Platform governance is an organizational design problem, not a committee problem. This article is part of the Modernizing The Enterprise Platform series, which uses Salesforce as the evidence base for a broader discussion about enterprise architecture, AI, data, integration, identity, security, governance, DevOps, and operating models in mature enterprise platforms. One of the most predictable failure patterns in mature enterprise
The age of a solution matters less than whether its rationale, ownership, and consequences are still understood. This article is part of the Modernizing The Enterprise Platform series, which uses Salesforce as the evidence base for a broader discussion about enterprise architecture, AI, data, integration, identity, security, governance, DevOps, and operating models in mature enterprise platforms. Technical debt is one
Age is not the problem. Unknown dependencies are. This article is part of the Modernizing The Enterprise Platform series, which uses Salesforce as the evidence base for a broader discussion about enterprise architecture, AI, data, integration, identity, security, governance, DevOps, and operating models in mature enterprise platforms. It is easy to look at an old enterprise platform and assume that
In mature enterprises, architecture is less about design freedom and more about enabling safe change. This article is part of the Modernizing The Enterprise Platform series, which uses Salesforce as the evidence base for a broader discussion about enterprise architecture, AI, data, integration, identity, security, governance, DevOps, and operating models in mature enterprise platforms. The first Salesforce implementation in an
Why deep platform expertise should become a foundation for broader enterprise architecture, not a permanent boundary. This article is part of the Modernizing The Enterprise Platform series, which uses Salesforce as the evidence base for a broader discussion about enterprise architecture, AI, data, integration, identity, security, governance, DevOps, and operating models in mature enterprise platforms. My Summer ’26 Salesforce security