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This page contains the results of the requirements elicitation process.
This page contains the results of the requirements elicitation process.


==Features==
==Requirements Brainstorming==
Below are the features gathered from IdeaForce. These will be refined and consolidated soon..
#Capturing incoming email from contacts and leads into Salesforce, including cases
#Allow users to communicate via the familiar Outlook interface
#Saving outgoing email to contacts and leads into Salesforce, including cases
#Embed Salesforce right into Outlook
#Saving already-sent email into Salesforce if not already there, such as from Sent Items
#Capture critical customer email in Salesforce with a single click in Outlook
#View and edit Salesforce.com contacts and leads in the address book
#Using email templates from Salesforce.com in new messages
#Creating a new case from an incoming message
#Incoming mail rules that route mail to Salesforce (needs more elaboration)
#Ability to see email folders in Salesforce.com under a Thunderbird account (needs more elaboration)
#Ability to send email to contact groups and dynamic queries that return contacts/leads (needs more elaboration)
#''More brainstorming needed...''
 
==IdeaExchange==
Below are the features gathered from IdeaExchange. These will be refined and consolidated soon.. The [http://ideas.salesforce.com/article/show/23535 original discussion] exists on IdeaExchange.
#Allow users to communicate via the familiar Thunderbird interface
#Embed Salesforce right into Thunderbird (?)
#Capture critical customer email in Salesforce with a single click in Thunderbird
#Ensure no customer service issue falls through the cracks
#Ensure no customer service issue falls through the cracks
#Reduce email clutter by allowing users to log only necessary emails\
#Reduce email clutter by allowing users to log only necessary emails
#Syncing of email in T-bird's Sent folder, but only if recipient's email address is in Salesforce's contact database.
#Syncing of email in T-bird's Sent folder, but only if recipient's email address is in Salesforce's contact database.
#Synchronization of all Sent email in Salesforce to T-bird's Sent folder (no more bcc:)
#Synchronization of all Sent email in Salesforce to T-bird's Sent folder (no more bcc:)
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#Calendar sync
#Calendar sync


==IdeaExchange==
==Distilled Requirements==
The [http://ideas.salesforce.com/article/show/23535 original discussion] exists on IdeaExchange.
The [[Requirements|detailed requirements]] are listed on another page. The high-level requirements are listed below:
*[[Features#R1: Account Type|R1: Account Type]]
*[[Features#R2: Address Book|R2: Address Book]]
*[[Features#R3: Message Composition|R3: Message Composition]]
*[[Features#R4: Message Filters|R4: Message Filters]]
*[[Features#R5: Offline Mode|R5: Offline Mode]]

Latest revision as of 13:53, 9 May 2007

This page contains the results of the requirements elicitation process.

Requirements Brainstorming

  1. Capturing incoming email from contacts and leads into Salesforce, including cases
  2. Saving outgoing email to contacts and leads into Salesforce, including cases
  3. Saving already-sent email into Salesforce if not already there, such as from Sent Items
  4. View and edit Salesforce.com contacts and leads in the address book
  5. Using email templates from Salesforce.com in new messages
  6. Creating a new case from an incoming message
  7. Incoming mail rules that route mail to Salesforce (needs more elaboration)
  8. Ability to see email folders in Salesforce.com under a Thunderbird account (needs more elaboration)
  9. Ability to send email to contact groups and dynamic queries that return contacts/leads (needs more elaboration)
  10. More brainstorming needed...

IdeaExchange

Below are the features gathered from IdeaExchange. These will be refined and consolidated soon.. The original discussion exists on IdeaExchange.

  1. Allow users to communicate via the familiar Thunderbird interface
  2. Embed Salesforce right into Thunderbird (?)
  3. Capture critical customer email in Salesforce with a single click in Thunderbird
  4. Ensure no customer service issue falls through the cracks
  5. Reduce email clutter by allowing users to log only necessary emails
  6. Syncing of email in T-bird's Sent folder, but only if recipient's email address is in Salesforce's contact database.
  7. Synchronization of all Sent email in Salesforce to T-bird's Sent folder (no more bcc:)
  8. Must work with POP and IMAP servers
  9. Syncing a subset of T-bird's address book with Salesforce (don't want all of T-bird's address book in Salesforce)
  10. Upload sent / received / outgoing emails to salesforce
  11. Create cases directly from TB
  12. Address book syncing a bonus
  13. Add emails to SFC directly from the mail app
  14. Calendar sync

Distilled Requirements

The detailed requirements are listed on another page. The high-level requirements are listed below: