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Requirements and Process Review – Critical vs. Non Critical

Requirements and process review is one of the decision accelerators in the Diagnostic phase of the Sure Step, aimed at gaining deeper understanding of customer’s business processes, and documenting high level requirements, as well as possible implementation issues. As such, it is an indispensable input into further decision accelerators and the implementation project itself. One [...] Read More...

Published Mar 12, 2010 23:52 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Implementation, Sure Step, Requirements, Diagnostic, Standard, Process, Decision Accelerator, Critical

Fit Gap and Solution Blueprint Estimates

The Sure Step season seems to have started in its fullest for me – it is the second time this year already that I’m delivering the Sure Step course, this time in Copenhagen, Denmark, and I must say that I truly enjoy it. Anyway, while discussing the Fit Gap and Solution Blueprint decision accelerator, an [...] Read More...

Published Mar 11, 2010 23:31 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Sure Step, Degree of Fit, Diagnostic, Budget, Estimates

Decisions Spring 2010

After successful Decisions NAV 2009 and Decisions AX 2009 virtual conferences, MSDynamicsWorld.com has went for it once again, this time expanding the conference to cover full range of Microsoft Dynamics products, and merging it into a single event. If you are unsure whether to attend this event or not, take my word: you shouldn’t be. [...] Read More...

Published Feb 28, 2010 21:13 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: ERP, MSDynamicsWorld.com, Microsoft Dynamics, NAV, AX, GP, CRM, Future, Virtual, Cloud, Decisions

Sure Step 2010

One of the drawbacks of being a freelancer is a slight risk to learn a bit late about anything new. Once upon a time, when I was still blogging actively, I made sure I was the first to blog about something new, as long as it relates to Sure Step. This time, the news [...] Read More...

Published Dec 22, 2009 11:12 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: ERP, Sure Step, Microsoft Dynamics, Diagnostic, AX, CRM, SharePoint, Agile, ROI, ISV, Optimization, xRM, Chandru Shankar, Change management

Microsoft Dynamics for Manufacturing – differences between various Dynamics flavors

Houston Neal from Manufacturing Software Advice recently wrote a nice and a very detailed article on the Differences Between Microsoft Dynamics products. It’s an interesting article and gives a good overview of where different Microsoft Dynamics products stand, and overall I recommend you to read it, even though personally I don’t agree with everything [...] Read More...

Published Dec 1, 2009 0:53 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Dynamics, From the blogs, NAV, Process, Manufacturing, Discrete

Parallel or serial?

Long time no see, eh? I know I’ve promised to write about a lot of stuff here, and I see this queue of you hardly waiting to read my next topic on process manufacturing, but I am just far too lazy to think it out thoroughly. So, an easier one, but still about manufacturing. I spent [...] Read More...

Published Nov 20, 2009 23:17 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Dynamics NAV, ERP, Manufacturing, Training, Loading, Parallel, Routing, Bottleneck, Finite, Infinite, Serial

NAV Decisions 2009 is over, but not quite

Did you have a chance to attend the NAV Decisions 2009 virtual conference? If yes, how did you like the event? To me, this was a great experience. It wasn’t the first virtual conference I was a part of, but it most certainly was the best. But if you didn’t have a chance or time to [...] Read More...

Published Oct 16, 2009 8:12 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Dynamics NAV, ERP, Sure Step, MSDynamicsWorld.com, NAV, Agile, Conference, decision

NAV Decisions – an event you should NOT miss

On October 14th you should not miss the NAV Decisions 2009 virtual conference organized by MSDynamicsWorld.com, the independent authority for news and views on Microsoft Dynamics. NAV Decisions 2009 is a virtual conference & tradeshow for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Professionals seeking implementation strategies, thought leadership, and best practices for maximizing the value and effectiveness of Read...

Published Sep 19, 2009 8:35 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Dynamics NAV, Sure Step, MSDynamicsWorld.com, NAV, Agile, Conference, decision

My new career path – independent consultant

It’s official now, and it’s time I announce it here: after two years at Microsoft I’ve decided to take the helm of my career and venture into the realm of independent consulting. Two days into it, and all I can say about it is: what have I been waiting for this long? While at Microsoft, I [...] Read More...

Published Sep 3, 2009 1:08 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Dynamics NAV, Implementation, About me, Consulting, Methodology, Best practices, Project management, Value, Freelancing

ERP and Business Processes: a new book

There is a new book available about ERP business practices. It is titled “ERP and business processes” and is written by Hans van der Hoeven, MSc, a senior lecturer in ERP, Business Management and Accounting at Avans University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. The book is targeted primarily at business and management students and managers [...] Read More...

Published Aug 29, 2009 0:39 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Book, ERP, Business processes, From the blogs

Sure Step available to all partners

Today at Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, during his keynote speech, Doug Kennedy, Vice President Dynamics Partner Team, announced the availability of Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step to all Microsoft Dynamics partners. So far, Sure Step has only been available to partners enrolled in a service plan, which was a big obstacle to smaller or [...] Read More...

Published Jul 14, 2009 7:20 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Sure Step, Worldwide Partner Conference

I’m back

It hit me hard today when I realized how long it has been since I last wrote something here. More than a month since my last post, slightly more since anything barely useful. I’ve been trying to write a new post for a while now, and today I just found enough time and inspiration [...] Read More...

Published Jun 29, 2009 0:40 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Blog

Discreet and process manufacturing difference

When implementing NAV in manufacturing companies, I’ve sometimes heard complaints that the type of manufacturing supported in NAV doesn’t fit the customer needs. And sometimes that’s completely true. NAV supports discreet manufacturing, and it handles it pretty well. But the things do get bumpy when you venture into process manufacturing world. Sometimes customers or even consultants don’t [...] Read...

Published Jun 29, 2009 0:28 by Vjekoslav Babic

Filed under: Dynamics NAV, Implementation, ERP, NAV, Discreet, Process, Manufacturing

Two years of Navigate Into Success

Can you believe it? I can’t. Almost. Two years ago I started this blog as a hobby, and I myself didn’t believe it would work out. It was months before the first reader appeared, but then it kind of just happened. Blogging was fun. It was tough. It was thought provoking for myself, because as [...] Read More...

Published May 24, 2009 22:57 by Navigate Into Success

Filed under: Blog

Contingency or re-baselining, what’s the difference?

I’ve seen a few projects where customers said they didn’t need contingency, because they decided to adjust the budget as changes happen. How does this sound to you? To me, this sounds pretty bad, because there is an important distinction between adjusting the budget based on change requests and consuming the contingency reserve. Let’s start with [...] Read More...

Published May 11, 2009 1:22 by Navigate Into Success

Filed under: Project management, Risk management, Budget, Cost, Contingency, Baseline, Actual

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