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MSDynamicsWorld.com has just posted an excerpt from my friend Dave’s and my book Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, delivering some content from chapter 4, focusing on the implementation process. The Chapter 4 draws a lot of its content from Sure Step best practices, and the fact that MSDynamicsWorld...
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Microsoft’s Sure Step team has been pretty busy recently. They have just published the new update to Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology, which includes several important new features and many content updates worth your attention.
I’ve just downloaded and installed it and I am impressed with the...
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Another one’s down, so let me give it a quick glance over my shoulder before I move on: March 2009.
This was the best month ever for this blog: it has seen most posts from me, most visits from you, most subscribers to the feed, and I’ve covered a wide range of topics which I [...] Read More...
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In my previous post I’ve (what, again?) shared some statistics about success and failure rates of software projects in general and ERP projects specifically. It seems that ERP projects fare somewhat worse than generic software projects, which I stated might have a lot to do with how requirements are...
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Mon, Mar 16 2009
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Filed under: Implementation, ERP, Sure Step, Best practices, Requirements, Customization, Success, Project, Agile, Waterfall, Value
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Prescriptive methodologies, such as Sure Step, are double-edged swords. They are aimed at increasing repeatability, consistency, traceability, manageability and more of your projects, yet they seemingly increase overhead and contribute to an inflated project price tag.
As a result, companies sometimes...
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Yesterday I delivered a presentation about benefits of Sure Step methodology, as a part of an internal partner academy program. The audience was fantastically interactive, and if anyone of you who participated in the event is reading this—thank you!
One of the attendees asked about collaborative use...
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Implementing a new Microsoft Dynamics solution doesn’t merely introduce a new piece of software into your environment. Yes, the software is an important part, you need to deploy it successfully, configure it as necessary, probably even customize it and change the business logic under the hood.
One component...
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Thu, Jan 29 2009
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Filed under: ERP, Sure Step, Best practices, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Architecture Assessment, Microsoft Dynamics, NAV, Infrastructure, Microsoft Services, BSA, AX, Premier Support, GP, CRM, SL, Architecture
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(A short, almost pointless rant about PMBOK vs. Sure Step nonsense) Once, while preparing an important RFP response, a partner told me they don’t use Sure Step because they use PMI methodology. This made my toenails curl up—when people tell me they are using PMI methodology, they in fact tell me they...
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The degree of fit is an important indicator of your project’s alignment with the standard functionality.
After you determine the degree of fit, and understand what it means for the project, do you just passively accept the findings, or do you do something to make them more favorable? The degree of fit...
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Mon, Jan 12 2009
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Filed under: Implementation, Sure Step, Degree of Fit, Microsoft Dynamics, Requirements, Due dilligence, Risk, Add-on, Success, Failure, Project scope, Risk management
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I’d like to have a BMW X6. A fantastic car. Only, I’d like it to be convertible, because I love the feel of wind in my hair while driving into summer sunset. I could use a glass roof as well, it makes the interior feel much more spacious. And of course, it can’t have [...]
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Thu, Jan 8 2009
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Filed under: Implementation, Sure Step, Degree of Fit, Microsoft Dynamics, Requirements, Due dilligence, Risk, Standard feature, Add-on, Customization, Success, Configuration, Diagnostic, Fit Gap, Failure
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Happy New Year everybody! Are you ready for it?
When I moved this blog to its new domain NavigateIntoSuccess.com I gave you a commitment I intend to observe: there will be a new post here every Monday and every Thursday. Today is Thursday, so let’s rock’n’roll. Learning from other blogs I decided to...
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Thu, Jan 1 2009
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Filed under: Blog, RoleTailored, Sure Step, Retrospect, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Architecture Assessment, PMBOK, Improvement, User interface, User experience, Degree of Fit, Roadmap, David Roys, Business process
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I’ll end this year with a look back at this blog. Year 2008 has seen many trends on this blog—I was literally exploring the world of blogging. I had no focus in the beginning, but towards the end of this year you might have noticed a shift towards the world of Sure Step, methodology [...]
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Yesterday, in my What does a Microsoft Dynamics consultant do? post I started explaining the job of an application consultant. As promised, today I’ll explain what duties an application consultant has in each of Sure Step phases.
So, here it goes: Diagnostic phase: Even though this phase is mostly about...
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I wonder what people do with Google (or any other search engine for that matter) results past page two, or three. Or ten.
The other day a visitor came to this blog by googling this question: What does a Microsoft Dynamics consultant do? Two things I don’t understand: first, how far in the search results...
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(A short rant about eye-contact-based specifications.) In short, there is no such things as an eye-contact-based specification. And for a reason.
While kicking-off of a project, we had a discussion with the customer about the change management approach, and specification detail. I was insisting on documenting...