Speaking is The Most Profitable Skill in Business Voice and speech training is not something you can master in a few hours. For some, accidental speaking is the norm. Actual Performers never stop learning to use their voice in different situations, storylines, and settings. Great Speakers, Presenters, Coaches, Executives, and Business Professionals can become more powerful and persuasive by using their voices differently. How you use emotions and tonality will either engage or bore your audi ...
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Amazing Apps - learn how to build agile Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business apps using Scrum
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Amazing Apps is for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform builders who want to use the Scrum framework to build amazing business apps that everyone will love. The podcast is hosted by Microsoft MVP, Neil Benson, and produced by Customery. [Dynamics365, D365, Power Apps, PowerApps, Power Pages, Power Apps Portals, Power Automate, Flow, Power Virtual Agents, PVA, PowerBI]
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Success Secrets: What You Can Learn from Warren Buffet Jeff Bezos
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Send us a text Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos are both Business Titans, But they have taken vastly different paths to success, making them incomparable in many respects. Here's an overview of their approaches and how they’ve become dominant forces in their industries How do you model success? Support the show Become a Professional Performance based …
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Send us a text Navigating Every Stage Optimism is both a leadership skill and a necessity in business today. It goes beyond having a positive outlook; it drives innovation, resilience, and forward-thinking in dynamic environments. Optimism fosters creativity and a willingness to take risks, both of which are essential for driving innovation. Leader…
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5 Steps to Building Great Relationships
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Send us a text Monetise Your Business with Influential, impactful Relationships. Building brilliant relationships as an executive requires a balance of emotional intelligence, vision, and active support. I use five steps to develop solid and impactful relationships. Could you show interest in your clients? Please get to know them beyond their profe…
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Your Signature Story: Crafting Your Narrative For Business Success
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Send us a text What’s “One “ Thing Experts Do? Go From Identity to Sharing Expertise How? The Signature Conversion Story for Business Expansion Why? It introduces the concept of a "Signature Conversion Story" and its powerful impact on business expansion. It also discusses the significance of positioning oneself as an expert in one’s field. Five De…
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Master Winning Strategies to Dominate the Business World
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Send us a text Are you incomparable in Today’s Business World? The focus must be on cultivating unique strengths, expertise, and qualities that set you apart from others in your field. This combines deep knowledge, skill mastery, innovative thinking, and a solid personal brand. As a student of continuous learning, refining your craft, and consisten…
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How to Command your Audiences Attention
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Send us a text Command Audience Attention How? As an incomparable speaker, your unique approach will captivate audiences, making you a sought-after speaker at events where your voice is essential. Set Industry Standards By consistently delivering impactful and original presentations, you become a benchmark for other speakers, elevating your reputat…
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The Resilience Myth - Why Quality Recovery Matters
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Send us a text For today's episode, we're exploring The Resilience Myth Why Quality Recovery is Key to True Strength. Resilience is often seen as the ability to push through hardship without breaking, an image of constant, unyielding strength. But true resilience isn't just about how much you can endure but how well you recover. The key to building…
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Cultivating Success : Harnessing the Power of Preventative Coaching
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Send us a text Could You Be a Preventative Coach? What if you were? Preventative coaching implies a proactive approach to coaching, aiming to prevent issues before they arise. Here’s how it relates to providing results Success By addressing potential problems early, individuals or teams can achieve better outcomes and long-term success. Preventativ…
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Send us a text How Can I Help You Master Communication Skills? Support the show Become a Professional Performance based Speaker ? Download the attached 2 Ebooks My gift to you 24 Celebrity Speaking Tips https://bit.ly/3Wwnb5W The Art of Speaking Framework https://bit.ly/3SGMXm8 About Sheena https://card.pramaze.com/sheena-walker Click the above lin…
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5 Ways to Build and Sustain Confidence Professionally
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Send us a text How to Quickly Build Confidence and Sustain It Long-Term Confidence is a vital asset in any professional setting, particularly within teams. A confident individual contributes to a more dynamic and positive work environment, encouraging creativity, effective communication, and collaboration. When team members are confident, they are …
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World Class is Easy - Why There's No one There
