A big week with 41 new confessions taking the total to 718. So a couple of confessions showing the cost of no impact analysis:
Confession #707
I deleted one custom field that blew up 40+ reports, 3 dashboards, and two weeks of my life.
Confession #709
Our original Admin decided that a field was no longer needed/used. She changed the API name to have an ‘x’ at the beginning. 30 seconds after hitting save the help desk phone started ringing. A lot.
To help avoid more confessions we've launched training on business analysis, Org impact analysis and Org documentation train.elements.cloud
Most companies tend to bring in BA's at the last minute.. Which is the root cause for a lot of the issues seen in Org Confessions...
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Process mapping is also thrown out of the window or can get really complex. I have used elements.cloud in a couple of engagements which allows for a simplied way of working..
Looking for a role now due to IR35
