Which of the following is a recommended practice when deploying Salesforce functionality to production to minimize disruption?

• A. Ensure that at least 60% of the code is covered by unit tests before deploying to production.
• B. Plan and communicate the deployment to all users of the organization in advance.
• C. Select a window of time when users will not be making changes to the organization.
• D. Migrate a test deployment to a staging environment for a smoother real-life experience.

Answer: (B)

Coordinated planning and advanced communication with all users before a production rollout reduces disruption by setting expectations, giving people time to prepare, and enabling training or rollout support. When users know what changes are coming, when they’ll take effect, and how it will affect their daily work, they can wrap up critical tasks, adjust workflows, and report issues through a designated channel. While ensuring sufficient unit test coverage is essential for delivering quality changes, it doesn’t directly prevent user interruptions during deployment. Scheduling a window where no changes are being made can help, but it’s often hard to guarantee across all teams; proactive communication remains more reliable. The idea of moving a deployment through a staging-like environment emphasizes testing, but the most effective way to minimize disruption in production is informing and preparing users and stakeholders in advance.