- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on August 14, 2010
This year I was invited as a speaker in the Microsoft Dynamics area for the annual Microsoft conference Sinergija (Sinergy).
I have been a regular speaker at Sinergija since 2007 when I held 3 tracks, and I got to amazing 5 tracks in 2008, and then back to 3 tracks in 2009.
What was important in 2009 is that one of my associates held one track, and I am really proud of this, and even prouder because this year tracks of two of my associates have already been approved.
Information about me was published on front page of Sinergija's webs
ite and you can find full article in their lecturer series. They also published this on Sinergija's Facebook Page and in their Facebook lecturer album.
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on July 29, 2010
We wanted to include the complexity analysis in our CI (Continuous Integration) environment within the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. This is especially important for us, as we are very agile (more than 3 years of Scrum), and have top notch technical environment to support this in the .NET world (Microsoft Visual Studio with Team System).
We were missing software quality indicators which can help developers check their code in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 environment. Now together with the existing CI tools in DAX (Dynamics AX) technology has enabled better software quality which is very important in the lean approach, because your work quality is not only affecting end-user, but also the others who work on it during the process, which in software production can be many people.
I knew of great tool that was created for Dynamics AX 2004 that supports software metrics like: Cyclomatic Complexity, Lack of Cohesion of Methods, Number of Source Lines, Comment Percentage. I tried to add it to our environment, but found some issues. These were easily fixed using DAX's Code comparison tools. You can download the updated version here (110 kb). It also includes the short manual (2 steps) for user setup. Just unzip the archive, import the XPO (choosing to overwrite the existing elements).
If you have time, take a look at good grad paper from the original tool author can be found.
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on April 25, 2010
Few weeks ago I have been notified by Microsoft that I have been selected as MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for Dynamics AX. This is a great honour for me, especially with so few MVPs in Microsoft Dynamics AX field. I will do my best to continue helping the community in future, as I did in past.
Here is a quote from Microsoft MVP website explaining this award:
Since the early 1990s, Microsoft has recognized the inspiring activities of MVPs around the world with the MVP Award. MVPs freely share their deep knowledge, real-world experience, and impartial, objective feedback to help people enhance the way they use technology. Of more than 100 million users who participate in technology communities, around 4,000 are recognized as Microsoft MVPs.
MVPs make exceptional contributions to technical communities, sharing their passion, knowledge, and know-how. Meanwhile, because MVPs hear the opinions and needs of many others in the technical community, they are well-placed to share highly focused feedback with Microsoft...
My Microsoft MVP profile can be found here.
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on April 21, 2010
In the aftermath of our success with the big jump from version 3 to version 5 of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, we have extended our winning streak by winning the Serbian Association of Software Engineering’s Plaque for Innovation in Business use of IT.
For that matter I’ve been an honoured guest in the national radio show Digital Icons along with other winners.
Also the national television made a report on the Plaque winners during the final ceremony and can be seen here. A new company that specializes in electronic media also made the report which can be seen here.
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on December 22, 2009
For the second year in a row Delta Sport has won the International ICT Award, Diskobolos (Discobolus), this time in finances category. The Diskobolos award is given by JISA (Union of ICT Societies of Serbia) for the best achievements in the usage of information and communication technologies in almost all fields of social and business life.
This year we entered the finals with our successful upgrade from version 3 to version 5 of Microsoft’s flagship ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009). Microsoft has elected us as the best case study among 37 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and made a video case study about our epic ERP upgrade project.
At the official ceremony in the Continental Hotel, on behalf of the company, I received the award. Once again (like last year), I would like to emphasize that this awards is result of work of the whole company.
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on December 10, 2009
I am a big fan of keyboard shortcuts, since they increase developer and user productivity greatly. The shortcut wallpapers for Visual Studio and ReSharper are especially nice, since they come in one page flavor.
I always missed something like this for Dynamics AX 2009. We had some version that was created by Vanya Kashperuk (http://kashperuk.blogspot.com/2008/07/microsoft-dynamics-ax-2009-keyboard.html), so I converted it to one page format. Unfortunately we ended up with two pages (one for developers and one for end users), but it looks very nice, and the team likes it.
Here is the link for download: DynamicsAX 2009 Shortcuts.pdf (270.14 kb)
Please use, share, and if you come up with better version, send us info.
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on November 19, 2009
This year the Synergy (Sinergija) had two days of lectures, instead of three days like in previous years. I held three lectures this time:
- The Big Jump - From “Axapta 3.0” to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
- Scrum with Team Foundation System 2010
- Maintainable and Robust Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
I was pleased to see that this year we had foreign guests attending the lectures, including my lecture on Scrum that I held in English in the manner of a friendly host.
What I am most proud of, among my this year’s efforts concerning the Synergy is that my role as coach was crowned by the fact that I had trained one of my associates so that he was able to hold a lecture all on his own, after just a few words of introduction by myself.
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on November 3, 2009
Our successful upgrade from version 3 to version 5 of Microsoft’s flagship ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009) has been elected by Microsoft as the best case study among 37 countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This was an epic achievement in the world of ERP systems.
Metia, a notable PR agency, has made a video about us to document our success. Their London-based employees were our guests and they were astonished by the project we did, by our company, as well as by our country.
Please visit the link below to see the excellent video that they produced: www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000005626 (there is a link on right sidebar that says "Play Video")
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on October 29, 2009
In the light of the great success of our upgrade from version 3 to version 5 of Microsoft’s flagship ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, I’ve had the honor to be invited to Microsoft’s Dynamics Convergence conference in Vienna and tell the story of our success. Numerous guests attended this event and the highly anticipated new features of this ERP system seem truly exciting.
I presented our upgrade project and success with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 as a chat and talk session with Microsoft host as part of Addressing Business Issues with Microsoft Dynamics AX session. The fact that most people found formidable after the session, was that our development team was extremely a small one, as well as the fact that the downtime of the business due to the upgrade process was less than two days – moreover, less than one weekend.
- Posted by Bojan Jovičić on May 4, 2009
A few weeks ago, our company, Delta Sport, successfully made The Big Jump : from version 3 of MBS Axapta to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 (version 5).
To our information this was done before Microsoft's patch for Eastern Europe. This was a large project with risks which have been mitigated by our previous experience and knowledge. Our IT Department, agile as we are, together with NPS as our partner, had prepared thoroughly, performed considerable number of modifications, worked closely with our key users, and now we are up & running. This is a huge benefit for our development team with all the new possibilities that Dynamics AX 2009 now offers us, as well as to the whole company with its new business features which are now available. The first benefits are already visible and we expect much bigger things in times to come.
Our success story has been published in number 102 of a popular magazine - Internet Ogledalo (Internet Mirror), titled Case study: Delta Sport and NPS - Story of Success (click the title of article to see it in their excellent online magazine viewer). You can find some shots from it below:
Once again, congratulations to all teams from the IT Department, and the whole Delta Sport.
PS> If anyone is interested in exchanging information about migration/upgrade from version 3 to Dynamics AX 2009, don't hesitate to contact me.