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Overcoming Power Platform Adoption Challenges – Why People Are the Key
Overcome Power Platform adoption challenges through collaboration, securing sponsorship, and investing in facilitation skills.
Hamish Sheild
Feb 265 min read
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The Potential of Microsoft Power Apps Plan Designer (preview)
Explore the Microsoft Power Apps Plan Designer preview - a Copilot-first tool for rapid business solution development.
Hamish Sheild
Jan 236 min read
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Improving User Stories in Power Platform & Dynamics 365 Projects
Learn how to create user-centered user stories in Power Platform and Dynamics 365 projects.
Hamish Sheild
Jan 173 min read
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Measuring the Value of Business Application Projects
Discover effective tips for measuring the value of business application projects. Learn how to assess and enhance project success today.
Hamish Sheild
Dec 19, 20244 min read
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Set Up Miro Boards for the Best Workshop Experience
Enhance your workshops with these practical tips for setting up Miro boards, ensuring smooth and engaging collaboration.
Hamish Sheild
Oct 19, 20244 min read
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Overcome the challenge of preconceived solution ideas
Learn how to create the right workshop environment to ensure everyone is on the same page and the best solutions are developed.
Hamish Sheild
Sep 13, 20244 min read
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How Prototyping Can Make Business App Projects Easier
Discover how prototyping can improve your app design process and deliver better results for your users and your business.
Hamish Sheild
Jun 20, 20246 min read
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How to refine unclear business app requirements
Learn how to overcome unclear requirements and collaborate with your users to create effective business applications.
Hamish Sheild
May 31, 20244 min read
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10 simple ways to apply design thinking to your business application projects
Ideas for integrating design thinking into your business apps projects without overhauling your existing processes or blowing the budget.
Hamish Sheild
May 14, 20244 min read
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Rethink Business Apps with Design Thinking
Learn how design thinking can improve your business applications with a human-centred approach that is collaborative and user-focused.
Hamish Sheild
May 2, 20248 min read
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Support Power Platform Makers - How to get started
This post guides you through three simple ways to start supporting Power Platform makers in your organisation.
Hamish Sheild
Aug 17, 20234 min read
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Prioritise Requirements Better: The Impact-Effort Matrix
Explore the transformative power of the Impact-Effort Matrix in reshaping how you prioritise requirements for business applications.
Hamish Sheild
Jul 14, 20233 min read
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How to Develop a Winning Power Platform Strategy
Discover how to craft a powerful Power Platform strategy that aligns with your business goals.
Hamish Sheild
May 26, 20235 min read
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5 Ways to Increase Workshop Participation for Business Applications
Unlock the potential of your online workshops with five proven tips.
Hamish Sheild
May 19, 20233 min read
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Understand Users and Processes with User Journey Maps
My go to tool for understanding the current state of a user and their journey through a business process is a User Journey Map.
Hamish Sheild
Oct 27, 20225 min read
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Solution Canvas for Business Applications [Template]
The Solution Canvas is a one-page solution design template that teams work on collaboratively to design successful Business Applications
Hamish Sheild
Jul 19, 20224 min read
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How to map a Lookup Column in a Power Platform Dataflow
Are you stuck trying to map a Dataverse lookup column in Power Platform dataflow? In this post I show you how.
Hamish Sheild
Jun 4, 20223 min read
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Power Platform DLP Strategy
Power Platform DLPs are important for protecting your business data from being unintentionally exposed. This is how to approach them.
Hamish Sheild
Nov 9, 20217 min read
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Getting Started with Power Platform Adoption
Learn what it takes to get the most our of the Microsoft Power Platform by implementing a Centre of Excellence.
Hamish Sheild
Oct 13, 20219 min read
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Defining Power Platform Requirements for Bespoke Solutions
The Microsoft Power Platform is a great tool for tackling business challenges that cannot be solved using standard out-of-the-box apps. ...
Hamish Sheild
Jul 14, 20218 min read
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How we Built Two Power Apps in Two Days
We created two mobile apps in two days using the Microsoft Power Platform. This is how we did it.
Hamish Sheild
Jul 6, 20205 min read
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Hack4Good MBAs - Virtual innovation at speed
Over the weekend of 2nd - 3rd May I participated in a Power Platform hackathon event called Hack4Good Microsoft Business Applications...
Hamish Sheild
May 13, 20204 min read
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End to End Process Automation with the Power Platform
There has never been a better opportunity for organisations to completely automate tasks to drive efficiency and improve productivity. ...
Hamish Sheild
Mar 3, 20205 min read
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