Success by Design
Done by: Yousef
Mureb
Traditional IT implementation
Typically involves on-
Requires significant Limited scalability
premises
upfront capital and flexibility, as
infrastructure, where
investment for resources must be
businesses manage
hardware, software purchased and
hardware, software,
licenses, and maintained in
and data storage
maintenance costs. advance.
themselves.
Challenges with Traditional IT
Implementation
High Maintenance Costs: Limited Scalability: Slow Innovation: Traditional IT
Ongoing hardware and software Scaling up resources solutions can be rigid and slow
upkeep, with a need for IT staff often involves time- to adopt new technologies,
to manage and troubleshoot. consuming deployment keeping businesses behind
competitors who leverage cloud
innovation.
Introduction to
Success by
Design
Definition: A structured methodology by
Microsoft to guide Dynamics 365 and Power
Platform projects.
Goal: To create an easy framework for introducing
businesses to cloud technology, enabling faster
innovation and competitive advantage.
Key Insight: Leverages learnings from thousands
of customer cloud deployments to provide best
practices, recommendations, and risk mitigation.
Why is Success by Design
important
Workshops align project teams and solution architects,
ensuring best practices are followed and risks are identified
early.
Provides historical insights and context, enabling timely and
informed decisions.
Promotes faster innovation, allowing businesses to maintain
a competitive edge with cloud-based digital transformation
platforms.
Core principles of Success by
Design
• There are three main principles that are essential for the success by design
framework, which includes early detection, proactive guidance and predictable
success.
Predictable Success
Ensures that projects are
delivered with consistent
outcomes that align with
business goals.
Since the framework
follows structured
• Example: Consistent delivery of
methodology, it can scalable, secure, and high-
guarantee success performing solutions.
across different projects.
Early Detection
Identifying data
Focuses on Since workshops migration
identifying are provided for challenges or
potential risks, each stage, potential
challenges, or errors and risks security
gaps early in the can be detected vulnerabilities
project lifecycle. early on. during the
planning phase
Proactive Guidance
Involves providing hands-on recommendations and best
practices throughout the project lifecycle to keep the
implementation on track.
This allows stakeholders and the technical team to
make better informed decisions by utilizing the
knowledge of Microsoft experts.
Example: Offering workshops on solution blueprinting
or test strategy before execution begins.
Steps to implement Success by
Design
Implement: Build
Initiate: Align
functionality,
expectations, plan
conduct workshops,
workshops, and set
and validate
goals.
designs.
Operate: Monitor
Prepare: Conduct
the system, gather
user acceptance
feedback, and
testing and train
continuously
users.
improve.
Initiate Focus: Research and
requirement
Conducting the
gathering.
Solution Blueprint
Workshop to align on
business objectives
and solution
architecture.
Key Activities:
Gathering detailed
insights into the
Outcome: A clear project’s scope and
understanding of identifying initial risks.
project goals and
alignment among
stakeholders to lay a
strong foundation.
Implement
Focus: Designing and
implementing system
components.
Conducting the
Implementation
Workshop to finalize
detailed design.
Component design
Key Activities: and technology
choices.
Addressing questions
Outcome: A on:
Roadmap updates,
structured, detailed
ALM (Application
implementation plan
Lifecycle
with components
Management), and
aligned to business
upcoming changes.
needs.
Prepare
Focus: Ensuring readiness
for deployment.
• Conducting the Go-Live Readiness Workshop:
• Validate non-functional requirements like performance, search functionality, and
throughput.
Key Activities: • Highlight gaps, implement proactive performance checks, and apply the solution
checker.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) preparations.
Outcome: Validation of
solution readiness with
issues resolved for smooth
deployment
Operate
•Focus: Maintenance and optimization.
•Key Activities:
• Conducting the Post Go-Live Review:
• Validate the solution in production.
• Share the transition plan with the maintenance team.
• Performing post-launch tests to monitor and optimize
performance.
Outcome: Smooth operation of the deployed system with
continuous improvement and support.
Workshops in Success by
Design
Solution Blueprint Test Strategy
Workshop: Create a Workshop: Develop a
detailed roadmap plan to test functionality,
aligning business performance, and
objectives with solution readiness for
architecture. deployment.
Data Migration Security Workshop:
Workshop: Ensure Design a secure
accurate and seamless framework to protect
migration of data to the data and ensure
new system. compliance.
Benefits of the Approach
Aligns Goals:
Accelerates
Reduces Risks: Keeps the project
Adoption:
Early aligned with
Modular approach
identification of business and
ensures faster
potential issues. technical
implementation.
objectives.
Fast track for Success by
Design.
Purpose: It ensures customers and partners can implement
Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions effectively, leveraging
Microsoft's expertise to reduce risks and improve project outcomes.
Integration: It incorporates Success by Design principles, such as
structured workshops and modular processes, into a more
streamlined and supportive framework.
Features of Fast Track for
Success by Design
Access to
Workshops are
Microsoft Tailored
enhanced with
engineers for recommendation
FastTrack
troubleshooting s for project-
resources for
and technical specific needs.
faster execution.
validation.
