Communication overkill and budget overruns. That was the first thought that came to my mind when I first began managing using the agile approach to project management. I didn’t think it was possible to have any more meetings to discuss a project, which would surely blow the budget. As I continued to use this methodology… Continue reading Not a daily status meeting – a daily standup!
What's New in NAV 2013 R2 Part 1: Multi-tenancy
Multi-tenancy is a principle of software architecture where a single instance of the software runs on a server and supports multiple customers or tenants. The overarching principle to multi-tenancy is to have zero-overhead for each tenant. In other words, it is a shared application. That sounds like a simple idea on the surface, and to… Continue reading What's New in NAV 2013 R2 Part 1: Multi-tenancy
What’s New in NAV 2013 R2 Part 2: Administration
In past releases of Microsoft Dynamics NAV one of the trends has been to open up the product to those outside of the traditional NAV world. Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 continues this trend through its use of PowerShell. For those of you who are not familiar with PowerShell, it is, in short, an object-oriented scripting… Continue reading What’s New in NAV 2013 R2 Part 2: Administration
What's New in NAV 2013 R2 Part 3: Improved Web Client
The web client was a big success with the initial release of Dynamics NAV 2013. With Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 Microsoft has continued the development of the web client to include most, if not all, of the functionality available with the standard Windows client or RTC. Office 365 sales have been soaring and the web… Continue reading What's New in NAV 2013 R2 Part 3: Improved Web Client
Simplify Reports using CSS
Could the power of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) simplify reporting in NAV? Reports have 2 elements, Data and Display. The display is the notoriously elusive, ever changing, and proprietary technology that literally drives developers nuts and costs customers lots of money. Developers have been using the same Data access tools for decades, virtually unchanged. CSS… Continue reading Simplify Reports using CSS
An Ounce of Prevention – Keeping Your Project Healthy
As I wallow in my own self-pity, miserable from a head cold that hit me like a freight train over the weekend, I thought about how grateful I should be when I am feeling healthy. There’s nothing like waking up in the morning after a good night’s sleep, full of energy, ready to try and… Continue reading An Ounce of Prevention – Keeping Your Project Healthy
Catching the Chennai Express
I’ve been in Chennai now for three weeks and I conclude my trip tomorrow and start the 30 plus hour trek back home catching the Chennai Express both literally and figuratively. I have been joined by a fellow member of our leadership team who will continue the work of recruiting, hiring, and training our newest… Continue reading Catching the Chennai Express
From India with Love – Week 2
I am coming to the end of my second week in India and thought I would write home about my experiences as we set up our first international office. One of the first things you notice in India is the energy of 1.1 billion people or 3 times the US population living in a country… Continue reading From India with Love – Week 2
Stockkeeping Units (SKUs) in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
We often get the question, “What are Stockkeeping Units (SKU’s) in Dynamics NAV and what are they used for?” First, we need to define what a Stockkeeping Unit is. Many people think the term Stockkeeping Unit was equivalent to the term “Item”. But if we look in the APICS dictionary, we find the following definition: An… Continue reading Stockkeeping Units (SKUs) in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
ArcherPoint opens its first international office in Chennai India
As our clients have gone increasingly global we have found that we need to go where they are to serve them best. Over a third of our clients are already global with offices around the world and we want to be able to offer them the same level of service no matter what time zone… Continue reading ArcherPoint opens its first international office in Chennai India