Spring-Cleaning 1: Mild, a flavor for everyone

Nana Gregg (She/Her/Hers) and I combined our experience with how we clean our Orgs. We hope it helps you to get a shiny org. A shiny org brings your architecture to sparkle and makes for happy users. Take the first item from our menu: Mild: A Flavor for Everyone.This is a follow-up post to a Spring …

How I became a Dreamforce speaker as a bad public speaker

Everybody can become a Dreamforce speaker in my opinion. Enough time and some strategies go along way. Disclaimer This is my way, there are a million ways of achieving something. Find a way which works for you. I know other people who have a completely different way. Don’t be discouraged from hero stories, there’s a …

Road to CTA E6: Presentation Timing

Timing your review board presentation doesn’t need to be hard.This week’s Road To CTA episode makes sure you have the timing for your presentation nailed down. If you like the video, please consider supporting RefugeeForce. https://youtu.be/ILkaq-7pAWU My Default CTA Review board presentation timeline TopicTotal ElapsedTopic DurationIntroduction0:300:30Project Overview1:150:45Org Overview2:151:00Actors & Licenses3:050:50Role Hierarchy3:550:50System Landscape5:552:00Data Model11:004:05Business Requirements23:4512:45Data Migration30:006:15Visibility Requirements32:452:45Reporting34:452:00CI/CD …

CTA Mock Review board and Q&A: Constructus Temporary Buildings

This time Andrew Hart joined us to be a judge for his own scenario “Constructus Temporary Buildings”. Scenario: Constructus Temporary BuildingsJudges: Andrew Hart, Jakub Stefaniak, Johann FurmannCandidate: Anonymous Please consider a donation to Prostate Cancer UK if you like the video. bit.ly/2NnJtZh https://youtu.be/g9CywveOou4

Op-Ed: Architecture is the stuff that’s hard to change later

Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion, as always, more of a thought process than the one truth. Details will likely differ from company to company. Bigger teams will have a different approach than smaller ones. I’m looking forward to your feedback! Source I didn’t come up with the following concept myself but extended the ideas of …

Road To CTA E5 – How To Run Mock-Exams

The CTA review board is a unique kind of experience.Getting ready for the review board takes a lot of practice in the form of Mock-Exams. Over the course of the last 12 months we collected a few tips and tricks on running mock exams. Thanks to the Benelux Study Group for the valuable feedback. If …

Spring Cleaning for Architects

Thanks & Disclaimer: This post is a collaboration between Nana Gregg (Blog, Twitter) and me. We found together over two posts on spring cleaning. Same topic, same day, what a coincidence. This post is built on the feedback we got on our initial posts, thank you! Let us know if you like to learn more …

Op-Ed: You don’t need a CTA mentor (anymore)

Disclaimer: This blog post is my personal opinion and written based on my experience. I was a student and I am a CTA coach at FlowRepublic. Therefore, my view toward the topic might be influenced. I’m not part of the official Salesforce Architect program or in other way connected to Salesforce. Please take that only …