Blazing the Trail from Solo Admin to Center of Excellence

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Blazing the Trail from Solo Admin to Centre of Excellence

Jodi WagnerSalesforce MVP & Manager at Accenture

jodi.wagner@accenture.comBlog: www.forceofanarchy.comTwitter: @jmwagner

Jodi Wagner Salesforce MVP & Manager at Accenture

jodi.wagner@accenture.comBlog: www.forceofanarchy.comTwitter: @jmwagner

Blazing the Trail from Solo Admin to Centre of Excellence

Agenda1. Introduction – Key Takeaways

2. What is a Solo Admin?

3. Quantifying Your Work

4. Qualifying Your Work

5. Creating a Plan

6. Execution: Resourcing for the Future

7. Governance / CoE Structure

Key Takeaways

Quantify Your Work

Qualify Your Work

Create a Plan Execute

How are you going to get there?

What is a Solo Admin? Is it contagious?

Managing Production

Support

New User Admin

Training

Salesforce SME

Manage New

Initiatives

Business Analysis

Help Desk

So What Do You Do All Day?

Support Intake

Capture In

Salesforce

Measure!!

Quantifying Your Work

No, Really.. What Do You Do All Day? Qualifying Your Time

Production Support

New User Admin

Training

Business Analysis

Help Desk

Value Add Overhead

Salesforce SME

Manage New

Initiatives

Creating a Plan

• What does your Salesforce landscape look like?

• Who will be impacted by any upcoming enhancements, including Winter, Spring and Summer releases?

• Why are these enhancements being implemented, changes rolled out or new users being added?

• How will changes be implemented?

• Is there a roadmap in place for additional efforts with a timeline?

• Is there a change management, training and communication plan in place for end users?

• What is the value that users and the organisation will get from these enhancements?

• How will the organisation scale to meet demand?

The Who, Why, What and How

Resourcing for the Future

• Onsite team to support business processes and reporting

• Extended team in IT to provide development support

• Premier Support for after hours support

• Consultants for project / initiative resourcing

• Managed Service contracts during transitions

Getting Assistance

Centre of Excellence Defining a Governance Structure

GovernanceGovernance is the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of technology in enabling an organization to achieve its goals.

Business ManagementEmpower the business: know what to deliver, why it is important and the value to the business

Change ManagementProcess to manage enhancements, timely delivery to market, prioritization and utilization of resources

Release ManagementEnsure highest quality with structured processes and methodology

Support ManagementSubject Matter Expertize, responsiveness and education

Governance

Business Managem

ent

Support Managem

ent

Release Managem

ent

Change Managem

ent

Summary

• Quantify the Amount of Time Spent on Various Groups of Tasks

• Qualify the Types of Tasks being Completed to Identify Value Added Items

• Create a Plan that includes a Roadmap and Resourcing for the Future

• Execute –Build a Business Case

Tying it all Together

thank y u

The IT v Business Debate Who owns what?

What area should “own” Salesforce and its support?

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