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Send us a text Steps to World-class Mastery Join the 1% club The 1% Club represents a rarefied group of individuals who have achieved world-class status in their respective fields by embracing extraordinary discipline, innovation, and resilience. These elite performers distinguish themselves by their relentless pursuit of excellence, often venturin…
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Instant Motivation - How To Get Fired up In a Moment
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Send us a text The Five Power Laws Have you ever had one of those days where you know what needs to be done, but the drive isn’t there? We all face moments when motivation feels out of reach, yet life demands action. Whether tackling a big project, hitting the gym, or simply getting through your daily tasks, finding that spark can feel like an uphi…
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Five Power Moves To Visualisation What You Want
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Send us a text Yes This Works Visualisation is a powerful tool for turning your dreams into reality. By vividly imagining what you desire, you create a mental roadmap to guide your actions and decisions toward achieving it. Whether it's personal growth, career success, or any other aspiration, visualisation can be the catalyst that turns wishful th…
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Send us a text In this podcast, we'll dive into The Four WWWW to Genius Thinking Exploring how, where, when, who, and what you work on can significantly influence your creativity, productivity, and overall performance. We'll discuss the impact of your environment on your mindset, the importance of timing in your workday, the value of collaboration,…
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Steps to The Red Carpet Treatment in Your Business
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Send us a text In today's podcast, we'll explore the five laws of becoming "slightly famous" in your business, where you'll learn how to stand out and gain recognition in your industry. We'll discuss what it means to give your clients the Red Carpet treatment. How can you make yourself instantly recognisable, and what qualities make certain people …
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What Stops You Being a Dynamic Speaker
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Send us a text Being a dynamic speaker goes beyond simply delivering a speech. It's about demonstrating performance speaking skills that leave a lasting impact. Have you ever wished you were a more dynamic speaker, receiving praise for brilliant presentations, even at short notice? Imagine having the expertise, confidence, and charisma to excel, wh…
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Improving Your Scrum Practice - Mastering Professional Scrum - chapter 1
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#156. Neil Benson dives into the essentials of continuously improving Scrum practices in this episode of the Amazing Apps podcast. Drawing on the book "Mastering Professional Scrum" by Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl, Neil outlines critical areas for team success, such as creating valuable products and understanding organizational influences. H…
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Send us a text Can You Reach New Levels of Excellence? Do your skills position you for mastery? How can you up-skill yourself and reach new heights? What must you do, and what steps must you take to achieve more? Are you this one word? Yes, the word is Mastery. The one word to reach excellence is Mastery Support the show Become a Professional Perfo…
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Mini Masterclass in Delivering Life Skills
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Send us a text Introducing a Life Coaching Model Mini Masterclass Designing Your Coaching Model Delivering Life Coaching in Organisations to Cultivate Your Staff Learn how Life coaching is essential for fostering a culture of continuous personal and professional development. It helps employees align their personal goals with the organisation's obje…
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The Power of Life Coaching- Creating a work Life Balance
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Send us a text Work-Life Balance Conversations Achieving a work-life balance is a significant benefit of life coaching. Coaches help individuals set boundaries, prioritise tasks, and manage their time effectively, ensuring that their personal and professional lives are balanced and filled with contentment. This balance reduces burnout and increases…
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Real Leaders are Career Performers
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Send us a text Would You like to be a Dynamic Speaker at Work ? What if you were a confident, Influential Speaker ? Perhaps you feel anxious at work or in the Boardroom ? Do people seem disinterested in what you have to say ? Why is That ? Presentation skills are must have skills in todays business arena Discover how you can be Engaging and Memorab…
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Do We Need to Rethink How We Build Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Apps?
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In this episode of Amazing Apps, host Neil Benson explores the importance of rethinking our approach to building business applications. Join us as we delve into the benefits of questioning our assumptions and adapting to new information in the dynamic landscape of app development. Unpacking the concept of "thinking like a scientist" and its impact …
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The Power of Learning Through Experiments in Power Apps Development
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#154. Neil Benson takes us on a journey of learning through experimentation. Starting with the historical origins of smallpox inoculation, Neil discusses the importance of conducting experiments to drive innovation and problem-solving. Sharing personal experiences from his biochemistry studies to his current work in building applications with Power…
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Should .NET Developers Stick or Switch to Power Platform?
