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#141. In this episode of Amazing Apps, podcast host Neil Benson is joined by Allan de Castro, a senior technical consultant for the Power Platform at Avanade France.

They discuss their experience applying Scrum to recent projects, including the role of an architect in the Scrum framework. The episode covers key challenges such as the importance of ensuring clarity in the backlog, prioritization of sprints, and addressing technical requirements while focusing on business and added value.

[00:06:23] Allan, an architect and technical lead, discusses the challenge of finding their place in a team using the Scrum framework for the first time, and navigating discussions related to technical requirements and architecture while also focusing on business requirements and added value.

[00:10:15] Focus on delivering continuous testing value during sprints, even if it means sacrificing some business value.

[00:11:56] Agile and Scrum framework used for new project, integrating systems and iterating for development. Customer familiarity with Agile important.

[00:13:12] Capture project requirements early to avoid issues in development.

[00:16:36] Business analyst helps product owner with basic questions on application building, including object lifecycle. Dynamics 365 provides out-of-the-box features, such as bulk edit mode, without development needed. It can be demonstrated in demo instead of user story.

[00:19:10] To successfully execute a Dynamics 365 project using Scrum framework, it is important to ensure technical requirements are included in the backlog and fully estimated. It is also important to train the customer on Dynamics 365 and focus on prioritization during sprints. Custom development must fit into the security models provided by Dynamics. Workshops may be needed to refine new business requirements.

[00:24:06] Team delivers daily or every two days into the UAT environment, with testing by a quality insurance person and a dual check by the project owner or business analyst before marking as done. UAT phases were conducted initially, but now testing is continuous without UAT phases.

[00:26:13] The architecture and requirements were complicated due to unclear data sources and ongoing system construction. Agile methodology requires clear definitions before development, and cultural differences affect analysis phases. Workshop and design are necessary for identifying potential risks and managing sales territory was a major concern.

[00:31:14] Ensure clear backlog, communicate dynamics to team and stakeholders, define sprint process, architect advisory role, avoid influencing sprints.

[00:32:34] Dev team used Azure DevOps for backlog management, linking work items to pull requests and builds for easy tracking and communication with end users. They also suggest creating automatic task generation for consistent task patterns.

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Architects in a Scrum Teams with Allan de Castro

Amazing Apps - learn how to build agile Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business apps using Scrum

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#141. In this episode of Amazing Apps, podcast host Neil Benson is joined by Allan de Castro, a senior technical consultant for the Power Platform at Avanade France.

[00:10:15] Focus on delivering continuous testing value during sprints, even if it means sacrificing some business value.

[00:11:56] Agile and Scrum framework used for new project, integrating systems and iterating for development. Customer familiarity with Agile important.

[00:13:12] Capture project requirements early to avoid issues in development.

[00:31:14] Ensure clear backlog, communicate dynamics to team and stakeholders, define sprint process, architect advisory role, avoid influencing sprints.

Support the show

CONNECT

🌏 Amazing Apps website

🟦 Customery on LinkedIn

🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn

MY ONLINE COURSES

🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps

🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps

📐 Estimating Business Apps

Keep experimenting 🧪

-Neil

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#144. Neil Benson is joined by Matthew Venamore, a scrum master with extensive experience coaching Dynamics 365 teams. Matthew shares valuable insights into the challenges faced by new scrum masters when joining existing teams and emphasizes the importance of empowering the team. He advises taking a standoffish stance initially, observing the team and their work before making any changes or adding value. Matthew shares his personal journey, starting as a software delivery manager and eventually becoming a scrum master. He highlights the importance of coaching and guiding a team towards self-management and offers insights into handling various challenges, such as developers working on product backlog items that are not ready. He discusses the benefits and potential drawbacks of having a definition of done and a definition of ready, emphasizing the need for flexibility and open discussions within the team. Tune in to this enlightening episode of Amazing Apps podcast as Matthew Venamore provides valuable insights and practical advice for both new and experienced scrum masters, shedding light on the importance of empowerment, simplicity, and continuous improvement within agile teams. Matthew Venamore Matthew Venamore on LinkedIn Resources Amazing Apps 45: Live inside my Daily Scrum Scrum Guide Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Who do we need in our Business Apps team? 23:21

