120. Hamish Sheild describes his five step Solution Mapping framework for using design thinking principles to define the requirements for complex Power Platform applications.
• Hamish has discovered Outlook’s Board View and Neil is evaluating Motion for improving productivity.
• AppRising’s Solution Mapping Framework
• What is a complex application?
• Observing users in their environment
• Customer journey mapping
• Swimlane business process mapping
• Are as-is process diagrams worth the effort?
• Creating a product backlog of user stories
• Focusing on value when creating a user story
• What’s the right level of detail for user stories?
• Establishing a Power Platform centre of excellence.
• Are centres of excellence only for organisations with lots of ‘citizen developers’?
Resources
• Hamish Sheild (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamishsheild/) on LinkedIn
• AppRising (https://www.linkedin.com/company/apprisingnz) on LinkedIn
• AppRising (https://www.apprising.co.nz/) website
• Microsoft Outlook Boards View (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=outlook+board+view) videos on YouTube
• AppRising’s Solution Mapping Framework (https://www.apprising.co.nz/post/gathering-defining-power-platform-requirements) for gathering and defining requirements for bespoke Power Platform applications.
• Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/starter-kit)
• Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group, Auckland, New Zealand (https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/NZ-Dynamics-365-User-Group-Auckland) Support the show (https://buymeacoffee.com/amazingapps)
CONNECT
🌏 Amazing Apps (https://amazingapps.show) website
🟦 Customery on LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/customery)
🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/neilbenson)
MY ONLINE COURSES
🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps (https://customery.com/foundations)
🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps (https://customery.com/scrum)
📐 Estimating Business Apps (https://customery.com/estimating)
Keep experimenting 🧪
-Neil
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