Jessica Militar on The MVP Show
Full show notes available https://www.nz365guy.com/285 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Jessica Militar on The MVP Show Jessica Militar is a Microsoft Business Apps MVP based in the Philippines working with Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform. She is a certified Dynamics 365 professional holding several Microsoft certifications. Jessica works mostly on Dynamics 365 projects under different modules,...
Founder of Softomotive and the future of RPA with Marios Stavropoulos
Full show notes available here: https://www.nz365guy.com/284 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Founder of Softomotive and the future of RPA with Marios Stavropoulos TODAY’S GUEST Marios Stavropoulos Marios Stavropoulos is the co-Founder and served as Chief Executive Officer of Softomotive, one of the leading providers of Robotic Process Automation software, trusted by more than 8,000 companies...
Building Power Platform Applications for a Church with Haniel Croitoru
Join me with Haniel Croitoru, Associate Director of Protiviti, a Technology Consulting solutions provider in Toronto, Canada. Haniel shares a story about one of his power platform projects for a not-for-profit client and shares the lessons learned about multi-language deployments, implementation approach, executive sponsorship, and change in user adoption. Our discussion covers: The importance… Continue Reading Neil...
Episode 100: WE'VE COME A LONG WAY
To celebrate our 100th episode, I decided to compile some data about the show and go over it with you. Along the way, you’ll find me going out in tangents and sharing some lessons and best practices…I hope some of these helps! Thank you everyone for tuning in, don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel below and stay tuned for even more CRM MVP Podcast in the future!
Ajith Madathil on The MVP Show
Full show notes available Ajith Madathil on The MVP Show Ajith Madathil on The MVP Show Full Show notes can be found here: https://www.nz365guy.com/283 MVP Show notes Ajith Madathil’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – how Ajith became a Microsoft MVP? A brief introduction about Ajith Madathil family background Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Ajith Madathil on The MVP Show Ajith...
#NoEstimates for Business Applications with Vasco Duarte
Join me with Vasco Duarte who runs Oikosofy a coaching company in Finland and is also behind the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast. Vasco is the author of a fascinating book called No Estimate’s. Vasco and I chat about the challenges of estimating complex business application software, particularly in the CRM and ERP domains, and how the No Estimates movement and the method covered in his book can… Continue Reading Neil...
Business Applications with #NoEstimates with Vasco Duarte
Join me with Vasco Duarte who runs Oikosofy a coaching company in Finland and is also behind the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast. Vasco is the author of a fascinating book called No Estimate’s. Vasco and I chat about the challenges of estimating complex business application software, particularly in the CRM and ERP domains, and how the No Estimates movement and the method covered in his book can… Continue Reading Neil...
Carl Cookson on The MVP Show
Full show notes available Carl Cookson on The MVP Show Carl Cookson is a seasoned CRM professional with over 20 years of CRM experience across numerous products. He has a wide range of industry experience, working with clients across the world to define solutions using the Power Platform. Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Carl Cookson on The MVP Show Carl Cookson is a seasoned CRM professional with...
Documenting Power Apps with Daryl LaBar and Jonas Rapp
Daryl LaBar and Jonas Rapp, co-hosts of the XrmToolCast join Neil Benson to answer the questions about how to document complex systems when asked to “devise a roadmap for migrating a Dynamics CRM 2013 and a CRM 2016 environment into a single Dynamics 365 online environment .”A documentation tools masterclass from two experts in the field who discuss what tools to use for on-premise… Continue Reading Neil...
Human Centered and Experience Design with Gregory Gant
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Episode 99: Love it or Hate it? Customer Service App Edition
Most of the functionality in the Dynamics 365 Customer Service App has been around for years, so I invited two Microsoft MVPs and Customer Service experts to discuss the value of these features today. The features we discussed are: Knowledge Base Subject SLAs/SLA Pausing Entitlements Queues Case Creation and Case Routing Rules Customer Service Portal Holiday and Customer Service Schedules… Continue Reading Gus Gonzalez’s...
Hardit Bhatia on The MVP Show
Full show notes available https://www.nz365guy.com/279 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Hardit Bhatia on The MVP Show Hardit Bhatia is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). He is a Power Apps Community Super User (Appstronaut) and loves sharing his knowledge with the community. Originally from Mumbai and moved to the United States in 2010 to pursue his MBA in...
Should We Design Upfront When Scaling Agile Application Development?
