This module covers following subjects:

• Overview of the Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Methodology
• Introduction to the Case Study

This module covers following subjects:

• Preparing for the Diagnostic Phase
  • The Opportunity Briefing
  • Opportunity knowledge transfer
  • Decision Accelerators
  • Practical Labs:
    • Internal briefing meeting
    • Review preliminary project information
    • Select Decision Accelerators
    • Class Discussion
• Delivering Decision Accelerators
  • Practical Labs on Decision Accelerators
• Planning the project

• Summarizing the high-level scope
• Choosing the project type
• Practical Labs
  • Define the project type for the case
  • Create the project plan
  • Class Discussion
• Managing the project proposal
  • The Statement Of Work (SOW)
  • Budgetary Estimate Proposal
  • Practical Labs:
    • Create the SOW
    • Present the SOW

This module covers following subjects:

• Project Planning and communication management during the analysis phase
  • Project planning
  • Communication management
  • The Project Charter
  • Kick-Off Meetings
  • Project Status Reporting
  • Practical labs:
    • Prepare for the kick-off meeting
    • Class Discussion - Conduct Kick Off Meeting
• Conduct Solutions Overview
  • Practical labs:
    • Class Discussion: Necessity of Solutions Overview
    • Create the Training Plan
• Detailed Business Process Analysis
  • Practical labs:
    • Review Workshop Reports
    • Complete the FRD
• Fit/Gap Analysis
  • Practical labs
    • Identify Gap Information
• Issue Management
  • Practical labs
    • Identify issues
• Proposal Management
  • Manage change requests
  • Review and approve change requests
  • Practical labs
    • Class Discussion - Identify changes
    • Document changes and update the project plan

This module covers following subjects:

• Project Planning
• The Deployment Plan
  • Practical labs
    • Create the Deployment Plan
    • Update the Project Plan
• Solution Design
  • Functional Design Document
  • Technical Design Document
  • Solution Design Document
  • Information flow from functional requirements to design documents
  • Practical Labs
    • Create Fit Design in FDD
    • Create Gap Design in FDD
    • Create Solution Design Document
    • Class Discussion
• Project Performance and Status Reporting
  • Project Performance Reporting
  • Project Status Reporting
  • Practical Lab s
    • Review Consultant Status Report
    • Create Project Status Report
• Testing
  • Testing as a cross phase process
  • Testing activities during the Design phase
  • Testing activities during the Development phase
  • Testing activities during the Deployment phase
  • Testing Environments
  • Practical labs
    • Unit and function testing
    • User Acceptance testing
• Tollgate Review
  • Practical labs
    • Prepare Phase Tolgate Review
• Go-Live
  • Go-Live Cutover Plan
  • Practical labs
    • Create Go-Live Cutover Plan