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A cross-functional flowchart is a type of process map that shows the relationships between process steps and business teams. A cross-functional flowchart uses horizontal or vertical swimlanes to group the process steps by the roles or departments that are responsible for them. A cross-functional flowchart can help Cloud Kicks’ Discovery team to explain how different teams collaborate and communicate in the process, as well as identify any gaps, overlaps, or inefficiencies in the process. A cross-functional flowchart can also show the inputs, outputs, and decisions at each step, and the flow of information and materials across the swimlanes12. References:

• Cross-Functional Flowchart
• Create a Cross-Functional Flowchart

A field-level error message is a message that appears next to a specific field when the user enters invalid data or omits required data. It helps the user to correct the error and proceed with the action. A field-level error message is more user-friendly than a validation rule, which displays a generic message at the top of the page and prevents the user from saving the record. A field-level error message can also provide guidance on the correct format and number of digits for the phone number field. Marking the field as required would not ensure that the user enters the phone number in the correct format and with the correct number of digits. Setting a prompt to display on the page using In-App Guidance would not prevent the user from entering invalid data or omitting required data. References: [Field-Level Error Messages], [Validation Rules], [In-App Guidance]

Card sorting is a UX research method where participants group ideas or information into different categories, based on what feels natural to them. Card sorting is ideal for the early stages of a website project, when the UX designer needs to understand how users organize and label content. Card sorting can help the UX designer to suggest a suitable architecture for the internal community, based on the employees’ mental model and expectations. Card sorting can also reveal any gaps or overlaps in the content, and provide insights for naming the categories and subcategories. References: Card Sorting / Tree Testing | Bentley University, Tree Testing vs. Card Sorting: Which is Right for You? | Maze

 The Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) is a collection of design resources that help create consistent and beautiful user interfaces across various platforms. The SLDS includes base components, tokens, design patterns, icons, fonts, and more, that follow the design principles and best practices of Lightning Experience. The SLDS can be used on the following three platforms:

• Visualforce: Visualforce is a framework that allows developers to create custom user interfaces for web and mobile applications on the Salesforce platform. Visualforce pages can leverage the SLDS styles to match the look and feel of Lightning Experience, without writing any CSS code. By adding the attribute lightningStylesheets="true" to the  tag, Visualforce pages can automatically transform the standard Visualforce components into their SLDS equivalents12.
• Heroku: Heroku is a cloud platform that supports various languages and frameworks, such as Node.js, Java, or PHP. Heroku applications can leverage the SLDS resources, such as the base components, the tokens, and the design patterns, to create web applications that have a consistent Lightning Experience look and feel. Heroku applications can also use the Lightning Out feature to embed Lightning components into their pages, and use the Lightning Web Components framework to create reusable UI elements34.
• Azure: Azure is a cloud platform that offers various services and tools for building, deploying, and managing applications. Azure applications can leverage the SLDS resources, such as the base components, the tokens, and the design patterns, to create web applications that have a consistent Lightning Experience look and feel. Azure applications can also use the Lightning Out feature to embed Lightning components into their pages, and use the Lightning Web Components framework to create reusable UI elements56.

References:

• [Lightning Stylesheets for Visualforce | Salesforce Trailhead]1
• [Lightning Stylesheets for Visualforce | Salesforce Developers]2
• [Build Apps with Lightning Design System | Salesforce Trailhead]3
• [Lightning Web Components | Salesforce Developers]4
• [Salesforce Lightning Design System for Azure Web Apps | Microsoft Azure]5
• [Lightning Web Components and Azure | Salesforce Developers]6