Promoting Collaborative Studies with Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services

Presentation at Microsoft Academic Conference for Higher Education, June 19-20th, 2017 in Redmond, Washington

1. Promoting Collaborative Studies with Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services Jānis Grabis Information Technology Institute, Riga Technical University Kalku 1, Riga, LV-1658, Latvia, e-mail: [email protected]

2. Enterprise resource planning systems as a part of Information Technology study programme Riga Technical University, Latvia 30-50 graduate students Both functional and development aspects are covered Enterprise applications course Selection and implementation of appropriate enterprise applications for business process execution Microsoft Dynamics AX as an exemplary enterprise application Implementation project as a coursework in teams Background

3. Challenges

4. Collaborative cloud-based platform for managing Microsoft Dynamics implementation projects Project planning according to Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology Sharing of project documents using Microsoft Office 365 integration Utilities for performing specific project development tasks Business process modeling, gap analysis, infrastructure estimation, cloud hosted environment Microsoft Lifecycle Services

5. Diagnostics Analysis Business process modeling Fit-Gap analysis Development Module configuration Data model and GUI modification Business logics development Design Configuration design Modification design Technical architecture Key activities: According to Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Deployment Cloud based deployment Operations Performance monitoring

6. Backlog as Teamwork Driver # Task Responsible person Sprint number 1 Develop RentalRequests table Zane 1 2 Create RentalRequest details form Kaspars 1 3 Produce scripts for tests car booking process Alise 1 4 Develop car booking business logics Kaspars 2 Development of a new module for rental cars Sure Step Agile project type Focus on the key activities of the methodology Clearly defined tasks Self-organized teams – capacity and sprint planning Uniform distribution of work among team members

7. Sample results

8. Traceable end-to-end implementation process Improved collaboration and accountability Limited options for cloud based deployment Change of approach due to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Conclusion