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Kerry Townsend
Kerry Townsend
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Kerry Townsend

Kerry Townsend is a Salesforce specialist, working with the platform since 2005 –first as a user, then as a solo Admin. She moved over to consulting in 2010, initially at boutiques, as a global systems integrator, and more recently, returning to working for herself. She has refined her skills while delivering a broad range of Salesforce solutions using multiple clouds, predominantly Sales and Marketing Cloud, for small to enterprise-size businesses. She has 16 Salesforce certifications and has been recognized as a Salesforce MVP since 2018. She is passionate about enabling others and is a Salesforce community conference and Trailblazer community's group leader. She is also a regular speaker at Salesforce conferences across the globe, including Dreamforce.
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Salesforce ALM

ALM describes how the life cycle of a business application such as Sales Cloud is managed – that is, how an idea or requirement gets defined, built, tested, and delivered. It is a combination of people, processes, and tooling. Having a structured approach to delivering your Sales Cloud solution provides predictability and repeatability in a way that enables teams to work together to deliver appropriate high-quality solutions. The following diagram shows the ALM. This diagram is based on the Salesforce ALM process document on Trailhead but we have expanded it beyond deploying the solution:

Figure 2.1 – The ALM process

Figure 2.1 – The ALM process

Figure 2.1 shows the key stages of the life cycle at a high level. Within each stage, there are several other well-understood activities and actions. Although testing is listed as a separate stage in the preceding diagram, we will discuss why it can be beneficial to incorporate testing into the build stage in the...

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Kerry Townsend

Kerry Townsend is a Salesforce specialist, working with the platform since 2005 –first as a user, then as a solo Admin. She moved over to consulting in 2010, initially at boutiques, as a global systems integrator, and more recently, returning to working for herself. She has refined her skills while delivering a broad range of Salesforce solutions using multiple clouds, predominantly Sales and Marketing Cloud, for small to enterprise-size businesses. She has 16 Salesforce certifications and has been recognized as a Salesforce MVP since 2018. She is passionate about enabling others and is a Salesforce community conference and Trailblazer community's group leader. She is also a regular speaker at Salesforce conferences across the globe, including Dreamforce.
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