Guide · Fractional help

Two piles of work. Two hires.

A test, not a guess: fractional architect help or a full-time admin?

Running the org
Admin
New users
Reports
Small flows
Release notes

Never stops. Needs someone there every day.

vs
Changing its shape
Architect
Data model
Billing or ERP link
Org merge
AI agent prep

Comes in bursts. Needs design skill.

Sort three months of tickets into two piles
Which pile is your next six months?

The situation

Hiring for Salesforce often starts with a job title. But the work falls into two piles that need different skills.

We sell fractional architect help. Sometimes the right answer is to hire an admin instead.

How we work

Sort first. Then hire.

1
Map it
Three months of tickets, six of roadmap
2
Find the overlap
Running the org or changing its shape
3
Decide one owner
Who owns each pile
4
Change safely
Scope fractional help with a stop condition

You keep the map and the findings either way.

The test

Two piles
Sometimes the answer is: hire an admin

Try it this week

Check your tickets.

Sort your last three months of tickets into two piles.

Running
Count them
→
Changing
Count them
→
Bigger pile
Count them

Mostly running: an admin. Mostly changing: an architect.

Fractional help

We sell fractional Salesforce architect help. Sometimes the right answer is to hire an admin.
Scoped first
Price agreed after an enquiry
  • Scoped to the shape work
  • A written stop condition