2 years önce23:21

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#143. On this episode of Amazing Apps, we discuss resourcing agile teams using the Scrum framework. Neil Benson talks about who we should have on our teams as product owner, developers and scrum master. Should Microsoft partners offer to provide a consultant for every role on the team? Listen in to find out. Timestamps (02:04) Product owner maximizes value, sets goals. (03:02) Product owner orders backlog, ensures focus. (07:52) From business analyst to product owner. (09:32) Ideal product owners. (14:07) External stakeholders. (16:37) QA pros are devs in Scrum teams. (21:30) Scrum master's role and boundaries in coaching. Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Smaller Teams, Bigger Wins: how to split your enterprise apps teams 13:02

2 years önce13:02

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#142. Neil Benson discusses the challenges of organizing a large Scrum team to maximize efficiency. He suggests rotating developers between teams and organizing teams around specific components or external systems they need to integrate with. Neil also recommends self-organizing teams and coaches teams to create their own code of conduct and establish expected behaviors. He shares his experience of organizing teams by components in the past at RACQ and why it wasn't the best approach. Resources Scaling Scrum with Nexus on Scrum.org Richard Hundhausen, co-creator of Nexus, on Amazing Apps #136 Timestamps (02:52) Large team split into component-based teams for Scrum framework. (04:49) Organizing teams by component creates interdependencies and hinders productivity; a better approach is having a team with all the necessary skills. (08:27) Allowing developers to form their own teams empowers and trusts them to be accountable for their work, rather than having a manager organize teams. (11:16) Amazing Apps Retrospective: behind the scenes. Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Architects in a Scrum Teams with Allan de Castro 37:10

2 years önce37:10

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#141. In this episode of Amazing Apps, podcast host Neil Benson is joined by Allan de Castro, a senior technical consultant for the Power Platform at Avanade France. They discuss their experience applying Scrum to recent projects, including the role of an architect in the Scrum framework. The episode covers key challenges such as the importance of ensuring clarity in the backlog, prioritization of sprints, and addressing technical requirements while focusing on business and added value. [00:06:23] Allan, an architect and technical lead, discusses the challenge of finding their place in a team using the Scrum framework for the first time, and navigating discussions related to technical requirements and architecture while also focusing on business requirements and added value. [00:10:15] Focus on delivering continuous testing value during sprints, even if it means sacrificing some business value. [00:11:56] Agile and Scrum framework used for new project, integrating systems and iterating for development. Customer familiarity with Agile important. [00:13:12] Capture project requirements early to avoid issues in development. [00:16:36] Business analyst helps product owner with basic questions on application building, including object lifecycle. Dynamics 365 provides out-of-the-box features, such as bulk edit mode, without development needed. It can be demonstrated in demo instead of user story. [00:19:10] To successfully execute a Dynamics 365 project using Scrum framework, it is important to ensure technical requirements are included in the backlog and fully estimated. It is also important to train the customer on Dynamics 365 and focus on prioritization during sprints. Custom development must fit into the security models provided by Dynamics. Workshops may be needed to refine new business requirements. [00:24:06] Team delivers daily or every two days into the UAT environment, with testing by a quality insurance person and a dual check by the project owner or business analyst before marking as done. UAT phases were conducted initially, but now testing is continuous without UAT phases. [00:26:13] The architecture and requirements were complicated due to unclear data sources and ongoing system construction. Agile methodology requires clear definitions before development, and cultural differences affect analysis phases. Workshop and design are necessary for identifying potential risks and managing sales territory was a major concern. [00:31:14] Ensure clear backlog, communicate dynamics to team and stakeholders, define sprint process, architect advisory role, avoid influencing sprints. [00:32:34] Dev team used Azure DevOps for backlog management, linking work items to pull requests and builds for easy tracking and communication with end users. They also suggest creating automatic task generation for consistent task patterns. Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Running experiments to build Dynamics 365 and Power Platform apps 18:38

