#9. Neil is joined by Nick Doelman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickdoelman/) (@ReadyXRM (https://twitter.com/readyxrm) ) who shares his experience learning Scrum and applying it to one of his recent Dynamics 365 projects.
During the episode we cover:
• Nick’s background in Dynamics 365 since CRM 1.0 beta
• Some of his recent projects for a community organisation organising summer camps, classic car auctioneer, certification portal for a company in the mining industry, a telecommunications company in the Caribbean, a reinsurance company, and others
• Before starting a large Dynamics 365 implementation, Nick got started with Scrum by taking some online training courses
• Using the Scrum Framework (https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skills/the-scrum-framework) on Pluralsight
• Introduction to Scrum for Dynamics 365 (https://scrum365.customery.com/p/introduction-to-scrum-for-dynamics-365/?product_id=502971&coupon_code=CRMAUDIO&affcode=135754_xdm9hh4-) by Neil Benson
• Using planning poker for team estimation of product backlog items
• Finding unicorns and sunshine in the sprint retrospective
• Daily scrums as camaraderie-building check-in for remote teams
• The possibility of using pair programming and other technical practices in Scrum projects
• Using Visual Studio Team Services (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/team-services/) features such as tags in Scrum projects
• Nick will be presenting three sessions at D365UG Summit (https://d365ugsummit.com/attend/summit-register) in Phoenix in October
Remember to download the Scrum Terms Worksheet (https://www.customery.com/blog/2018/3/5/scrum-terms-worksheet) for a handy guide to all the Scrum terms you hear in this episode.
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