This article is the 3rd of the series on Azure DevOps Boards for Dynamics 365 or the Power Platform and covers my approach to requirements life cycle in Azure DevOps Boards. If you have missed my previous articles about Azure DevOps Boards for Dynamics 365 or the Power Platform, you can take a look at …
In this article I am elaborating on how to use Azure DevOps Boards to capture requirements and build out your Product Backlog. This article is a continuation of my series of articles about how I use Azure DevOps Boards to structure, capture and manage requirements. Before starting to capture your requirements, I recommend you take …
Sydney – July 2016 I’ve just entered one of the office towers in the city. I am meeting with my new client’s Product Owner and the Lead Business Analyst to discuss requirements that they have envisioned for their Dynamics 365 implementation. Katie, the Product Owner, greets me at the reception and walks me to our …
A few months ago, I started working for a new client on a large Dynamics 365 implementation. As with every new project, the first few days I spent reviewing the existing documentation and talking with various project stakeholders to get familiar with the project context and understand the client needs, challenges, solution landscape and key …
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In this podcast Microsoft MVPs Hamish Shield and Dani Kahil dive into the concept of ‘requirement curveballs’, sharing their experience in challenging projects with complex , misunderstood or ambiguous requirements. They talk about how to get everyone on a project to that sweet spot, where there is a shared understanding of the requirements.
Join me on this session to learn about my tips and techniques when eliciting requirements with business stakeholders. Good requirement elicitation will help you: Make sure you get the true picture of what needs to be implemented. Determine the complexity of requirements by validating details. Pick inconsistencies or ambiguity in requirements so that they can …
Read more “DynamicsCon 2021 – 7 Key tips for REQUIREMENTS elicitation in Dynamics 365”
I took a deep breath before clicking on the “Join now” button of the MS Teams call. We were ready to present our proposal for a discovery project to a potential client. Before today’s presentation, we had several calls with the client to agree on the deliverables, scope, and timelines of this engagement. The Product …
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Written documentation is the least effective form of communication to create a shared understanding. Often stakeholders see things differently than developers do. Stakeholders sometimes see challenges and requirements differently between one another. Using diagrams when implementing Dynamics 365 or the Power Platform helps create a shared understanding of requirements and vision for your solution. Some …
Would you like to learn more about analyzing requirements and solution envisioning? Enrol in my upcoming Peer Group on Analyzing Requirements and Solution Envisioning – Q4 2020.
A few months ago, I a wrote an article about “Design Thinking and the Power Platform – start of the journey”. Since then, I have learned and experimented with specific “Design Thinking” concepts. This article is about sharing myexperience on the techniques I find most suited for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform projects. However, before …