Discover the basics and benefits of an agile approach for building Dynamics 365 & Power Platform apps
Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps is a free mini-course specifically designed Power Platform and Dynamics 365 professionals curious whether an agile approach could help their team and their career.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Can your team become agile?
The Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps course is ideal if you are interested in learning about agile software development and how business apps can benefit from an agile approach. After taking this course, you’ll understand the history of agile software development, and its values and principles. You’ll also discover the Scrum framework and the benefits it can bring to your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform project.
Why I 💖 Agile
Learn how I got started with Scrum on a Dynamics CRM project in 2008 after the Analysis phase of a Dynamics SureStep project nearly ended in disaster.
The Fallacy of Requirements
The challenges of capturing requirements faithfully and completely, and what happened to my customer when they stopped specifying all the requirements upfront.
An Agile Primer
Explore the history of agile software development since 1990, and an introduction to the Agile Manifesto, its founders, values and principles.
The Scrum Framework
Scrum is the most popular agile framework for Power Platform and Dynamics 365 apps. Learn the basics of the Scrum framework and about the two Scrum certification bodies.
The Benefits of Scrum
Discover the top ten benefits of Scrum experienced by Power Platform and Dynamics 365 customers, partners and professionals.
How to Learn Scrum
I share my recommendations on which Scrum certification is most suitable for business apps builders, how to learn Scrum, and achieve your certification.
MEET YOUR COURSE CREATOR
NEIL BENSON
G’day, I’m Neil. My mission is to help everyone master agile practices to build amazing apps on Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
I started using the Scrum framework to implement Microsoft Dynamics CRM in 2008. I’ve been working with CRM systems for over 20 years and implementing them for the past 16 years.
I’m a Certified ScrumMaster and I’m a Scrum.org certified Professional Scrum Master and Professional Product Owner too. I love pitching, envisioning and delivering agile Microsoft Business Applications projects that provide amazing results for my customers. And amazing experiences for their users and their customers.
I’ve been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award every year since 2010 for my thought-leadership and contributions to the Microsoft Business Applications community.
