Quick Answer

    How long does a Salesforce implementation take?

    Board asking for a go-live date before anyone has scoped the work?

    A focused first phase — one cloud, one or two processes, minimal integration — typically goes live in 8 to 12 weeks. Sales Cloud with ERP integration runs 10 to 14 weeks, Service Cloud with Field Service 12 to 16, CPQ 12 to 20, and multi-cloud programmes 4 to 9 months across two or three phases.

    Typical duration by scope

    Indicative ranges from delivered programmes. Your number moves with data quality, integration count and decision speed.

    Sales Cloud, one region, no ERP integration

    6–8 weeks

    Lead-to-opportunity, forecasting, dashboards, user training. Data migration limited to accounts, contacts and open pipeline.

    Sales Cloud with ERP integration

    10–14 weeks

    Adds account, order and invoice synchronisation with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or a homegrown ERP, plus reconciliation and error handling.

    Service Cloud with Field Service

    12–16 weeks

    Omni-channel case capture, entitlements and SLAs, knowledge, mobile work orders, scheduling and preventive maintenance.

    Revenue Cloud / CPQ

    12–20 weeks

    Product and pricing model, configuration rules, approval matrices, document generation, contracts and finance hand-off.

    Multi-cloud programme

    4–9 months in 2–3 phases

    Sequenced so the highest-risk revenue process goes live first, with later phases adding clouds, geographies and AI.

    Agentforce or Data Cloud on an existing org

    4–10 weeks

    Depends almost entirely on data readiness and grounding sources rather than on agent configuration.

    Six things that push a go-live date

    • Decisions with no single owner — every open question adds a sprint
    • Source data that nobody has cleansed before migration starts
    • Integrations discovered mid-build because they were never inventoried
    • UAT testers who cannot be released from day-job duties
    • Scope added without a change-control conversation
    • Training treated as a launch-week activity rather than a workstream

    Get a phased timeline for your scope

    Send your clouds, integrations and target date. We will tell you what fits, what should move to phase two, and where the risk sits.

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