Preparing for the First Sprint: Design Thinking and Discovery with Hamish Sheild
From Amazing Apps - learn how to build agile Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business apps using Scrum by Neil Benson
March 10, 2025 · 41 min · Episode 160
About this episode
Hamish Sheild discusses the application of Design Thinking practices in the discovery phase of Power Platform and Dynamics 365 projects.
#160. Hamish Sheild is a Microsoft MVP and Power Platform consultant specialising in applying Design Thinking practices to our apps and projects to make them more human-centred. Hamish and I discuss the different activities and artifacts we've experimented with before starting the delivery phase of our Power Platform and Dynamics 365 projects. Join us as we discuss: 03:43 Design thinking exercises and goal setting 08:45 Inclusion of developers in the discovery phase 09:48 Importance of day in the life sessions 11:59 Exploration of design sprints 17:10 Creating customer and user journey maps 18:48 Utilizing user story maps for clarity 24:21 The role of prototyping in projects 25:11 Developing solution blueprints with Dynamics 365 30:18 Size and refinement of initial product backlog 32:02 Establishing environments 32:48 Business process maps 35:35 Crafting stakeholder maps for project success HAMISH SHEILD Hamish Sheild on LinkedIn AppRising Designing Business Applications RESOURCES Avion for user story mapping StoriesOnBoard for user story mapping Miro for visual collaboration RECOMMENDED EPISODES 130 Sprint 1 is Done! 120 Defining Requirements for Complex Power Apps with Hamish…
People in this episode
Host: Neil Benson
Guest: Hamish Sheild
Topics covered
- Design Thinking
- Discovery Phase
- Power Platform
- Dynamics 365
- Human-Centered Design
Keywords
- sprint
- prototyping
- user journey maps
- stakeholder maps
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Avion, StoriesOnBoard, Miro
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