Requirements Episodes
Sept. 14, 2022
Using Story Points to Estimate Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Apps
128. My wife, Natascha, is a faster trail runner than I am. Find out why estimating trail runs in units of time leads to misaligned expectations about how long it'll take for us to run the same trail together. You'll also le…
July 29, 2022
Documenting Your Agile Applications
#124. When you're using an agile approach, like Scrum, how and when should you document your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform applications? After all, the Agile Manifesto says, "We value working software over comprehensive doc…
June 7, 2022
Defining requirements for complex Power Platform apps with Hamish Sheild
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 Ne…
Feb. 10, 2022
Testing Heaven: When should we test agile apps?
#110. My current team is stuck in Limbo. We've finished development of a Dynamics 365 application for a local government department and we're tapping our fingers waiting for acceptance testing to start. What should agile te…
Dec. 7, 2021
Product Backlog Refinement: Who's Involved? (And Why!)
#106. You and the Microsoft Business Apps product owner are on Teams going through the product backlog. You two are working on it together because that’s how it has always been done. And yet, when you look back at the last f…
Sept. 13, 2021
Mastering Dynamics 365 Requirements in Azure DevOps with Dani Kahil
#100. Are you looking for better ways to manage your Dynamics 365 and Power Platform requirements in Azure DevOps? Join me and Dani Kahil as we explore what it takes to master your requirements. Why use Azure DevOps to manag…
Aug. 16, 2021
5 Reasons To Avoid Analysis in Advance
#97. I share five reasons why I think you should avoid analysis in advance when you're building Dynamics 365 and Power Platform applications. My five top reasons: Peak ignorance. You're analyzing the requirements during the …
Nov. 4, 2020
How Can We Be Sure We've Captured All Requirements?
#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…
May 17, 2020
Agile Architects with Gus Gonzalez and Joel Lindstrom
#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…
May 4, 2020
Prototyping Power Apps with Clément Olivier
#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…
Nov. 7, 2019
Managing Requirements in Azure DevOps with Tricia Sinclair
#41. Lots of Microsoft Business Applications teams use Azure DevOps Repos and Pipelines for managing their source code and automating their code integration, build and deployment processes. But what about using Azure DevOps …
April 5, 2019
Azure DevOps with Mark Christie
#21. Mark Christie, who specialises in Dynamics 365 for Field Service at eBECS, uses Azure DevOps (formerly known as Visual Studio Team Services). He’s from Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland. On 25 January he’ll be cele…