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5 Pillars of a successful Salesforce DevOps process

In this session we will talk about the 5 Pillars of a successful Salesforce DevOps process and learn about what is DevOps?

What is DevOps?

DevOps allows the organization to develop and improve the product in a faster way than it can do with other software development approaches. Continuous integration (CI) is a DevOps software development best practice to detect problems and fix them before releasing changes to their customers.

DevOps = automated, more regular releases

DevOps = simply a better way of managing releases /deployments

Why is DevOps important

Google’s industry survey for 2019 showed that high-performing teams that have adopted. DevOps practices deploy 208 times more frequently and make changes 106 times faster than low performers.

  • A higher frequency of new releases to production
  • Fewer bugs and fewer service disruptions
  • Faster restore times in the event of service outages

DevOps is a journey: start small

  • Start with small steps
  • Make sure the whole team is onboard and up to speed
  • Layer on complexity when your team + process is ready

Pillars of a successful Salesforce DevOps process

Pillar 1: Version Control

Git-based source control = core pillar and starting point for most DevOps journey

Version control is the new single source of truth

How does version control benefit the whole team?

  • Enable parallel development streams, safely, with branching
  • Manage code conflicts
  • Maintain a full audit trail
  • Deploy consistently across environments
  • Reduce bugs through code review
  • Simplify rollback
  • Release faster and more reliably

Source-driven development

Master is the source of truth – no commits direct to master, all new features + fixes happen in feature branches

Feature branches merged back to master when ready for release -> deploy from master to UAT, prod.

Learn more about Useful Git commands.

Pillar 2: CI/CD

Not just for deploying changes

What is Salesforce DevOps? Check our Salesforce DevOps to learn more.

Pillar 3: Testing

Learn more about Salesforce Test Automation.

Pillar 4: Backup

Expect the unexpected

  • Control your data
  • Guarantee your business continuity
  • Protect yourself from malicious attacks, Salesforce bugs, accidental deletions, etc.

Learn about Data Archiving and Backup Salesforce.

Pillar 5: Putting it all together

Common challenges

  • I don’t have the knowledge
  • I don’t know where to start
  • I don’t know if I can get my team
  • onboard
  • My team is too small

5 Pillars of a successful Salesforce DevOps process Video

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  • Building your Success Roadmap
5 Pillars of a successful Salesforce DevOps process

Summary

I hope this post helped you to understand the Pillars of a successful Salesforce DevOps process.

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3 Comments

  1. 1 more pillars was missing – the successful DevOps need monitoring (Monitoring Tools) after backup before putting it all together.

  2. This breakdown of the 5 pillars of Salesforce DevOps is incredibly helpful for anyone looking to streamline their development process. Version control, CI/CD, testing, backups, and integration are crucial for success. I especially appreciate the emphasis on starting small and gradually building complexity. Great insights!

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