Security Model Requirements

How to elicit security model requirements for your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform project

When eliciting requirements with your client, you will likely discuss some aspects of the security model. What can the different types of users see in your application? What kind of records can they access? Can users from different departments or teams edit each other’s records? etc. Thank you Sachin Dakare and Bilal Saeed for submitting your questions about this …

Power Apps – Model Driven Apps – Columns cheatsheet

In Power Apps Model Driven Apps, columns (also called fields) define the individual data items that can be used to store information in a table. You can use existing columns or create new ones to capture data that meet your requirements. After you create a new column, you can include it on Forms and Views …

Making “Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD)” easier to understand

“Do we have a data model for the application?” asks the new Product Owner on the project. We are mid-way through the implementation of a custom application on the Power Platform. “We do have a few diagrams from various parts of the system” I tell him. The Product Owner seems surprised with my response. “So, …

How I use Conceptual Diagrams during my workshops & demos

One of the diagrams that I use the most is the “Conceptual Diagram”. This Diagram is a graphical representation of the building blocks that we are considering for our solution. To find out more about what conceptual diagrams are and the steps to create them, you can read my post about Model your Dynamics 365 …

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Who collaborates on which part of the User Story – for Dynamics 365 or Power Platform Projects

“Wait a minute! So you are telling me that Functional Consultants FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER are writing the User Stories for the client?” – I asks with astonishment. “Well, yes” says Simon, the Scrum Master on the project. “The Business Analyst, with the help of the Product Owner, will write up the business requirement in …

Dynamics 365 Customer Service – Conceptual Diagram – v2022

Dynamics 365 Customer Service provides a complete case management solutions to improve the personalized support for customers. The below diagram is my view of the Dynamics 365 Customer Service – Conceptual Diagram. The conceptual diagram is like a blueprint for building a house. The blueprint will show you where is the main living room, how …

User Story key components – for your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform project.

“We will be using the Scrum framework and I need you to help the client’s Product Owner with refining User Stories and Acceptance Criteria” – Bernard, one of the companies most experienced project managers, said. I worked with Bernard on several other projects, and always liked working with him. However, I was a little hesitant …