2 years önce18:38

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#140. Today, it’s just me, and I’d like to discuss what EMPIRICISM means to teams building complex, enterprise Dynamics 365 and Power Platform applications. In this episode, I’ll break down what empiricism is and its importance in Scrum, provide examples of work that would benefit from an empirical approach, and share insights on how we can use empiricism to build better business apps and improve our processes, tools, and techniques. HIGHLIGHTS [01:45] Why Scrum is based on an empirical process [05:01] Example of how empiricism works [06:21] Why the defined process control is the opposite of empiricism [10:01] The importance of empiricism in Scrum [10:53] Examples of simple work where Scrum is unnecessary [11:42] Examples of more complex work that would benefit from an empirical approach [14:07] What I love most about Scrum [15:50] Lessons that my business apps teams and I learned from our experiments [17:27] My challenge to you RESOURCES What is the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle? OODA Look by John Boyd explained: the process Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s by Ray Kroc Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in Aquorea Victoria Empiricism The Scientific Method Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Agile Testing for Dynamics 365 with Emma Beckett 40:27

2 years önce40:27

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#139. Today’s guest is Emma Beckett, an experienced test professional who runs her own company, Fortitude 17, in London, UK. A professional footballer, Emma pursued a career in software testing, even though her first role in tech was in Desktop Support — hardware, not software! As you’ll hear, Emma is a Certified ISTQB Test Consultant and trained in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 and Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&SCM, CE, and HR. She is currently training on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Ceridian Dayforce (HCM) solutions. In this episode, Emma shares how she got into software testing and discusses 1) professional testing, 2) how she approaches business application projects, and 3) what testing at large can bring to Dynamics applications. HGHLIGHTS [01:06] How Emma came to open her own testing consultancy [09:01] Emma’s approach to professional testing [12:48] The qualities that Emma looks for in good test professionals [18:09] The relationship between testing and training [20:00] Approaches to acceptance testing that have worked well for Emma [24:25] How Emma approaches other forms of testing on projects [29:43] How Emma deals with testing challenges [32:28] Other solutions that Emma’s consultancy has worked on [34:22] Emma talks about her recently launched podcast RESOURCES Website: Fortitude 17 LinkedIn: Emma Beckett LinkedIn: Fortitude 17 Check out the elbeckio show Support Amazing Apps Rate this podcast CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Deep Dive into Dynamics 365 Marketing with Malin Martnes 54:01

2 years önce54:01

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#138. Our guest today is Malin Martnes, a Microsoft MVP and MCT who runs her own company MaCoTra AS in Oslo, Norway. As you’ll hear, Malin doesn’t have any technical background on Dynamics 365 and Power Platform but she focuses on using these systems. In this episode, Malin talks about how she came to be a CRM consultant and set up her own consulting business. With years of experience as a user and trainer of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, she also discusses the integration of the HR solution with Finance & Operations, tips for deploying Dynamics 365 Marketing, and the events and training sessions she helped organize. Show Highlights [01:25] Malin’s background and how she got started as a CRM consultant [04:56] The story behind MaCoTra’s unusual name [10:06] Malin talks about the recently concluded Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn 2023 event [15:16] Malin talks about the Norwegian Marketing Day she co-organized with fellow Microsoft MVP Guro Faller [18:31] Malin discusses the integration of Dynamics 365 Human Resources with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations [22:53] Who Dynamics 365 Marketing and ClickDimensions cater to [26:02] Malin discusses the projects she’s done with Dynamics 365 Marketing [29:25] How Dynamics 365 Marketing handles deliverability [35:35] Malin shares tips to be aware of when deploying Dynamics 365 Marketing [44:08] What’s next for Malin? Resources Malin's company: MaCoTra AS Becoming a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing Functional Consultant by Malin Martnes Connect with Malin Martnes on LinkedIn , Twitter , or via her website Customery Academy Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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What's Next for Customery Academy? 15:29

2 years önce15:29

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#137. Customery Academy is the online business through which Amazing Apps host, Neil Benson, trains and coaches Microsoft customers and partners to build amazing, agile business applications. In this episode, Neil shares a short history of Customery Academy, where it's at today, and its goals for 2023. Halfway through editing the episode, there's a surprise about just how many Customery Academy students have achieved their Professional Scrum Master certification thanks to his son's detective work. RESOURCES Customery Academy Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps free course Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps course Winning Agile Projects masterclass for Microsoft partners Estimating Business Apps course New Zenler online course platform Amazing Applications podcast Podpage podcast website hosting Bonjoro personalised video service Humanitix ticketing checkout Studio1Design web design agency Louise Williams branding expert Karthik Vijaykumar from Design Your Thinking and The Launch Plan podcast BuyMeACoffee Review Amazing Apps on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or AmazingApps.Show Customery on LinkedIn Superware.ai People mentioned Brian Illand Hugues Imbeault Paula Dunlop Dani Kahil Andrew Bibby Hamish Sheild Scott Durow Lisa Crosbie Ben Inkster Nirav Mehta John Bordin Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪…

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Professional Scrum and DevOps with Richard Hundhausen 52:15

2 years önce52:15

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136. My guest is Richard Hundhausen, a former Microsoft MVP and Regional Director, Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer, and co-creator of the Nexus Scaled Professional Scrum Framework. As you’ll hear, Richard doesn’t have a background in Dynamics 365 or Power Platform, but he’s no stranger to developing apps on Microsoft technology. In this episode, Richard talks about his experience working with Microsoft and how he got started with Scrum. Drawing from his over 30 years of software development experience and over 20 years of training experience, he also discusses the merits of big bang releases versus incremental releases, product thinking versus project thinking, and what’s next with Scrum. Show Highlights [06:07] Richard’s Scrum origin [13:55] Richard’s guidelines for helping a team decide when to adopt Scrum [20:56] On the interplay between Scrum and DevOps [26:06] How product owners can be successful [31:32] Big bang releases versus incremental releases [34:53] The origins of Nexus Scaled Scrum Framework [44:03] Where Scrum is headed next Resources Accentient Nexus Scaled Professional Scrum Framework Professional Scrum Development with Azure DevOps by Richard Hundhausen Connect with Richard Hundhausen on LinkedIn or Twitter "Flaccid Scrum" by Martin Fowler “Should Our Team Use Scrum?” by Richard Hundhausen “Larman’s Laws of Organizational Behavior” by Craig Larman “Role of Manager” by LeSS "Resurrecting the Much-Maligned Scrum of Scrums" by Charles Bradley "unSAFe at any speed" by Ken Schwaber Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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I'm Beginning to Hate Scrum 11:24

2 years önce11:24

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#135. Remy is starting to hate Scrum. He thinks we should use Kanban. And get rid of Product Owners. It's a shame, then, that Remy doesn't understand Scrum. And doesn't want to understand Scrum. Don't be like Remy. Resources Kanban Guide on Kanban University Professional Scrum with Kanban training from Scrum.org Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Is Power Fx really low code? with Rishona Elijah 31:16

2 years önce31:16

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#134. Rishona Elijah is a Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer, who works as a Power Platform Trainer and Evangelist at Barhead Solutions in Sydney, Australia. She spends most of her time running training sessions and delivering events around Power Platform to business users to show them what they can achieve with this technology. In this episode, Rishona shares how she got started in Business Applications, how she uses her blog to help business users, and the latest innovations with Power Virtual Agents. Rishona also talks about whether Power Fx is really part of a low-code platform and new features from Microsoft’s acquisition of Nuance that are being incorporated into Power Platform. Show Highlights [02:05] Rishona’s work at Barhead Solutions [05:47] What Rishona blogs about [07:38] The latest innovations with Power Virtual Agents [13:25] On whether Power Fx dispels Microsoft’s promise of no-code solutions [16:40] The types of people that attend Rishona’s training sessions [21:32] The latest innovations with Power Automate [25:22] How Rishona got into Business Applications [26:47] Rishona’s advice for people thinking about a career in Business Applications Resources Barhead Solutions Connect with Rishona on LinkedIn , Twitter , or TikTok Check out Rishona’s blog Customery Academy Estimating Business Applications Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Power Platform Governance Possibilities with Michael Roth 41:32

