Book description
The smart guide to the successful delivery of Microsoft Dynamics Business Solutions
- Learn how to effectively use Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step to implement the right Dynamics business solution with quality, on-time and on-budget results.
- Leverage the Decision Accelerator offerings in Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step to create consistent selling motions while helping your customer ascertain the best solution to fit their requirements.
- Understand the review and optimization offerings available from Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step to further enhance your business solution delivery during and after go-live.
- Gain knowledge of the project and change management content provided in Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step.
- Familiarize yourself with the approach to adopting the Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology as your own.
- Includes a Foreword by Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Practitioners.
In Detail
Delivering business solutions is more than just product play. Software is often viewed as the enabler; however, the key to success is how the solution is implemented and how the implementations are managed. With this as the background, Microsoft has developed Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step as the full lifecycle methodology for the Dynamics business solutions portfolio. Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step enables you to maximize your Dynamics investments and increase your efficiency to select, sell, deliver, operate and support your business solution.
This book details the use of the Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology to enable the full lifecycle of Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step business solutions engagements. Guidance is provided on the due diligence process for the customer that overlaps the solution selling cycle for the service provider, through to the solution implementation phases, encompassing on-going maintenance and upgrades.
This book provides detailed coverage of how to use Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step to successfully deliver Dynamics solutions for your business.
The book begins by focusing on the aspects of due diligence and solution selling– whether you are the customer or the service provider, you can learn how you work together to select the right solution to meet the organization’s needs.In the ensuing chapters, you will learn how Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step can help improve the overall quality of your Dynamics business solution, including coverage of proactive and post go-live optimization offerings and a thorough explanation of how to upgrade your Dynamics solutions to the latest release of the products.
Finally, the book discusses the essence of Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step projects and how to successfully deliver these business solutions, including project and change management disciplines and processes.
Additional key topics such as a guide to adopting Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step are also provided if you are looking to develop a consistent process in your organization.
Maximize your Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step investments, from solution selection or solution selling, to solution delivery and support
Table of contents
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Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step 2010
- Table of Contents
- Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step 2010
- Credits
- Foreword
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgement
- Acknowledgement
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
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1. Background and Concepts
- The business solutions market
- The importance of a methodology
- Why it is critical to have a solid approach for selecting and deploying ERP/CRM solutions
- What is Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step?
- Microsoft Dynamics overview
- What is a project?
- Implementing the solution
- ERP and CRM implementations—facts and figures
- Summary
- References
- 2. Solution Selling and Driving Due Diligence
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3. Managing Projects
- About projects and project management
- The four pillars of project success
- Project management essentials
- Project management adoption
- The indispensable organizational benefits
- Summary
- References
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4. Selling with Sure Step
- The Sure Step Diagnostic phase
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A repeatable process for the sales teams
- Starting the discovery process with solution positioning
- The first step to envisioning the future state
- Identifying the right solution
- Determining the infrastructure implications
- Estimating the delivery costs, approach, plans, and roles
- Reducing the risk perception
- Estimating the Return on Investment (ROI)
- Developing the project charter
- Closing the sales cycle
- Initiating the delivery cycle
- Other usage scenarios for the decision accelerators
- Solution selling to a current customer
- Assessing the upgrade requirements
- Applying the other Decision Accelerators on upgrade engagements
- Supporting the customer's buying cycle
- Positioning the solutions for specific industries
- Summary
- References
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5. Implementing with Sure Step
- Implementation approaches in Sure Step
- Waterfall-based implementation project types
- Setting up a program for solution rollout
- The Sure Step waterfall implementation phases
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The Analysis phase
- The start of the project
- A chance to establish the project culture
- Wrapping up
- To train or not to train?
- The uncontrolled Analysis phase
- Real-life analysis scenarios
- Analyze what?
- Go for interim analysis deliverables
- Managing scope creep during the Analysis phase by means of Fit/Gap Analysis
- Do not forget about data migration
- Interact with the infrastructure department
- The Design phase
- The Development phase
- The Deployment phase
- The Operation phase
- The Agile Implementation project type
- Summary
- References
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6. Quality Management and Optimization
- Quality management manifestation in Sure Step
- Quality control within the project types
- The Sure Step Optimization Offerings Roadmap
- Summary
- References
- 7. Upgrading with Sure Step
- 8. Project and Organizational Change Management
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9. A Practical Guide to Sure Step Adoption
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Don't park your brain outside
- Strategy execution
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Change management
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Why change initiatives fail
- Underestimating the need for a clear vision of the desired change
- Failing to clearly communicate the vision
- Failing to build a substantial coalition
- Permitting roadblocks against the vision
- Not generating a sense of urgency tied to improved performance
- Not building a plan for short-term wins
- Failing to lead and coach changes in business behavior
- Failure of managers to operate in and above day-to-day execution
- Not practicing what you preach
- Fail to anchor changes in business culture
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Why change initiatives fail
- The Sure Step adoption program
- Sure Step for Independent Software Vendors
- Summary
- References
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Don't park your brain outside
- 10. Summary and Takeaways
- Index
Product information
- Title: Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step 2010
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2011
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781849681100
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