Michael Nunes asks, “When multiple systems are being delivered by different parties, I find that we have to design the details upfront, then use agile for the delivery of the Dynamics 365 systems. Is this your experience too?”Michael’s question has two layers that we address in this episode: upfront design and team composition.Upfront design is based on three assumptions: We can know all the… Continue Reading...
Seth Bacon on The MVP Show
Full show notes available https://www.nz365guy.com/277 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Seth Bacon on The MVP Show Seth T. Bacon has more than 10 years of experience serving clients providing industry-specific insights and thought leadership focused on digital transformation. He has worked with a variety of clients in the consumer products industry, helping them focus on acquiring and retaining...
Can a Scrum Team Have a Single Developer?
Daniel Kerridge says, “I’m the only developer in my team so I just wondered if there’s a special version of Scrum that works in that scenario.”There are three sets of accountabilities in the scrum team: the product owner, the scrum master and developers. But how many developers do you need? In the previous version of the Scrum Guide, the recommended minimum number of developers to have a… Continue Reading...
Episode 98: Awesome 2021 release wave 1 features, and is MVP's "quality" declining?
The Dynamics 365 2021 release wave 1 is upon us and I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about some of the features I’m really excited about, including very innovative (and borderline hard to believe) capabilities as well as some improvements we have been expecting for years! I also address a topic that might be very controversial to discuss openly but, are MVPs losing their “allure”?… Continue Reading Gus Gonzalez’s...
Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT
Dan Madden, a program manager at Acensus, asks, “What’s the best way to help bridge that gap between [IT and] the business and ultimately the end-users?”In this episode, you’ll learn about the five characteristics of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform projects that have a close relationship between business and IT so that there’s no gap in your business applications initiatives. Support the show… Continue...
Nicolas Fernandez on The MVP Show
Full show notes available Nicolas Fernandez on The MVP Show Nicolas Fernandez is a Dynamics 365 certified professional, Speaker, Instructor, Blogger and Vlogger. Has more than 10 years of experience as a functional CRM analyst, of which the last 6 years has been working exclusively with Dynamics CRM / Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and the ISVs around it. Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Nicolas...
Episode 97: Love it or Hate it? Sales App Edition
Most of the functionality in the Dynamics 365 Sales App has been around for over a decade, so I invited two Microsoft MVP veterans and world-class implementers to discuss the value of these features today. The features we discussed are: Leads Quotes Orders, Invoices Sales Territories Goals and Fiscal Years Product Catalog Competitor Sales Literature Gamification Pipeline Charts and Sales… Continue Reading Gus Gonzalez’s...
Should Business Apps Teams Follow the Agile Manifesto?
In this episode, Andreas Dutz, Business Development Manager at HSO from Bavaria, Germany, asks, “Have you defined what agile means? Are your teams trained in the Agile Manifesto and are your teams applying it today?”The Manifesto for Agile Software development has some flaws you should be aware of. Instead of memorising it and applying it word for your, your teams should consider it and devise… Continue Reading Neil...
Douglas Romao on The MVP Show
Full show notes available https://www.nz365guy.com/271 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Douglas Romao on The MVP Show Douglas Romao has been working with software development for more than 14 years, developing solutions for all kinds and sizes of companies and projects mainly integrating collaborative technologies for companies around the globe. Also, he leads the tech community in Brazil related to...
Dian Taylor on the MVP Show
Full show notes available Dian Taylor on the MVP Show Dian Taylor is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP who specializes in D365 Customer Engagement (CRM) technology and processes at RSM in West Palm Beach, Florida. In this role as a D365 Presales Consultant, she designs custom D365 demonstrations for RSM prospects. Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Dian Taylor on the MVP Show Dian Taylor is a...
6 Roles Every Enterprise Business Applications Project Should Have
What does the structure of a scales business application project look like? What groups and roles do you need when you’ve got 50 or more team members working together for a year or more to build a large, complex application?In this episode, you’ll learn about a model project structure so that you can compare it to yours or use as a baseline when establishing your own enterprise project… Continue Reading Neil...
Episode 96: 2020 in Review
Let’s take an hour to go over the goals we set out to achieve in 2020, and how successful we were against those goals. We also go through some of the most exciting moments in the year, the launch of the Decision Accelerator Community, and the slow death of Dynamics 365 On-Premise. Continue Reading Gus Gonzalez’s Article on their blog CRM MVP Podcast: Episode 96: 2020 in Review Let’s take an hour to go over the goals...
