how a pdo can help get you to market faster
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ISV Partners: How a PDO Can Help You Get to Market Faster.
Jason DoddsDirector of Engineering – [email protected]@doddsilla
Assessing the value proposition of partnering with a Product Development Outsourcer.
Brian WalshCSO– [email protected]@thepartycow
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A little about us…The tallest guys in the business
Jason DoddsDirector of Engineering
Brian WalshChief Strategy Officer
• Founded in 2008• 60 Employees• Offices in Chattanooga & San Francisco• Built 70+ products on the AppExchange• Clients range from Fortune 5 to five-person startups• Deep expertise in Communities, HCLS, Finance and Higher
Education• First partner in the Product Development Outsourcing (PDO)
Program• Lightning Certified PDO• @codescience• We’re hiring: http://codescience.com/careers/
• How many of you are ISV’s/SI’s?• Are you currently building or are planning to build an app for the AppExchange?• Anyone building Force.com embedded application?• Are you developing an AppExchange product internally?• Have you gone through Security Review?• Pass/Fails?
Let’s get to know each otherA little about you
• We are Product Development Outsourcers• Seasoned experts in the Salesforce ecosystem• Focus on all phases of the product development lifecycle• Experienced in developing for the AppExchange• Understand ALM processes in Salesforce• Mastery of the Security Review process• AppExchange, Trialforce, LMA, COA, and Business Org expertise
Our bread and butterWhat is a PDO?
PDO’s:• Installed in thousands of Orgs• Applications that serve various lines
of business• Mandatory security review and
packaging• Various license types and security
mechanisms• Unknown data models and processes in
target Orgs
SI’s:• Customizations for single Orgs• Well defined data models and processes
in Org• Customers in various lines of business• Well known and Pre-defined license
types
How a PDO differs from an SIBuilding for the AppExchange
Strategic product development partner• Ideation, planning, implementation and delivery
Overextended organizations• Hiring, learning curves, packaging problems. Sound familiar?
Searching for verification• You want a 3rd party to give you the piece of mind that you are on the right path
Calling the Batphone• When you are in a crisis, we answer the call
A little something for everyoneWho leverages a PDO?
The Process• Ideation• Discovery• Development• UAT• Security Review• Deployment• Delivery• Support
The Players• Product Owner • UX• Solution and Technical Architects• Engineering• QA & QE• Packaging Specialists• Sales & Marketing Consultants
Our ApproachWe provide the most value when we are introduced in the early stages
• Competitive analysis• Project risk assessment and paths to mitigation• Technology risks• User interviews• Personas, user flows, scenarios, sitemaps, user journeys• MVP definition• Prototyping and proof of concepts• Go-to-Market strategy
Learning your businessIdeation/Discovery
• Architect and develop MVP using Salesforce domain expertise• Packaging and platform limitations• Understanding performance, security and scalability
• Page performance, large data sets and license types• Building configurable, extensible apps• Product development focus areas
• Namespacing, Connected Apps, authentication and integration• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes
• Continuous Integration, Environment Hub, and Trialforce
On any platform, product development poses unique challengesBuild
The Process• When to submit • What you need to submitThe Scans• Checkmarx –Salesforce code analysis• Burp/Zap – Penetration scanning of your Web/Desktop/Mobile/On-Premises Application• Blackbox – what the scanner won’t captureThe Results•You passed – Let’s go to market•You Failed – What needs to be addressed?
You don’t know what you don’t knowSecurity Review
• Defect elimination• Go-to-market review• AppExchange listing guidance• Setting up alphabet soup:• ISV Business Org• License Management App (LMA)• Channel Order App (COA)• Trialforce
• Tier 3 technical support• Knowledge transfer
Our value doesn’t stop at developmentLaunch and Support
• Get you to market 40% faster• Can stand up variably sized, qualified teams quickly• Play any of the roles in the product development lifecycle• Can be brought in at any stage• Equipped to support your product management, marketing and sales teams• Provide superior domain knowledge• Review your team’s architecture and development • Leverage best of breed solutions and processes
Why you partner with usThe value of a PDO to you
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