Episodes
How Can We Bridge the Gap Between Business and IT?
Jan. 29, 2021
#70. 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 …
Should Business Apps Teams Follow the Agile Manifesto?
Jan. 20, 2021
#69. 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?" Th…
6 Roles Every Enterprise Business Applications Project Should Have
Jan. 12, 2021
#68. 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 applica…
How to Manage Scope Creep in an Agile Project?
Dec. 28, 2020
#67. 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 produ…
Data Migration in Agile Dynamics 365 Projects
Dec. 15, 2020
#66. 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 …
What Does the Scrum Guide 2020 Mean For Us?
Nov. 30, 2020
#65. 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 software One team (except when there're multiple teams) Commitment…
Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager?
Nov. 23, 2020
#64. 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 scru…
Should We Have a Standard Set of User Stories?
Nov. 16, 2020
#63. 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 des…
How Can We Adopt Scrum for Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Nov. 9, 2020
#62. Anand Kushalnagar , a project manager at Nexon Asia Pacific in Sydney, asks, "At the moment, we are using a hybrid implementation approach for our projects. How can you deliver Dynamics 365 business central projects in …
How Can We Be Sure We've Captured All Requirements?
Nov. 4, 2020
#61. Mark Llewellyn , Director of Technology at Osmosys Software Solutions in London asks, "How can you be sure you've captured all the requirements?" Traditional approaches, like Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step, pretend that w…
Scrum Guide 2020 Launch Event
Nov. 3, 2020
#60. This year, Scrum is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To celebrate, the Scrum Guide 2020 is being published at a free global launch event at 10:00 EST on Wednesday 18 November 2020. Click here to register for the Scrum …
Certification for Dynamics 365 Product Owners
Oct. 21, 2020
#59. Neal Carty , a Business Solutions Consultant at Traction On Demand in Toronto asks: How does the Professional Scrum Product Owner certification compare to the Professional Scrum Master certification, and is it relevant …
Have You Ever Fired a Client?
Sept. 28, 2020
#58. I had to fire a client this week. I felt terrible that I wasn't able to help, yet relieved that I stuck to my approach and my principles. Listen in to find out what happened. Winning Agile Projects Winning Agile Project…
Dynamics 365 for Talent with Ana Inés Urrutia de Souza
Sept. 14, 2020
#57. Join me with Ana Inés Urrutia de Souza , a Dynamics 365 HR consultant at FourVision and a rising star in our Power Platform community. Ana shares the story behind the amazing Dynamics 365 for Talent application her team…
Dynamics Con 2020 with Molly Fuschel
Sept. 2, 2020
#56. The biggest online community event of the year, Dynamics Con 2020, is just around the corner: Wednesday 9 to Thursday 10 September. I'm joined in this special episode by a special guest to discuss this special event -- …
Estimating How Much and How Long
Aug. 24, 2020
#55. In this second episode on estimating Microsoft Business Applications we answer your financial sponsor's two favourite questions: How long is it going to take? How much is it going to cost? If you're a Dynamics 365 or Po…
Lives Lived Well with Dani Kahil
July 30, 2020
#54. I'm joined by Dani Kahil , Microsoft Business Applications practice lead at Empired, who shares the story behind one of his client projects, Lives Lived Well. How the Lives Lived Well CRM project started with a review o…
Estimating Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Applications
July 14, 2020
#53. If you're building Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate or Power Virtual Agent applications, when and how should you be estimating your requirements, releases and applications? Check out part 2, …
15 Industry Leaders Share Their Business Apps Career Advice
June 18, 2020
#52. For this special episode, I asked 15 industry leaders how they were coping with the coronavirus restrictions and what advice they'd give to their younger selves if their career was affected by the impacts of an economic…
Amazing Apps Show Trailer
June 12, 2020
#51. Welcome to the new Amazing Apps show. This episode is a bonus episode for previous subscribers of the Scrum Dynamics podcast explaining the reasons behind the name change and gives you a sneak preview of the new theme m…
Dynamics 365 for Recruitment Industry with Chris Kendrick, Mercury xRM
June 1, 2020
#50. Chris Kendrick is the founder and CEO of Mercury xRM , who develop recruitment software on Dynamics 365 Sales. We discuss parsing resumes (and fine-tuning your own resume), as well as entity model designs, ISV product d…
Agile Architects with Gus Gonzalez and Joel Lindstrom
May 17, 2020
#49. I'm joined by Gus Gonzalez and Joel Lindstrom to discuss the role of solution architects in agile teams implementing Microsoft Business Applications. We chill out on the mics and discuss: Why weren't Joel and Guz at MVP…
Prototyping Power Apps with Clément Olivier
May 4, 2020
#48. My guest is Clément Olivier from Javista in Nantes, France. Clément was recently awarded a Power Platform FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect designation. He was one of 8 first-time Power Apps architects and 5 Power…
When to Use Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps
April 17, 2020
#47. Is Scrum the best approach to use for every Microsoft Business Application? No! Join me, as we explore the Stacey and Cynefin models that help us make judgements about which types of applications are suited to a Scrum a…