my CTA experience, which I’m pleased to do. The speed that this came out of me suggests that maybe it’s been something I’ve been ready to share for a while. 🙂 Share This:

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