Accident Alert : A Summer Of Hacks Story

Matthew MorrisSecret Weapon

@matmorris

Shaun HolmesSecret Weapon

@ShaunHolmless

Christopher Alun Lewis

Code Breaker@ChrisAlunLewis

The Summer of Hacks 2014

Accident AlertTeam made up of three local Bristol

Salesforce professionals from Desynit

Two secret weapons and one developer

A mobile first application to record health and safety concerns and issues in the workplace

Enough Chat.... How about a DEMO!!

Friday PM: Arrival + Pitches Sign in, meet other devs + enthusiasts

42 quick fire, 1 minute presentations of ideas

Pitches from Matt and Shaun

Secondary round, 7 word pitches

Teams formed (including Accident Alert)

Let the hacking begin!

1st phase: initial designStarted design with minimum viable product in

mind

No diving onto devices, collaborative and paper based

Primary emphasis on built in platform functionality + clicks

2nd phase: “App” on Salesforce1Simple app with a few objects set up in a

developer edition

Data model designed and implemented together as a team

Basic click customisations we already had a submission!

3rd phase: Adding customisations

GPS to determine location of incident (Salesforce co-ordinate fields)

Visual map of injuries (VF page)

Improved usability by tidying up the flow of the application

Final touches and pitchDemo ready early, focus shifted to the pitch

and surrounding concept documentation

App and concept presented to judging panel.

3 Minutes

“Show the app, not the slides”

WE WON!!!

Why we wonGood work ethic, working closely together

Solid Business Case

Concentrated on Salesforce technologies

Always thinking from the users point of view

What we learned about developing“Hacking” – building apps over a short time

period with a dedicated team is a highly effective

Always be conscious of the original project aim, and what the customer (potentially) wants

Salesforce 1 is very powerful, but app flow does require refinement

We are ready to start developing for the app exchange

Why go to a Salesforce hackathon?Great opportunity to put your skills to the test

Building something great in a short space of time

Fantastically run events (Bemyapp + Salesforce)

Meet enthusiastic technology enthusiasts and coders

Have fun!

Thanks!

Questions?