Architect and Design Your App for Commercial Success
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The document outlines strategies for ISVs to architect and design applications for commercial success on Salesforce, emphasizing customer understanding, application scaling, and licensing considerations. It details the importance of accommodating different customer needs across enterprise and SMB markets while navigating the complexities of development and distribution through managed packages. Key decision points for success include customer targeting, technological choices for app architecture, and comprehensive support strategies for users.
Architect and Design Your App for Commercial Success
- 1. Architect & Design Your App for Commercial Success Salesforce.com Partner Success Sarah Whitlock, Salesforce.com, Sr. Director, ISV Technical Evangelism Warren Chen, Salesforce.com, ISV Technical Evangelist
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- 3. Key Decision Points For Success Who are Your Customers? What are you building? How to license & distribute?
- 4. Who are you selling to? What is your target market?
- 5. Who are you selling to? New Users?Existing Salesforce Users? • Package your app • Customer installs your package into their existing org • Package your app • Provide your prospect with an org containing your package http://www.financialforce.com/
- 6. What is your target market? Large enterprises have different requirements than SMB Build scale into your application from the beginning! Test for scale before your customer does Avoid Growing Pains: Scale Your App for the Enterprise (Room 3016, Monday 5 pm) > 3000 Employees 501 - 3000 101 - 500 21 - 100 1 - 20
- 7. What are you selling? What are you building?
- 8. CRM 1. SURVEYS 2. CAMPAIGN MGMT 3. EMAIL RESPONSE MGMT 4. SALES PERFORMANCE MGMT 5. MOBILE SALES MGMT 6. LEAD MGMT 7. EVENT MGMT 8. COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE 9. CUSTOMER CHAT 10. INCENTIVE MGMT BACK OFFICE 1. DATA INTEGRATION TOOLS 2. DATA CLEANSING 3. INVOICE MGMT 4. DEMAND PLANNING 5. PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MGMT 6. SUPPLY CHAIN MGMT 7. BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE 8. BIG DATA MGMT 9. PURCHASE ORDER & EXPENSE MGMT 10. PROJECT MGMT From the May, 2013 Survey of 3,544 Global SFDC Customers Top Customer Requested Apps
- 9. Custom ApplicationSales/Service Cloud Extension • eSignature, Email Marketing etc. • Extending Sales/Service Cloud • Standard + Custom Objects • Project Management, Supply Chain etc. • No reliance on Sales/Service Cloud • Custom Objects What are you selling?
- 10. • Focus on the end user • Be disruptive • Leverage your expertise ➢ What makes you Different! Build To A New Set Of User Requirements
- 11. Two Fundamental Architecture Models Native Composite ISV Managed Package Distribution Technologies trials licensing upgrades support workflow collaborationanalytics apex custom objectsaccounts contacts ISV Managed Package Distribution Technologies trials licensing upgrades support workflow collaborationanalytics apex custom objectsaccounts contacts SOAP API Apex Web Services Metadata API Bulk API REST API Toolkits External Services Data Logic Presentation
- 12. • Runs 100% on force.com • Multitenant by design • Managed, scalable, secure services • Native app building blocks • Built-in distribution services Native Architecture
- 13. • Specialized service not a good fit for force.com • Large, complex calculations • Storage-intensive solution • Phased approach to re-platform on force.com • Need to integrate with another service When To Go Composite
- 14. • Simplicity • No infrastructure to manage • Focus 100% on your app • Multitenancy baked in • Built-in distribution services • Seamless integration with Salesfore and AppExchange apps • Not suitable for all use cases DownsideUpside Native Architecture: Tradeoffs
- 15. Composite Architecture: Tradeoffs • Flexibility • Re-use existing IP • Leverage existing developer skills and tool sets • Complexity • You have to maintain infrastructure • Multitenancy not guaranteed • Distribution services are your responsibility • Trial experience more challenging DownsideUpside
- 16. Scope of Security Review Native Composite
- 17. What to build Next Generation UX for Your Commercial App: Feed the User (Room 3014, Tuesday 1 pm) Emerging Technology: Social & Collaboration Strategies for ISVs (Room 3020, Tuesday 1 pm) Mobile for ISVs: How to Develop Mobile Solutions (Room 3014, Tuesday 4 pm) Partners Helping Partners: How PDOs Can Help You Build Great Apps (Room 3014, Wednesday 5 pm) What architecture to use Connected Apps: Options to get Your Commercial App to Market (Room 3014, Monday 3:30 pm) Security review implications An Insider’s Guide to Security Review (Room 3014, Wednesday 9 am)
- 18. How to license & distribute?