Amey Holden on the MVP Show
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Paul Soliman on The MVP Show
Full show notes available Paul Soliman on The MVP Show Paul Soliman is one of the newest Microsoft MVPs and the first for MVP Business Applications in the Philippines. He runs two businesses: the CEO, chief Visionary and founder of Hacktiv Colab and the CTO of Raven Global. Also, Paul is the founder of BizApps AH Community and co-founder of ASEAN MS BizApps UG Community. Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their...
How to manage scope creep in an agile project?
In this Q&A episode, Stephen Price , Digital Solution Architect at ITK Consulting in Canada, asks, “How should we manage scope creep within a sprint in an agile project?”The scope of our product is defined by the product backlog, and the scope of our project is a subset of the product backlog. Both are managed by the product owner: the single person responsible and accountable for the product… Continue Reading...
Episode 95: CREATING POWER APPS FOR FREE
A couple of years ago Microsoft released the $10 per user per app per month license and a lot of organizations were either tempted to make a move into the new licensing model or made the change altogether. Well, Microsoft seemingly improved this offer by allowing organizations to create Power Apps hosted on Dataverse/CDS for FREE*. Well, it’s not 100% free, you do have to have a Microsoft… Continue Reading Gus...
Bruce Sithole on The MVP Show
Full show notes available Bruce Sithole on The MVP Show Bruce Sithole on The MVP Show Full Show notes can be found here: https://www.nz365guy.com/259 MVP Show notes Country of Origin, career and educational background of Bruce Sithole Bruce’s journey to Business Applications Key learning from working with a partner and directly with a customer Bruce’s role in Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their...
Luc Van Vugt on The MVP Show
Full show notes available https://www.nz365guy.com/261 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Luc Van Vugt on The MVP Show Luc Van Vugt on The MVP Show Full Show notes can be found here: https://www.nz365guy.com/261 MVP Show notes A brief introduction about Luc Van Vugt’s life and his hobbies What Luc loves to do outside of work Talks about what’s famous in the Netherlands Luc’s area of...
Wrestling With The Community
Mark and Iain talk to the first family of Power Platform Pro-Wrestling. Nick Doelman, Matt Beard and Paddy Byrne join the podcast to talk about their passion for wrestling. This is the longest podcast yet so enjoy The post Wrestling With The Community appeared first on PowerPlatform Podcast. Continue Reading Themarkchristie’s Article on their blog Wrestling With The Community | PowerPlatform Podcast Mark and Iain talk to...
Data migration in agile Dynamics 365 projects
Matt Venamore, scrum master at RACQ, asks about how to handle data migration on agile Dynamics 365 projects.My recommended approach is for the data migration team to conduct a proof-of-concept or prototyping exercise (just like many business apps teams do) to uncover challenges, test their assumptions and learn as much as possible about the data.Then work closely with the business applications… Continue Reading Neil...
How Duel Write will change ISV’s world with Rama Krishnamoorthy
Full show notes available here: https://www.nz365guy.com/220 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog How Duel Write will change ISV’s world with Rama Krishnamoorthy TODAY’S GUEST Rama Krishnamoorthy An experienced Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations professional, Rama Krishnamoorthy has worked across multiple disciplines (IT, consulting and product development) in both large and small...
Episode 94: Dear Microsoft – 2020 Edition
Last year we got together and asked Microsoft for some new features and some changes or adjustments to existing ones…since we had such a poor record in 2020 (just like everyone else this year) we decided to give it another shot and ask Microsoft for some more stuff! Listen to five Microsoft MVPs as they each reveal their list of wants and needs for Microsoft while the other four MVPs react… Continue Reading Gus...
Sharon Sumner on The MVP Show
Full show notes available https://www.nz365guy.com/249 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Sharon Sumner on The MVP Show Sharon Sumner is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and CEO of Business Cloud Integration Ltd, SharePoint and Office 365 delivery partner in Cambridge, UK. Leading the Digital Transformation Team – helping businesses adopt the modern workplace using our SharePoint deployment...
The top 10 new features available on wave two with Matt Collins-Jones
Full show notes available here https://www.nz365guy.com/262 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog The top 10 new features available on wave two with Matt Collins-Jones A brief introduction about Matt Collins-Jones life and family background Matt Collins-Jones hobbies – interests outside of work Tools Matt uses in gaming The memorable part happened during the Amsterdam Summit Event Talks about...
