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Salesforce Anti-Patterns

By : Lars Malmqvist
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Salesforce Anti-Patterns

By: Lars Malmqvist

Overview of this book

Salesforce Anti-Patterns teaches you to spot errors in Salesforce patterns that may seem like a good idea at first but end up costing you dearly. This book will enable Salesforce developers and architects to understand how ingenious Salesforce architectures can be created by studying anti-patterns and solutions to problems that can later lead to serious implementation issues. While there are several books on the market that start with the question, “How do I create great Salesforce architecture?” and proceed to a solution from there, this book instead starts by asking, “What tends to go wrong with Salesforce architectures?” and proceeds to a solution from there. In this book, you’ll find out how to identify and mitigate anti-patterns in the technical domains of system architecture, data architecture, and security architecture, along with anti-patterns in the functional domain of solution architecture as well as for integration architecture. You’ll also learn about common anti-patterns affecting your Salesforce development process and governance and, finally, how to spot common problems in how architects communicate their solutions. By the end of this Salesforce book, you’ll have gained the confidence to architect and communicate solutions on the Salesforce platform while dodging common mistakes.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1: Technical Anti-Patterns
6
Part 2: Solution Anti-Patterns
9
Part 3: Process and Communication Anti-Patterns

Drawing diagrams with excess creativity

This section explores what happens when you try to communicate technical information with too much creativity rather than relying on established practice within your community. We do this by looking at the non-standard documentation anti-pattern.

Non-standard documentation

Non-standard documentation refers to an anti-pattern, where teams produce technical documentation in an idiosyncratic format rather than relying on standard practice.

Example

SafeCo, the leading provider of security solutions for facility management, is in the visioning phase of a new Salesforce implementation. It is trying to come up with a strategy for completely transforming its business using technology and has bought into Salesforce as part of the solution.

Qin, a strategy manager with SafeCo, is leading the visioning exercise and is supported by an external consultancy with particular strength in design thinking. They run a series of highly engaging workshops...