- 19. Every User Needs A License Think of the license as a battery Not all types power the same features Test your app with the expected license type
- 20. Two License Types For Internal Users User License Description Use Salesforce CRM functionality Full platform access Custom Objects Chatter App requires CRM functionality Selling app into existing Salesforce customers Salesforce Platform No CRM functionality Accounts, Contacts Custom Objects Chatter App does not leverage CRM functionality Selling to net-new users and/or existing Salesforce customers • What objects does your app need access to? • Do you need functionality like campaign, case, or opportunity management?
- 21. Two License Types For External Users User Licenses Description Use Customer Community Full Access: Custom Object, Asset, Owned Cases Read-only: Account, Contact, Activity, Task Customer self-service Collaborative case resolution White-glove premium support Partner Community Full Access: Custom Objects, Account, Contact, Opportunity, Lead, Activity, Task, Asset, Cases Read-only: Reports, Dashboard, Campaign Vendor Collaboration Partner recruitment and education Deal management • Will your customer’s customers (external users) need access to your app? • If so, what do these users need to do?
- 22. What Editions do you need to support? No Workflow, Record Types, Analytics, Custom Layouts, Custom Profiles, API Enterprise & Performance EditionGroup & Professional Edition Workflow, Record Types, Analytics, Page Layouts, Profiles, API are available • Do you want to sell to existing Salesforce customers? • Do you plan to support Group and Professional Edition? The Edition determines the features available to the user
- 23. How do you support various Editions? Answer: Base Package plus Extension Package Group & Professional Edition Enterprise & Performance Edition Base Base Extension+
- 24. Managed Packages Trials and Provisioning BrandingCustomer Success Console IP Protection Push Upgrades A managed package is a collection of all metadata components that make up your app.
- 25. Implications of Managed Packages Limitation Example Implication Not all components can be packaged for distribution Approvals, Profiles, Data Post-installation steps may be required when installing your app from the AppExchange. Not all components are upgradeable Page Layouts, Reports, Dashboards Developers must account for subscriber customizations when planning for upgrades. Not all sensitive components are obfuscated Validation Rules, Visualforce Pages, Formulas Use caution: don’t resort to code just to obfuscate business logic. ISV Guide http://p.force.com/guide
- 26. License & Distribute • Distribute & License Your App for Commercial Success (Room 3014, Monday 2 pm) • Support Your Customers for Commercial Success (Room 3014, Monday 5 pm) • Manage Your Business with ISV Platform Technologies and the ISV Business Org (Room 3014, Wednesday 12 pm)
- 27. Key decision points for success Who are Your Customers? What are you building? How to license & distribute?
- 28. Sarah Whitlock Sr. Director, ISV Technical Evangelism Warren Chen ISV Technical Evangelist
- 29. Ready to Partner with Salesforce.com? APP Academy: Getting Started as an ISV Architect & Design Your Commercial App Design Patterns: ISV Recipes for Success Connected Apps: Design Options Interoperability: Combine Forces Mobile for ISV’s (Part 1): Strategy Avoid Growing Pains: Scale Your App Mobile for ISV’s (Part 2): Develop Next Generation UX for Commercial App An Insider’s Guide to Security Review Distribute & License Your App Manage Your Business. . . AppExchange Marketing Playbook: Build Your Brand AppExchange Marketing Playbook: Generate Demand Driving Sales Success as an ISV Partner Meet the Power Brokers: VC Panel Support Your Customers ISV Roadmap DF13 ISV Success Sessions Great sessions for each phase of the partner lifecycle Build Distribute SupportSellPlan Follow sessions and join the Partner Success Group on Emerging Technology: - Heroku - Salesforce Communities - Service Cloud - Social & Collaboration - Work.com