Today's Date: 05 February 2012
17
Dec

Navigating Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 R2

It's been well over a year since the previous release from the Microsoft NAV team but yesterday Santa came early and delivered NAV 2009 R2 to 43 countries in one night. ... read full post

Posted by:  David Roys,   |  17 December 2010
Tags: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 R2
11
Feb

Why?

Annabelle, my youngest daughter, is going through the 'why?' stage. If you have kids I'm sure you'll know what I mean. This morning I had a typical conversation with her on the subject of eating toast. ... read full post

Posted by:  David Roys,   |  11 February 2009
Tags: Requirements Analysis
26
Sep

Everybody lies - the Dr. House approach to requirements analysis

Gregory House M.D. is a maverick medical genius who, in each TV episode, heads a team of diagnosticians in their attempts to diagnose an unfortunate patient’s mystery illness. House’s signature phrase is “Everybody lies” although, for his character, it’s more than just a saying, it’s a philosophy. In this article, I’ll demonstrate how the “everybody lies” approach can be applied to requirements analysis in order to reduce costs and improve overall project quality. ... read full post

Posted by:  David Roys,   |  26 September 2008
Tags: Requirements Analysis
12
Jun

User Acceptance Testing - the key to surviving an ERP go live

When I came to New Zealand, nearly six years ago, I wanted to throw myself off a bridge with some elastic tied to my legs. I had heard that this was something Kiwis did and I wanted to fit in to my newly adopted environment. The world’s first commercial bungy jump started in the mid ‘80s in Queenstown, New Zealand. And it was there, on the Kawarau Bridge, that I took the plunge in 2002. ... read full post

Posted by:  David Roys,   |  12 June 2008
Tags: Quality, User Acceptance Testing
13
Feb

The changing face of ERP

Microsoft now owns and develops Microsoft Dynamics NAV which is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution acquired from Navision Software in 2002. In the final quarter of 2008, Microsoft plans to release what some consider to be the first “Microsoft-flavoured” version since buying the Denmark-based software company. Dynamics NAV is already a highly-successful, award-winning ERP solution but the forthcoming release is set to bring something quite extraordinary to the middle-tier business solutions market. ... read full post

Posted by:  David Roys,   |  13 February 2008
Tags: Dynamics, NAV, ERP, Role-Tailored Client