Geetha Sivasailam on The MVP Show
Full show notes available https://www.nz365guy.com/257 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Geetha Sivasailam on The MVP Show Geetha Sivasailam is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP, a Power Addict and a Consultant at Artis Consulting. She has over 10 years of consulting experience delivering cutting-edge business solutions leveraging Microsoft Business Applications, Custom App dev implementations and...
Implementation of Microsoft Field Service With Daniel Gittler
Full show notes available here: https://www.nz365guy.com/248 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog https://www.nz365guy.com/implementation-of-microsoft-field-service-with-daniel-gittler/ Blog Syndicated with Mark Smith nz365guy’s Permission
What the Scrum Guide 2020 means for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 teams
Neil discusses the five most important changes in Scrum Guide 2020 for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 teams: It’s less strict and less about softwareOne team (except when there’re multiple teams)Commitments clarified – the Product GoalNo more rolesIncrements Customery Academy’s course, Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps, will be updated in time for the new Scrum.org Professional Scrum…...
Episode 93: WHAT'S GOING ON AT DYNAMIC COMMUNITIES?
The Coronavirus Pandemic has affected millions of businesses around the world, one of those businesses is Dynamic Communities, Inc. The organization that runs the user groups globally and the organizer of many marquee events such as the User Group Summit that I’ve attended every year since 2012. This year the organization has been under heavy criticism for actions like cancelling or… Continue Reading Gus Gonzalez’s...
Microsoft Dataverse
In today’s podcast, Joel Lindstrom and George Doubinski talk about Dataverse, the new name of Common Data Service. Microsoft has also renamed some of the CDS components. Entities are now tables, Option Sets are now choices, and fields are not columns. These new names may be confusing for long time platform users, but they move the platform to be more consistent with other platforms and will… Continue Reading Joel...
Aurelien Clere on The MVP Show
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Why have a scrum master when we could have an agile project manager?
Carolle Bruce, Director of Information Technology at Avcorp Industries in Vancouver, asks, “What’s the best argument for when senior management says, ‘All this agile stuff is great but I don’t see why you’d have a scrum master on your project when you could have an agile PM instead.’?”There are some important differences between the role and responsibilities of a project manager and a...
Eric Sauve on The MVP Show
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How to Grow Your Career with Melissa Sassi
Full show notes available here https://www.nz365guy.com/266 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog How to Grow Your Career with Melissa Sassi Melissa’s experience working with Microsoft and her background in Microsoft Airband Initiative The importance of having access to technology A conversation about Melissa’s current role Introduction to digital inclusion and what is Melissa doing in this...
Should we have a standard set of user stories for Microsoft business applications?
David Mochrie, a Power Platform consultant at Magnetism in Auckland, asks, “Should we have a standard set of user stories for Dynamics 365?”A long time ago, I tried to make it easy to write detailed user interface design specifications for Dynamics CRM using a wireframe prototyping tool called Axure RP Pro.I spent hundreds of hours building replicas of hundreds of Dynamics CRM screens that I… Continue Reading Neil...
Episode 92: Should you be using the Product Catalog?
The Product Catalog in Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a polarizing piece of functionality. Some people love it and some people swear they’ll never use it, some think it’s too complicated and some think it’s not complex enough, some companies rely on it where others avoid it at all costs, so I invited Microsoft MVP and Solution Architect Gustaf Westerlund to dive deep into the Product Catalog and… Continue Reading...
Denis Macchinetti on The MVP Show
Full show notes available Denis Macchinetti on The MVP Show Denis Macchinetti is an ERP technical consultant with 25+ years of experience. In these years, he has a full understanding of the full life cycle of a software development project. He also has experience in learning and excelling at new technologies as needed. Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog Denis Macchinetti on The MVP Show Denis...
Dynamics 365 manufacturing accelerator or how to take care of your suppliers
The Dynamics 365 manufacturing accelerator release enables manufacturers to quickly develop solutions or extend sample applications tailored to business needs. This accelerator helps facilitate intelligent supplier relationship management and onboarding. We provide a manufacturing data model, sample power portal, sample apps, automated templates, and Power BI dashboards. This creates a… Continue Reading IOTSOLUTION.SE’s...
ISV Journey and Experience with Nathan Vanblaere
Full show notes available here https://www.nz365guy.com/258 Continue Reading Mark Smith nz365guy’s Article on their blog ISV Journey and Experience with Nathan Vanblaere Nathan Vanblaere is the founder of Thrives, a Dynamics 365 ISV and Consulting C ompany. Active in the Dynamics 365 field since 2010, combining various roles from technical consulting to functional consulting and sales. His current role, he talks with a lot of...