Bojan Jovičić

Microsoft Sinergija (Synergy) 2011

2011-10-08T09:01:00Z

This year I will be speaking at the annual Microsoft conference Sinergija 2011 (Sinergy) . As a CIO I am very proud that this year there are even two speakers from our company's IT team, beside myself. This is a significant acknowledgement both to the whole company as well as to my work in inspiring and motivating others to grow and learn, but also to join the community and share the knowledge (starting with 2009 when one of my associates held one track, to 2010 and this with two of my associates...(read more)

Lean Architecture: for Agile Software Development

2011-06-04T06:07:00Z

I recently got my hands on hard copy of an excellent book of James Coplien - Lean Architecture: for Agile Software Development . I was one of the reviewers for the book and have only the words of praise for it. This book brings the world of the architecture right in the context of agile. If you are using Lean, Scrum, XP or any of the other agile approaches in any of the roles in the process, this is the book for you. If focuses on the collaborative approach as one of the key success factors of the...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics AX - Remedy for slow Microsoft Excel import

2011-05-29T11:58:00Z

Recently I have been asked to help with solving an issue that involved reading data from Microsoft Excel (xls format) into Microsoft Dynamics AX . Original approach was used with default set of classes for Microsoft Excel (SysExcelApplication, SysExcelWorksheets, SysExcelWorksheet, etc.). The excel file in question was very small but with a rather large number of columns (~150). About 200 reads were made per row. What made us investigate this further was the fact that import was quite slow. After...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics & the Cloud

2011-05-10T19:03:00Z

Recently I have been asked by Software Advice (click here to visit their site) to share their interview about Microsoft Dynamics and the cloud with Marie Huwe, General Manager of Marketing for Microsoft Dynamics. The interview is 14 minutes long and presents Microsoft's roadmap for getting Microsoft Dynamics products in the cloud. You will hear about cloud partner profitability guide, cloud best practices, Dynamics marketplace and other cool tools that Microsoft is planning to apply. For me it...(read more)

Retail IT Summit 2011

2011-05-08T14:01:00Z

This is one of the conferences where I initally planned to attend because of industrial focus (retail), but I got invited by organizers to present instead. The event will bring together representatives of leading retail chains in Serbia, who will attend a one day event (10th May 2011) on which they will follow the presentations and exhibitions of the biggest international experts in retail area (you can get more info and detailed list of exibitors here ). I will be presenting about our way of working...(read more)

Decisions Spring 2011

2011-05-03T21:06:00Z

To my great pleasure, I have been asked again to speak about Agile Software Development and Microsoft Dynamics AX at one of the greatest virtual conferences on Microsoft Dynamics products: Decisions ! MSDynamicsWorld.com has been hosting these semiannual events for a couple of years now, and they are tremendous, free resources for learning and networking. This time it is spring version, and is again features 4 days dedicated to different Dynamics products, as shown on promo below: One interesting...(read more)

Good Old AI & Microsoft Dynamics AX

2011-04-20T05:26:00Z

This winter I had lot of opportunities to speak in academic circles. In a sense the presentation was similar to my lecture about Microsoft Dynamics AX to future managers at Belgrade University , but this time the audience was the group that I belong to and which focuses on AI ( A rtificial I ntelligence) application in academic and practical fields. Good Old AI is an internationally recognized network of award-winning researchers, engineers, and students working in the fields of applied artificial...(read more)

PKB - Agile Project Management

2011-04-18T05:40:00Z

Belgrade Chamber of Commerce is hosting a mini event about agile project management. The event is supported by PMI Serbia and our Agile Serbia user group. There will be a presentation of an resarch about software project approaches used in Serbia, we will hear what is happening with PMI and Agile and I will speak about Scrum. If you are interested to come (21 Apr 2011, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) you can find more details at http://www.scrumalliance.org/events/334-pkb--agile-project-management ....(read more)

Microsoft WinDays 2011

2011-04-14T20:17:00Z

I was really delighted to be accepted to present at the biggest IT conference in Croatia - Microsoft WinDays . This is a conference with a long tradition and splendid organization. Being the first person to present about Microsoft Dynamics AX , I was really enthusiastic about it. The track showed key business advantages but also the technical resons with focus on agile. It went well and it was nice to see that Microsoft Dynamics AX is used in Croatia. Conference was held in beautiful seaside town...(read more)

Microsoft MVP Award - Dynamics AX for second time

2011-04-02T07:40:00Z

Yesterday I was notified by Microsoft that I have been re-awarded as MVP ( M ost V aluable P rofessional) for Dynamics AX . Same as last year this is a great honour for me, especially with so few MVPs in Microsoft Dynamics AX field. You can see who are some of the new MVPs in CEE in this award cycle here . Congratulations to them and to all other re-awarded MVPs. I will do my best to continue helping the community in future, as I did in past....(read more)

Microsoft Sinergija 2010 - Review

2011-01-10T06:03:00Z

Having been a regular lecturer in the past four years, I was really excited with this year’s Microsoft annual conference: Microsoft Sinergija . It is celebrating its 10th anniversary and was internationally oriented (both in speaker and audience sense), becoming one of the most important IT events in the region. Many side events were also organized, both of educational and entertainment type. There was a gala opening, a party and also a remarkable Influencer Summit featuring an outstanding...(read more)

Future managers and Microsoft Dynamics AX

2010-12-28T06:26:00Z

Another case of my willingness to help others and promote Microsoft Dynamics AX was in the academic circles – I was a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Organization Science , Belgrade University on December 1st, 2010. The lecture was of interactive kind; after I had presented key possibilities for business management using Microsoft Dynamics AX and how we solved some challenges in practice, I was being asked a vast variety of both technical and practical questions on the subject. It was truly...(read more)

Upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and issues with the global address book

2010-12-21T06:20:00Z

I previously blogged about willingness to help others . Here is one of examples for helping other professionals that use Microsoft Dynamics AX . Some time ago I had a question from a person on the other side of the world related to issues with global address book in context of upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. I thought that this is not a big challenge, and we had it ourselves, and I imagined that everyone will be upgrading directly to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SP ( S ervice P ack) 1 where...(read more)

Do you need advice about Microsoft Dynamics AX or Scrum?

2010-12-21T06:13:00Z

In the past few years, I had great pleasure and a remarkable experience being consulted as the person from the trenches on topics as Microsoft Dynamics AX, Scrum, CIO challenges, or personal development. I am more than willing to help and try to solve presented challenges, either to help friends and colleagues or someone totally unknown from the other side of the globe. This happens in many forms: either by e-mail, directly, at a lecture, training or as form of mentoring for seminar papers or graduate...(read more)

Decisions Fall 2010

2010-11-22T05:29:00Z

This year I have been invited to present at Decisions Fall 2010 . I had heard of this virtual conference before, and some of my associates attended it and had really positive experience. I was really happy to accept, and looked forward to learn how content gets prepared and produced so it can be delivered in virtual form. Fortunately, the team from MSDynamicsWorld.com has a lot of experience in organizing this event and provided a nice and worked-out schedule. Preparations of the content started...(read more)