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Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step 2012

โœ Scribed by Bellefroid, Vincent; Shankar, Chandru; Thakkar, Nilesh; Campbell, Kerry


Publisher
Packt Publishing
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Leaves
380
Category
Library

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โœฆ Synopsis


Use Sure Step methodologies to deliver quality, on time, and on budget business solutions to your clients About This Book Understand how Sure Step helps you envision and implement the right Microsoft Dynamics solution for your business needs Learn how to develop a process for solution selling using Sure Step Understand the review and optimization offerings available to further enhance your solution delivery during and after go-live Gain knowledge of the project and change management in Sure Step Who This Book Is For If you are involved in one or more of the roles stated below, then this book is for you If you are a Project Manager, Engagement Manager, Solution Architect, or Consultant involved in delivering Microsoft Dynamics solutions, this book will teach you how you can improve the quality of your implementation with a consistent, repeatable process. If you are a Customer Project Manager, Subject Matter Expert, Key User, or End User involved in selecting the right business solution for your organization and delivering the Microsoft Dynamics solution, this book will help you determine how the method facilitates the delivery of a solution that is aligned to your vision. If you are a Sales Executive, Services Sales Executive, Technical Sales Specialist, Pre-Sales Consultant, or Engagement Manager involved in the sales of Microsoft Dynamics solutions, this book will help you to understand how you can accelerate your sales cycle and bring it to a close If you are the Customer Decision Maker, CxO, Buyer, or Project Manager who participates in the selection process for your business solution needs, this book will show you how to determine how this process can help your due diligence exercise and set the stage for a quality implementation of the solution If you are a Change Management expert, this book will enable you to learn how you can help the customer manage organizational change during the business solution

โœฆ Table of Contents


Content: Cover
Copyright
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Background and Concepts
The business solutions market
Building a solution strategy with pace layering
The two-tier approach, cloud computing, and workloads
The importance of a methodology
The importance of a methodology for solution selection
Introducing Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step
Microsoft Dynamics overview
Understanding what a project is
Implementing the solution
ERP and CRM implementations and statistics
Summary. Chapter 2: Solution Selling and Driving Due DiligenceDriving value for the customer and solution provider
Value realization and measurement
What it means to be solution centric
Solution selling concepts
Solution selling --
the buyer's perspective
Building the trust
Building the vision
Determining the right time to demo the solution
Staying aligned with the buyer
Vision processing --
creation and reengineering
The Microsoft Solution Selling Process
Summary
Chapter 3: Solution Envisioning with Sure Step
The Sure Step Diagnostic phase. The concept of Decision Accelerator (DA) OfferingsDiagnostic for a new Dynamics customer
Starting the discovery process
Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services tools and alignment with Sure Step
The first step to envisioning the future state
Identifying the right solution
Determining the infrastructure implications
Estimating the delivery costs, approach, plans, and roles
Phased approach and staging options for multiple site deployments
Reducing the risk perception
Estimating the Return on Investment
Developing the project charter and proposal
Closing the sales cycle. Initiating the delivery cycleOther aspects of the Decision Accelerator offering services
Diagnostic leveraging of the Accelerated POC with the CRM Online service
The Diagnostic phase for a current Dynamics customer
Assessing the upgrade requirements
Applying the other Decision Accelerator services to upgrade engagements
Supporting the customer's buying cycle
Defining organizational needs
Determining the right solution
Understanding and mitigating risks
Approach for upgrading existing solutions
Positioning solutions for specific industries
Industry/vertical solutions. The manufacturing industryThe public sector industry
The retail industry
Service industries
Cross-industry/horizontal solutions
Cross-industry customer care solutions
xRM or extended CRM solutions
Future industry and cross-industry solution content
Quick Reference
Summary
Chapter 4: Managing Projects
About projects and project management
Myths and resistance
Is project management an overhead?
Is project management an obstacle to flexibility?
Is project management unsalable?
Why project management?
The alternative
Using our own methodology.

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