Sure Step

Sure Step in action: more about Fit Gap Analysis

August 23, 2010

Fit Gap Analysis is one of the core activities of the Sure Step. It’s in fact so important that on most projects this activity should be done twice: the first time you do it on a very high level just get a quick overview of customer’s processes and requirements, and the second time you dive [...]

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Requirements and Process Review – Critical vs. Non Critical

March 12, 2010

Requirements and process review is one of the decision accelerators in the Diagnostic phase of the Sure Step, aimed at gaining deeper understanding of customer’s business processes, and documenting high level requirements, as well as possible implementation issues. As such, it is an indispensable input into further decision accelerators and the implementation project itself. One [...]

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Fit Gap and Solution Blueprint Estimates

March 11, 2010

The Sure Step season seems to have started in its fullest for me – it is the second time this year already that I’m delivering the Sure Step course, this time in Copenhagen, Denmark, and I must say that I truly enjoy it. Anyway, while discussing the Fit Gap and Solution Blueprint decision accelerator, an [...]

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Sure Step 2010

December 22, 2009

One of the drawbacks of being a freelancer is a slight risk to learn a bit late about anything new. Once upon a time, when I was still blogging actively, I made sure I was the first to blog about something new, as long as it relates to Sure Step. This time, the news came [...]

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NAV Decisions 2009 is over, but not quite

October 16, 2009

Did you have a chance to attend the NAV Decisions 2009 virtual conference? If yes, how did you like the event? To me, this was a great experience. It wasn’t the first virtual conference I was a part of, but it most certainly was the best. But if you didn’t have a chance or time [...]

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NAV Decisions – an event you should NOT miss

September 19, 2009

On October 14th you should not miss the NAV Decisions 2009 virtual conference organized by MSDynamicsWorld.com, the independent authority for news and views on Microsoft Dynamics. NAV Decisions 2009 is a virtual conference & tradeshow for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Professionals seeking implementation strategies, thought leadership, and best practices for maximizing the value and effectiveness of [...]

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Sure Step available to all partners

July 14, 2009

Today at Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, during his keynote speech, Doug Kennedy, Vice President Dynamics Partner Team, announced the availability of Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step to all Microsoft Dynamics partners. So far, Sure Step has only been available to partners enrolled in a service plan, which was a big obstacle to smaller or [...]

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Sure Step Spring 2009 release

April 2, 2009

Microsoft’s Sure Step team has been pretty busy recently. They have just published the new update to Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology, which includes several important new features and many content updates worth your attention. I’ve just downloaded and installed it and I am impressed with the improvements.

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How you should learn from Sure Step

March 9, 2009

Prescriptive methodologies, such as Sure Step, are double-edged swords. They are aimed at increasing repeatability, consistency, traceability, manageability and more of your projects, yet they seemingly increase overhead and contribute to an inflated project price tag. As a result, companies sometimes offer excuses such as: it would be too expensive for the customer, or we [...]

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Sure Step with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

March 6, 2009

Yesterday I delivered a presentation about benefits of Sure Step methodology, as a part of an internal partner academy program. The audience was fantastically interactive, and if anyone of you who participated in the event is reading this—thank you! One of the attendees asked about collaborative use of Sure Step, and whether it is possible [...]

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Sure Step in action: Architecture Assessment

January 29, 2009

Implementing a new Microsoft Dynamics solution doesn’t merely introduce a new piece of software into your environment. Yes, the software is an important part, you need to deploy it successfully, configure it as necessary, probably even customize it and change the business logic under the hood. One component, however, is easily overlooked, and you wouldn’t [...]

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