Tag: decision makers

Building a Power Platform Dream Team

As Microsoft Practice Lead for Codec in UK and Northern Ireland, I’m regularly thinking how Codec has grown a Microsoft Dynamics practice from a small team of 2 people to over 100 Microsoft ‘Power Platform‘ Consultants, in little over four years. In the past two years, our Belfast team has experienced rapid growth with exciting plans to grow further. Building teams at such a rate can challenge any company of any size, but Codec’s success has not come around by accident or luck.

To gain an insight into some of the factors that have helped Codec become both Microsoft Ireland partner of the year and Microsoft Dynamics partner of the year in successive years, here are some of the principles we’ve adopted in Belfast, and across the Codec group, to ensure that we stay the best at what we do. Continue reading “Building a Power Platform Dream Team” →

10 Types of Dynamics 365 Project for IT Decision Makers

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Are you scoping a new applications project and think Dynamics 365 could be all or part of the solution?

Starting a Dynamics CRM or Dynamics 365 Project can be a daunting task even for the most experienced decision maker. All your research might indicate that Dynamics 365 is a good fit for your business, but if you don’t know enough about the benefits, pitfalls and how it fits with your business, how can you be sure it’s the route you really want to go down?

You might be considering some of the following points?

  • Maybe you’ll need to use a few in-house business analysts to do some configuration.
  • Some bits may look complex so maybe some you need some .NET developers involved too?
  • Should you start with Waterfall methodology or Agile or SureStep or a Human Centred Design approach?
  • What training do you need?
  • Fixed Price or Time and Materials?
  • What licences should you buy?
  • On-Premise or Cloud?
  • Maybe you should go out to tender, but what if you don’t frame the requirements correctly? Should we get some training first?
  • Is offshoring Dynamics 365 consultancy a good idea – can it be achieved remotely?

Continue reading “10 Types of Dynamics 365 Project for IT Decision Makers” →