Leadership tips to foster successful Salesforce implementations

One of the most popular articles to date in my blog is 7 Tips to stimulate Salesforce.com user adoption.  Taking that as a cue that successful Salesforce implementations ranked high on the corporate list of Important Initiatives, I thought I’d explore some of the elements of successful implementations, starting with leadership.

I created an in-depth webinar on the topic so this will be more of a review.

Just as a side note, while I’m specifically referring to Salesforce through this article, in truth the same tips can be applied to any major initiative.

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How to ensure an IT implementation success

A Michael Krigsman article, published in TechRepublic, caught my attention because of the rather observation that  68 percent of IT projects fail.  Holy moly that sent me bopping ‘round to IAG Consulting, the original source of that yucky stat.

Based on their research, IAG found that the most common source of failure is poor requirements definition processes.  Put another way, the 32% of the companies most likely to succeed when it comes to IT implementations are those that have engaged in strong requirements definition processes.

While I haven’t undertaken rigorous study of the subject as IAG seems to, it does back up what I’ve learned from personal experience in my own past solution implementations.  And it backs up a cornerstone belief of Intellicore Design Consulting.

To ensure that your company falls with the successful 32% relative to Salesforce.com solutions, check out our recent webinar on Tips for Successful Salesforce.com Implementations....

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Tips for Successful Salesforce.com Implementations

Intellicore Design Consulting launched a new Resources section for our community and we're pleased as punch to announce the release of a new webinar.

Check out Tips for Successful Salesforce.com Implementations and gain insights in how to manage change relative to your Salesforce solutions.  The webinar is focused towards business leaders with a need to manage the project implementation and ensure user adoption.