Project management
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Do you trust your vendor: 9 good reasons to reveal your project budget up front
Last week I participated in a discussion about budgets and whether you should ask your potential customers their budget. It made me think: how often do…
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We don’t wear shoes, we use footwear!
(A short, almost pointless rant about PMBOK vs. Sure Step nonsense) Once, while preparing an important RFP response, a partner told me they don’t use Sure Step…
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The value of Degree of Fit: understanding risks
The degree of fit is an important indicator of your project’s alignment with the standard functionality. After you determine the degree of fit, and understand…
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Sure Step in action: Degree of Fit
I’d like to have a BMW X6. A fantastic car. Only, I’d like it to be convertible, because I love the feel of wind in my hair while driving into summer sunset. I…
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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009
Where I have been for the past eight months… This blog started enthusiastically, I had as many as 14 posts per month. Taking into account that blogging was…
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Look me in the eye!
(A short rant about eye-contact-based specifications.) In short, there is no such things as an eye-contact-based specification. And for a reason. While…
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What’s New In Sure Step: Functional Requirements Document
One of many improvements the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology has brought along is the revised purpose of the Functional Requirements…
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The Sure Step Rule of Taxi Fare
Some time back, as I was riding a taxi from Prague airport to Holiday Inn hotel, I wondered about the fixed price I was about to pay for the ride. – “Airport…
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Read My Lips: Why?
Recently, a reader, commenting on my last post about Sure Step, pointed me to an article by Karl E. Wiegers “Read My Lips: No New Models!” I initially…
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Diagnostic Phase – a signpost for implementation
Each phase of Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology is equally important in an implementation project. You could argue that analysis is the most important,…