The Benefits Of PDO Partnerships & Its Strategic Advantages

Salesforce Product Development Outsourcers (PDOs) are specialized partners in the Salesforce ecosystem that help organizations develop, build, and bring their applications to the Salesforce AppExchange.

These partners offer a range of services that cover the entire app development lifecycle, from the initial concept and strategy phase through design, development, and launch, including navigating the complex security review process.

Summary of Salesforce PDO Services

Any of the services quoted below can be a big leverage for a Salesforce ISV partner, depending on what size of company they are:

1. Strategic Planning: Guide app concept, positioning, market research, commercial viability, and strategy alignment with user needs and Salesforce standards.

2. Discover requirements, MVP, & roadmap: This is an artistic job to get correct, as it requires going forward 1-2 years and returning to a quick release in 1-3 months with an MVP.

3. Budgeting: Inefficient project spending can strain the budget of Salesforce ISV partners. A PDO guides ISVs in cost estimations, resource optimization, and risk management, ensuring cost and resource optimization for sustainable app development.

4. Finalise Engineering Team (Outsource vs. Inhouse): Setting up an engineering team for an ISV as a PDO involves assembling experts in Salesforce development, UX/UI design, and quality assurance.

5. UI/UX: Most Salesforce ISV partners bank on Lightning Design System guidelines for internal Salesforce Apps; PDOs can offer UI/UX assistance best suited for Salesforce customer adoption.