Apex and Platform Development

Every requirement is first tested against standard Salesforce functionality, configuration and existing add-ons. A surprising share of custom development requests are features the platform already ships.

Deliverables:

• Requirement analysis
• Standard-capability findings
• Build/configure decision

Peer review covers security, performance and upgrade safety, and a regression pass confirms the extension has not changed behaviour anywhere else in Salesforce.

Deliverables:

• Review record
• Regression results
• Defect log

The design names the extension points used, the data it touches and how it behaves when the vendor changes the underlying object, with a documented owner for the code after handover.

Deliverables:

• Technical design
• Upgrade impact assessment
• Ownership plan

Users test against the original requirement, and the documentation written is the documentation a future developer needs: what it does, why it exists, and what breaks it.

Deliverables:

• UAT sign-off
• Technical documentation
• User guide

Development happens in a sandbox with version control, naming standards and no direct production access, so Apex and Platform Development can be rebuilt from source rather than recovered from a server.

Deliverables:

• Source repository
• Built components
• Configuration notes

Release follows a controlled transport or deployment path with a rollback plan, then source, documentation and the support model are handed to whoever owns it next.

Deliverables:

• Release record
• Rollback plan
• Handover pack