D365FO lineage from Microsoft Dynamics AX to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

D365FO lineage from Microsoft Dynamics AX to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

Consider number of versions and number of years behind on ERP with current version

Recognizing the solution landscape may have several customizations, a number of ISV’s and tight integrations with legacy applications, the risk is phenomenal as no one would like to run a business on a no supported critical tool.

If you are an existing Dynamics AX customer than you might already have aspiration to be on latest Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations D365FO version (10.0 as of April 2019) and one good thing to note is NO expiry of support as it would be supported with continuous updates.

Now that you are already thinking of an upgrade, let us explore some implementation approaches.

You would comes across a decision point on which implementation approach to choose when upgrading.

As usual, no one size fits all so a careful study needs to be done on company culture, technology adoption appetite and typical project management constraints of scope, budget and timeline.

One can choose to go only with one approach either of Waterfall, Agile, CRP) or use a combination to achieve your upgrade goal.

One of the approach is using a hybrid approach wherein the long pole in the tent (code upgrade) is done in an agile way and conducting it feature by feature.

Since so many moving parts may have change, it would be better to conduct several smoke test to unearth issues and fitment with business needs. Hence a combined agile + waterfall approach could be utilized during testing/stabilization which bring in adequate agility to fine tune your modern ERP.

Last when everything is tested, code, integrations, reports, etc. it is time to execute Go Live procedures which is best suited under CRP (Conference room pilot) approach.

 let us review some of top highlights in hybrid approach.

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