<description>&lt;p&gt;#160. Hamish Sheild is a Microsoft MVP and Power Platform consultant specialising in applying Design Thinking practices to our apps and projects to make them more human-centred. Hamish and I discuss the different activities and artifacts we've experimented with before starting the delivery phase of our Power Platform and Dynamics 365 projects. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join us as we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;03:43 Design thinking exercises and goal setting&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;08:45 Inclusion of developers in the discovery phase&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;09:48 Importance of day in the life sessions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;11:59 Exploration of design sprints&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;17:10 Creating customer and user journey maps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;18:48 Utilizing user story maps for clarity&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;24:21 The role of prototyping in projects&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;25:11 Developing solution blueprints with Dynamics 365&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;30:18 Size and refinement of initial product backlog&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;32:02 Establishing environments&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;32:48 Business process maps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;35:35 Crafting stakeholder maps for project success&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HAMISH SHEILD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamishsheild/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Hamish Sheild on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apprising.co.nz/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;AppRising&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apprising.co.nz/designing-business-applications" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Designing Business Applications&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RESOURCES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.avion.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Avion&lt;/a&gt; for user story mapping&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://storiesonboard.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;StoriesOnBoard&lt;/a&gt; for user story mapping&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://miro.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Miro &lt;/a&gt;for visual collaboration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RECOMMENDED EPISODES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amazingapps.show/130" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;130 Sprint 1 is Done!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amazingapps.show/120" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;120 Defining Requirements for Complex Power Apps with Hamish Sheild&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;👋 LET'S CONNECT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🌐 &lt;a href="https://amazingapps.show/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Subscribe to Customery Academy newsletter&lt;/a&gt; for new episode announcements and special offers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🟥 &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/@amazingapplications" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Subscribe on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🟦 &lt;a href="https://linkedin.com/company/customery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Follow on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🟦 &lt;a href="https://linkedin.com/in/neilbenson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Neil Benson on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🦋 &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/neilabenson.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Neil Benson on BlueSky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;⭐ &lt;strong&gt;RATE AND REVIEW THE SHOW&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;👍 &lt;a href="https://amazingapps.show/rate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Rate Amazing Apps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;👨‍💻 MY ONLINE COURSES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🚀 &lt;a href="https://customery.com/foundations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🏉 &lt;a href="https://customery.com/scrum" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;📐 &lt;a href="https://customery.com/estimating" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Estimating Business Apps &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Amazing Apps - learn how to build agile Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business apps using Scrum

Neil Benson

Preparing for the First Sprint: Design Thinking and Discovery with Hamish Sheild

MAR 10, 202540 MIN
Amazing Apps - learn how to build agile Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business apps using Scrum

Preparing for the First Sprint: Design Thinking and Discovery with Hamish Sheild

MAR 10, 202540 MIN

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#160. Hamish Sheild is a Microsoft MVP and Power Platform consultant specialising in applying Design Thinking practices to our apps and projects to make them more human-centred. Hamish and I discuss the different activities and artifacts we've experimented with before starting the delivery phase of our Power Platform and Dynamics 365 projects. Join us as we discuss:03:43 Design thinking exercises and goal setting08:45 Inclusion of developers in the discovery phase09:48 Importance of day in the life sessions11:59 Exploration of design sprints17:10 Creating customer and user journey maps18:48 Utilizing user story maps for clarity24:21 The role of prototyping in projects25:11 Developing solution blueprints with Dynamics 36530:18 Size and refinement of initial product backlog32:02 Establishing environments32:48 Business process maps35:35 Crafting stakeholder maps for project successHAMISH SHEILDHamish Sheild on LinkedInAppRisingDesigning Business Applications RESOURCESAvion for user story mappingStoriesOnBoard for user story mappingMiro for visual collaborationRECOMMENDED EPISODES130 Sprint 1 is Done!120 Defining Requirements for Complex Power Apps with Hamish Sheild👋 LET'S CONNECT🌐 Subscribe to Customery Academy newsletter for new episode announcements and special offers🟥 Subscribe on YouTube🟦 Follow on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn🦋 Neil Benson on BlueSky⭐ RATE AND REVIEW THE SHOW👍 Rate Amazing Apps👨‍💻 MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps