Want to keep your cloud business responsive and relevant to ever-changing markets? Attend this session to learn tricks of the trade from some of our most successful ISV partners who have extended their apps and grown their business. From adding new modules, to building for new market segments, to integrating seamlessly with other apps, join this session to explore options for extending your app to new heights. This session is primarily intended for product managers, architects, and developers.
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4. What You Can Expect?
• Something for everyone – all ISV’s
• Deep dive into ways to extend your App
• Andy will tell how they’ve extended their Apps
Questions?
1. Reserve till the end of the session; or
2. Post to the session’s chatter wall, and we’ll respond during
or after the session
8. Build More Apps
Top Requested CRM Apps Top Requested Back Office Apps
Customer Satisfaction Surveys Big Data Management
Mobile Sales Management Invoice Management
Lead Management Product Lifecycle Management
Email Response Mgt Supply Chain Management
Customer Chat Learning Management
9. Why do ISV partners extend their app?
New Features & Functionality New Verticals or GEOs
10. How to Extend Your App?
What is the What are the
What is the
market pricing trends?
growth rate?
potential?
What is our
What are the
risk/reward?
entry barriers?
11. What are my options for extending my App?
• Use existing package
• Create a new package
• Create a bridge package
• Create an extension package
17. Single Package: Licensing Example
Customer Org
uGolf App
ISV Business Org (LMA)
Tournament Module
Reservations Module Package User / Site License
18. When might I use a Single Package?
• Module / Functionality extends existing functionality
• Single price for the one App
• Partner manages the Customer’s Org
• Able to contractually or technically limit functionality
19. Single Package: Tradeoffs
Upside Downside
• Keeps it simple • Difficult to build multiple vertical solutions
• Quick install / upgrade process • Complicates licensing
• Eliminates dependency issues • Makes it difficult to rev one module
20. Single Package: Tips & Tricks
• Use Protected Custom Settings to help control access
• Setup Profiles & Permission Sets based on access levels
• Leverage Customizations & Translation Overrides
• Use Trialforce to sell into different markets
25. Multiple Package: Licensing Example
Customer Org ISV Business Org (LMA)
uGolf App
Reservations Module Package User / Site Licenses
Tournament Module Package User / Site Licenses
Bridge Package Site License
26. When might I use Multiple Packages?
Independent Packages
• Module can be sold as a standalone App
• Desire to provide a specialized vertical or geo
• Desire to split up functionality / business logic
Extension & Bridge Packages
• Module is sold as part of another solution
• Creates the dependency between two packages
27. Multiple Package: Tradeoffs
Upside Downside
• Flexibility to adapt to New Markets • Adds complexity
• Control user access thru LMA • Complicates Release Management
• Easier to rev a specific module • Customers install of multiple packages
• Sell into SFDC PE & GE Editions • Security Review
28. Multiple Packages: Tips
• Important to build a good foundation before you extend
• Don’t create a hard dependency if you don’t need to
• UserInfo.isCurrentUserLicensed([package namespace])
• Leverage Global Classes for Packages to talk to each other
• Do your package releases together
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