Scrum sabotaging dev productivity? I am spotting a pattern lately. Developers doing less and lessπ―. Why? Estimates are getting increasingly bloated π. What's inflating these estimates? It's down to estimate meetings. Some people find tasks difficult; others don't dare...
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Integration testing β it’s not a choice, it’s a no-brainer!
Integration testing β it's not a choice, it's a no-brainer! Seems like these days I'm all about integration testing. ππ Yeah, unit tests? They're alright but, man, do they fall apart when something changes. Brittle like a stale cookie! They got their use though,...
No more Dynamics 365 Marketing.
No more Dynamics 365 Marketing. It merges with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights to become a single AI solution. The fusion results in two apps within this offering: 1οΈβ£ Customer Insights β Data => now known as Dynamics 365 Customer Insights. 2οΈβ£ Customer Insights β...
Dive into Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Wave 2 ’23 plans – it’s all about Copilot!
Dive into Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Wave 2 '23 plans - it's all about Copilot! Get the details: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2023/07/18/2023-release-wave-2-plans-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-and-power-platform-now-available/ Dynamics 365...
Scrum has become a cult, even a religion πβοΈπ.
Scrum has become a cult, even a religion πβοΈπ. If I dare hint that Scrum might be causing a bit of unproductivity, I'm smacked with "you're not doing it right" π ββοΈ. Apparently, I'm not strict enough in adhering to the rules or have somehow misinterpreted them π§....
Embracing the trend of going paperless? πβ‘οΈποΈ
Embracing the trend of going paperless? πβ‘οΈποΈ Let's talk about frictionless too. A topic often ignored. π«π₯ Downloading a PDF that you need to fill it in and then upload it again... Yes, it's digital but you added more friction for the customer. π§ These are what I call...
Strive for few dependencies
Strive for few dependencies Every package that you add to your code is yet another dependency to your project. This dependency is not for free. You take on the risk of the dependency. Do you know the quality of the code? Do you know the experience of the programmer...
Start simple with Git.
Start simple with Git. With feature branches on the main branch: GitHub Flow. But consider this π€: Why create a branch for a feature that can be built in one day? Is it a convention we mindlessly follow or a useful practice? Consider working directly on the main...
Price’s law: 50% of the work is done by the square root of the number of employees.
Price's law: 50% of the work is done by the square root of the number of employees. So: If you have 10 employees, 3 do 50% of the work. If you have 100 employees, 10 do 50% of the work. If you have 10k employees, 100 do 50% the work. I think this law has some truth to...
Connections in Dynamics 365. Should we still use them?
Connections in Dynamics 365. Should we still use them? Connections are very flexible and could be an option for some use cases. But most of the time I don't recommend them. Why? The User eXperience is so horrible. Users don't get how it should work. The problem: It's...
Git’s branching, a power and a menace.
Git's branching, a power and a menace. More branches? More chaos. The result - sluggish workflows, longer feedback loops, tiresome reviews, late deployments, complex merges. Following changes across multiple branches - a time stealer, a collaboration killer....
Decoding Git Branching: Less is More!
Decoding Git Branching: Less is More! Easy and powerful - that's Git branching for me. I went on a journey with GitFlow branching strategy only to realize its complexity and pivoted to GitHub Flow. Now I am even more extreme, with almost no branches, using Trunk-based...
Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Advisor
Microsoft Power Platform Advisor with over 25 years of experience in IT with a focus on (marketing) automation and integration.
Helping organizations with scaling their business by automating processes on the Power Platform (Dynamics 365).
Expert in Power Platform, Dynamics 365 (Marketing & Sales) and Azure Integration Services. Giving advice and strategy consultancy.
Services:
– Strategy and tactics advise
– Automating and integrating
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