The one ecosystem where platform DevOps already became an industry, with its own vendors, benchmark and training.
How well Salesforce supports the people who look after it
- Protect74
- Change96
- Observe97
- Governance100
- Documentation93
- Data97
- Integrate75
- Support89
- Agents81
- Security96
The synopsis
AI-generated draft- ProtectOptimizing74
Salesforce supports backup and restore well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- ChangeLeading96
Code management, staging and rollback is a first-class part of Salesforce, with the controls the practice needs.
- ObserveLeading97
Schema monitoring and change visibility is a first-class part of Salesforce, with the controls the practice needs.
- GovernanceLeading100
Users, authentication and access control is a first-class part of Salesforce, with the controls the practice needs.
- DocumentationLeading93
Documentation in the platform and across teams is a first-class part of Salesforce, with the controls the practice needs.
- DataLeading97
Data cleansing, hygiene and integrity is a first-class part of Salesforce, with the controls the practice needs.
- IntegrateOptimizing75
Salesforce supports integrations and how they are secured well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- SupportLeading89
Support from the platform and to end users is a first-class part of Salesforce, with the controls the practice needs.
- AgentsOptimizing81
Salesforce supports using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- SecurityLeading96
Access, secrets, audit and compliance is a first-class part of Salesforce, with the controls the practice needs.
This is an estimate until the survey closes. After that, it is the score from everyone who answered for Salesforce, labeled survey-generated and published with its report.
Three bodies, seats open.
The people who run Salesforce’s part of the Alliance: a steering committee of five that makes the decisions, a certification working group that writes the exam, and an ops working group that looks after the community.
- Platform Steering Committee5 per platform
Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.
Seats open - Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform
The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.
Seats open - Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped
Content and moderation within the platform’s community.
Seats open
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Every name on the join form counts toward the twenty Salesforce needs to open, and toward seating its steering committee.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027First survey opens
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.