2 years önce41:32

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#133. Today’s guest is Michael Roth, a Power Platform consultant with Avanade who specializes in governance. In this episode, Michael walks us through how he keeps business apps amazing by working on only the fun stuff, i.e., governance and licensing, and understanding how users experience tech, specifically Power Platform. Michael also highlights the importance of governance and shares with us some of the biggest mistakes he sees organizations make when they don’t consider governance, what he would like to see Microsoft improve, and more. Show Highlights [03:04] How Michael got into business applications [08:06] The types of people that typically think about governance [12:10] Mistakes organizations make when they don’t consider governance [17:05] How Michael thinks of the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence starter kit [22:20] Benefits of Managed Environments for customers [26:52] What Michael would like to see Microsoft work on next [29:20] On fusion teams and fusion development [35:38] Michael’s style and take on feminism Resources Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps . Learn Scrum, achieve your PSM1 certification, apply successful Scrum patterns to Dynamics 365 and Power Platform apps. Avanade Customery on LinkedIn Connect with Michael on Twitter or LinkedIn Check out Michael’s blog Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Using Figma to design business apps with Andrew Ly 49:26

2 years önce49:26

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132. Today’s guest is Andrew Ly, a Microsoft Business Applications Solutioning Lead at IBM Consulting in Australia. Andrew shares his 22 years of experience in the Microsoft space, including the type of work he does and the clients he works with. Andrew also gives his two cents on the low-code, no-code approach and talks about the demand of in a day trainings like App-in-a-Day sessions, Figma, and Power Platform applications. Show Highlights [02:48] Andrew’s background and what it’s like living and working in Australia [05:13] What Andrew and Neil do to keep fit these days [06:58] Andrew’s life at IBM, the type of work he does, and the clients he’s working with [09:50] Maximizing the benefit of having sales systems, and building apps that work the way the individual does [11:31] On helping clients scale up and scale out, and get out of challenging situations [16:59] App in a Day sessions’ demand today [19:05] Training programs that are centered around creating a sense of community internally [24:30] On the acquisition of Figma and why it’s a great tool [31:50] Technology overlapping with Biz Apps, including virtual reality [39:09] Andrew’s suggestions on which areas to specialize in [42:51] Andrew’s plans, including doing more coding and speaking sessions Resources Connect with Andrew on Twitter , YouTube or LinkedIn Read Andrew's blog: 365lyf PCF Gallery Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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Deploying Dynamics 365 Field Service with Magnus Sørensen 37:52

2 years önce37:52

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#131. Today’s guest is Magnus Gether Sørensen, a Dynamics 365 Field Service expert at Delegate in Denmark. Magnus shares with us some of the Field Service projects he has worked on, as well as the interesting challenges that his customers have encountered using the application. Plus, Magnus talks about what’s new and next for Field Service and gives a few tips for teams implementing the application. Episode Highlights [0:30] Magnus’ background and his career in business applications [03:29] Magnus’ experience using Dynamics 365 Field Service [06:27] The challenges of using Field Service in Denmark [10:03] On whether Field Service is often integrated with back-office systems [10:58] Demand for resource scheduling optimization [13:45] Comparing Field Service and Resco [17:08] What's new and next for Dynamics 365 Field Service [22:06] Features and changes that Magnus would like to see Field Service implement [24:07] Top three lessons Magnus has for teams building or deploying Field Service [27:44] Magnus’ experience co-organizing Nordic Summit 2022 [30:10] On why the Nordic Summit is a free event Resources Delegate.dk Delegate on LinkedIn Connect with Magnus on Twitter or LinkedIn Follow the Power Platform Weekly newsletter on Twitter Read Magnus’ blog at XRM.DEV Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing Apps website 🟦 Customery on LinkedIn 🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES 🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪 -Neil…

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