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#153. Neil Benson is joined by Keith Atherton, a proper pro developer. Keith shares his journey from developing custom apps using .NET, C# and SQL Server to embracing and mastering the development of enterprise business applications using the Power Platform. What do developers lose and gain using Power Platform compared to developing an app from sc…
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Unpacking User Stories and Backlog Refinement with Dani Kahil
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#152. Host Neil Benson is joined by the talented Dani Kahil for an insightful discussion on managing backlogs and enhancing user stories in Azure DevOps and Jira. Neil shares his experiences with Jira, highlighting some configuration challenges, while Dani expresses a strong preference for Azure DevOps. They dive into the hierarchy of backlog items…
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#151. Amazing Apps host, Neil Benson, dives into a case study from one of his team's own projects: "Member Super", a financial services organisation in Australia. With over a million members, they needed a CRM application that could handle their complex stakeholder relationships and provide exceptional service to their customers. Member Super's exi…
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A Big Bang? Going Live with Dynamics 365 or Power Platform with Andrew Bibby
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#150. What does it take to have a successful go live event for your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform application. Neil Benson sat down with Andrew Bibby, a seasoned expert in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business applications. In this episode, Andrew shares his insights on the crucial process of preparing for and executing a successful g…
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Breaking Free from the Tyranny of the Deliverable with Andrew Welch
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#149. Andrew Welch is the Chief Technology Officer at HSO. Andrew is an expert in IT strategy and has a wealth of experience advising customers on their big strategic technology decisions. He is also an author, Microsoft MVP, and a regular presenter at conferences. Joining us today, Andrew shares valuable insights on the importance of IT leadership…
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Amazing CRM & ERP Apps in Manufacturing with Shawn Tabor
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#148. Get ready for another captivating episode of Amazing Apps! In this episode, Neil Benson engages Shawn Tabor, Director of Consulting Services at Hitachi Solutions, in an insightful conversation about the dynamic realm of Microsoft Business Applications and its role in the manufacturing and service industries. Explore Hitachi's product landscap…
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Power Platform pipelines or Azure DevOps pipelines for ALM? with Benedikt Bergmann
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#147. When should you use Power Platform pipelines and when should you use Azure DevOps pipelines to deploy your Power Platform or Dynamics 365 applications? That's the question that Benedikt Bergmann answers in this episode of Amazing Apps. Benedikt is a Power Platform consultant known for his expertise in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). N…
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Can you really gain competitive advantage with Dynamics 365? with Martin Hinshelwood
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#146. In this episode, we're thrilled to have Martin Hinshelwood from naked Agility join host, Neil Benson. Martin shares his perspectives on improving the success of agile engagements through the role of a consulting product owner, and why you should build your own business applications rather than buy Dynamics 365 if you're looking for competitiv…
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Chris Huntingford Doesn't Believe in Citizen Developers
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#145. We're back with another incredible episode of Amazing Apps, and this time we have an amazing guest on board. Neil Benson is joined by the Low Code Lead & Platform Evangelist at ANS Group, Chris Huntingford. Chris spills the beans on citizen developers, he talks about the concept of ecosystem enablement, the potential of low code platforms, th…
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Joining an existing team as a new scrum master with Matthew Venamore
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#144. Neil Benson is joined by Matthew Venamore, a scrum master with extensive experience coaching Dynamics 365 teams. Matthew shares valuable insights into the challenges faced by new scrum masters when joining existing teams and emphasizes the importance of empowering the team. He advises taking a standoffish stance initially, observing the team …
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Who do we need in our Business Apps team?
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#143. On this episode of Amazing Apps, we discuss resourcing agile teams using the Scrum framework. Neil Benson talks about who we should have on our teams as product owner, developers and scrum master. Should Microsoft partners offer to provide a consultant for every role on the team? Listen in to find out. Timestamps (02:04) Product owner maximiz…
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Smaller Teams, Bigger Wins: how to split your enterprise apps teams
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#142. Neil Benson discusses the challenges of organizing a large Scrum team to maximize efficiency. He suggests rotating developers between teams and organizing teams around specific components or external systems they need to integrate with. Neil also recommends self-organizing teams and coaches teams to create their own code of conduct and establ…
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Architects in a Scrum Teams with Allan de Castro
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#141. In this episode of Amazing Apps, podcast host Neil Benson is joined by Allan de Castro, a senior technical consultant for the Power Platform at Avanade France. They discuss their experience applying Scrum to recent projects, including the role of an architect in the Scrum framework. The episode covers key challenges such as the importance of …
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Running experiments to build Dynamics 365 and Power Platform apps
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#140. Today, it’s just me, and I’d like to discuss what EMPIRICISM means to teams building complex, enterprise Dynamics 365 and Power Platform applications. In this episode, I’ll break down what empiricism is and its importance in Scrum, provide examples of work that would benefit from an empirical approach, and share insights on how we can use emp…
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Agile Testing for Dynamics 365 with Emma Beckett
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#139. Today’s guest is Emma Beckett, an experienced test professional who runs her own company, Fortitude 17, in London, UK. A professional footballer, Emma pursued a career in software testing, even though her first role in tech was in Desktop Support — hardware, not software! As you’ll hear, Emma is a Certified ISTQB Test Consultant and trained i…
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Deep Dive into Dynamics 365 Marketing with Malin Martnes
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#138. Our guest today is Malin Martnes, a Microsoft MVP and MCT who runs her own company MaCoTra AS in Oslo, Norway. As you’ll hear, Malin doesn’t have any technical background on Dynamics 365 and Power Platform but she focuses on using these systems. In this episode, Malin talks about how she came to be a CRM consultant and set up her own consulti…
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What's Next for Customery Academy?
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#137. Customery Academy is the online business through which Amazing Apps host, Neil Benson, trains and coaches Microsoft customers and partners to build amazing, agile business applications. In this episode, Neil shares a short history of Customery Academy, where it's at today, and its goals for 2023. Halfway through editing the episode, there's a…
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Professional Scrum and DevOps with Richard Hundhausen
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136. My guest is Richard Hundhausen, a former Microsoft MVP and Regional Director, Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer, and co-creator of the Nexus Scaled Professional Scrum Framework. As you’ll hear, Richard doesn’t have a background in Dynamics 365 or Power Platform, but he’s no stranger to developing apps on Microsoft technology. In this episod…
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#135. Remy is starting to hate Scrum. He thinks we should use Kanban. And get rid of Product Owners. It's a shame, then, that Remy doesn't understand Scrum. And doesn't want to understand Scrum. Don't be like Remy. Resources Kanban Guide on Kanban University Professional Scrum with Kanban training from Scrum.org Support the show CONNECT 🌏 Amazing A…
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Is Power Fx really low code? with Rishona Elijah
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#134. Today’s guest is Rishona Elijah, a Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer, who works as a Power Platform Trainer and Evangelist at Barhead Solutions in Sydney, Australia. She spends most of her time running training sessions and delivering events around Power Platform to business users to show them what they can achieve with this techn…
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Power Platform Governance Possibilities with Michael Roth
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#133. Today’s guest is Michael Roth, a Power Platform consultant with Avanade who specializes in governance. In this episode, Michael walks us through how he keeps business apps amazing by working on only the fun stuff, i.e., governance and licensing, and understanding how users experience tech, specifically Power Platform. Michael also highlights …
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Using Figma to design business apps with Andrew Ly
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132. Today’s guest is Andrew Ly, a Microsoft Business Applications Solutioning Lead at IBM Consulting in Australia. Andrew shares his 22 years of experience in the Microsoft space, including the type of work he does and the clients he works with. Andrew also gives his two cents on the low-code, no-code approach and talks about the demand of in a da…
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Deploying Dynamics 365 Field Service with Magnus Sørensen
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#131. Today’s guest is Magnus Gether Sørensen, a Dynamics 365 Field Service expert at Delegate in Denmark. Magnus shares with us some of the Field Service projects he has worked on, as well as the interesting challenges that his customers have encountered using the application. Plus, Magnus talks about what’s new and next for Field Service and give…
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#130. Sprint 1 is a magical, wonderful, beautiful thing. Find out how my messy, unstructured and un-estimated sprint 1 unfurled on a recent project to build a Power Platform app for a mid-size Microsoft customer in financial services. In-person conferences I didn't attend: Power Platform Conference Nordic Summit South Coast Summit Upcoming online c…
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Estimating Requirements for Your Microsoft Business App
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#129. Learn how to use story point estimation to estimate the relative size of your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform application's requirements. You'll also learn: How to slice user stories into the right size for estimation and development How to decide on a standard user story for comparing other stories against when estimating How to use affinity …
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Using Story Points to Estimate Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Apps
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#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 learn: What story points are Three factors affecting the size of a requirement How to account for Hick's Law and Weber's Law wh…
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Why Estimate Business Apps At All?
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#127. Do you really have to estimate the effort of building the Dynamics 365 or Power Platform apps you've been asked to build? If you work for a Microsoft partner, you probably do -- unless you work for a customer who doesn't care how much it costs or how long it takes. Find out how I approach estimation: How much and how long? Why estimates are n…
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