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  • Business case - do I eat it or?

    It’s a well known fact that IT projects fail every so often. Standish Group has been researching the success and failure factors of IT projects for a decade and a half, and they publish their results in their CHAOS report every two years or so. According to their 2006 report, only about 35% of...
  • Why are “mandatory” fields baaad?

    Last time, I gave you a recipe on how to do a bad thing. If you really need to do something bad, I figure it’s better to do it the way that would hurt the least, or the way that isn’t so bad after all. I wouldn’t have dreamt of a comment on that blog post, [...]
  • Automated version management? Of course!

    Imagine that whenever you edit an object in C/SIDE Object Designer, and save it, the system automatically saves it in the version history. Imagine that it never simply overwrites your previous version, but keeps all of them there for you. Imagine that you can see all of the modified versions of any object...
  • Monkey policy

    Policies are sacrosanct. Every company has them, and when implementing ERP systems policies do come in the way. That’s the way we do it ’round here since forever, is heard rather frequently, but a simple question why can leave a big question mark hang unanswered. There was an experiment…...
  • Partner productivity on Microsoft Dynamics AX is key to success

    By Hans Jørgen Skovgaard Microsoft Dynamics AX is a product that is very flexible and allows for an incredible array of setups and customizations. It is a powerful tool but also a frightening one in the hands of the novice. To be honest we have seen customizations which purpose was to implement a feature...
    Posted to Executive Insight (Weblog) by Editor on 01-29-2008
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP Customisation Training

    Hello to all To help improve the customisation skills in the Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) community, Microsoft will be offering three training courses in two locations in the Asia Pacific region. These courses are open to all partners and customers worldwide. You may select which of the courses...
    Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by winthropdc on 07-03-2007
  • Re: Preparing for kick off meeting

    One more thing I'd like to add is sometimes, if you change implementor's process too much, you'll be creating more headaches than solving it. The key is communication between you and your partner. Make sure you understand what they're going to do. And make sure they understand what your expectations...
    Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by Alex Chow on 06-06-2007
  • Re: Preparing for kick off meeting

    I would recommend asking them for their implementation project plan and how they plan to implement you guys. The Sure Step methodology is good, but sometimes, experienced partners will have their own way of implementing that is more efficient and have a greater success rate. If their implementation plan...
    Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by Alex Chow on 06-06-2007
  • Re: Preparing for kick off meeting

    In that case I would suggest you talk to your partner about something called Sure Step. Sure Step provides a complete methodology—including project management discipline and field-tested best practices—plus user-friendly tools that enable you to more successfully deploy, migrate, configure, and upgrade...
    Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by craigde on 05-25-2007
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