54. I'm joined by Dani Kahil, Microsoft Business Applications practice lead at Empired, who shares the story behind one of his client projects, Lives Lived Well.

  • How the Lives Lived Well CRM project started with a review of the high-level requirements
  • Adopting Scrum gradually during the course of the project
  • The benefit of having a scrum master (or a project manager) who is familiar with Scrum
  • Dani's advice for Microsoft customers who are new to the product owner role
  • Using a blend of partner and customer resources
  • Challenges they had switching from Voice of the Customer to FormsPro
  • Going live as the COVID-19 pandemic hit Australia
  • Pitching an agile approach to prospective clients
  • Using Azure DevOps for product backlog management and managing test cases
  • Dani's requirements mastering and solution envisioning peer group
  • The Amazing App show's first review on Podchaser

Show Contacts

  • Dani Kahil on LinkedIn
  • Empired
  • Lives Lived Well
  • Customery Academy students: Luis Guzman and Matt Baum

Show Resources

  • Dani Kahil's blog
  • Dani Kahil's Mastering Solution Envisioning peer group
  • Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps
  • Amazing Applications show on Podchaser

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