Quality Assurance for Dynamics AX-Based ERP Solutions

• Implementing ERP to resolve business challenges
• Solving quality issues using Dynamics AX
• Best practices for Dynamics AX customization (technical perspective, GUI)
• Achieving trustworthiness by improving security, privacy, and reliability
• Testing strategy for verifying quality characteristics
• Implementing a safe and secure testing life cycle tuned for Dynamics AX
• Handling the security defects in your system.
• Exploring and employing/utilizing Dynamics AX testing tools

Chapter 1 discusses the challenges of businesses that are solved by ERP, key quality expectations from an ERP, and what makes Dynamics AX an ideal ERP system.

Chapter 2 is the foundation to understand IBI standards, as this chapter is all about quality definition in the context of Dynamics AX's unique challenges. It also explains why we should preserve and maintain the quality of Dynamics AX-based ERP applications.

Chapter 3 explains the Dynamics AX customization best practices from a technical perspective. Adopting these best practices will enhance the quality of Dynamics AX-based ERP solutions.

Chapter 4 discusses the best practices for the Graphical User Interface to achieve excellence and consistency in user experience.

Chapter 5 discusses how to achieve trustworthiness by achieving security, privacy, and reliability. This chapter discusses threat modeling and various other activities in various stages of the security development life cycle.

Chapter 6 discusses the testing strategy for the verification of the quality characteristics achieved through the best practices discussed in Chapter 3 to Chapter 5.

Chapter 7 discusses the testing life cycle specially tuned for Dynamics AX to ensure effective and efficient testing with least efforts.

Chapter 8 discusses the defect management system and key characteristics expected in defect management tools used to manage Dynamics AX customization defect records. It also discusses how to handle security-related issues or defects.

Chapter 9 discusses various testing tool available in Dynamics AX and how we can unleash maximum benefits from these tools.

Dynamics AX is a next-generation ERP system that can be customized in any area to provide a competitive edge by facilitating ERP implementations that follow the time-proven processes being used by businesses. This ERP system not only provides additional flexibilities but also has some other unique features such as its layered customization approach, separation of language elements from code, feature keys, etc. All these features add great value allowing implementation of solutions in a flexible, cost-effective, risk-free, and timely manner but these things may add challenges in quality assurance of these solutions.

This book discusses the methodology to ensure quality standards in Dynamics AX customization projects and IBI-compliant independent software vendor application development. Dynamics AX customization is not equivalent to fresh application development; however, Dynamics is so flexible that it allows customization in almost all areas, which poses greater challenges for correctness, accuracy, and trustworthiness of customized Dynamics AX-based ERP solutions.

This book discusses the quality expectations from Dynamics AX-based ERP solutions, best practices that need to be followed to meet the quality expectations, and the strategies to test a customized Dynamics AX ERP application.

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This practical reference book, perfect for Microsoft Business Solution partners, will take you through the testing lifecycle of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solutions, including testing compliance to the Industry Builder Initiative (IBI) standard for ERP software.

This book deals with quality awareness as well as quality assurance. It discusses the quality expectations from the ERP solution, talks about the best practices for meeting the quality expectations, and then suggests the strategies to test the customized Dynamics AX ERP application.

Microsoft Business Solution partners will benefit greatly from this book. This book targets functional experts and Dynamics AX developers. A basic knowledge of the X++ language and the basics of Axapta architecture are needed to follow the book, but no prior knowledge of testing is required. The following will find this book useful:

• MBS Partners who are dealing in Dynamics AX: To educate their employees for achieving their quality goals.
• Project Managers / Quality Managers: To update themselves about the standards related to Design, Development, Testing, etc., which are a part of Microsoft IBI Specifications for Dynamics AX 4.0.
• Dynamics AX Developers: To update themselves about coding standards that apply to Dynamics AX and to know the principles behind various recommended best practices.
• Functional Consultants: To update themselves about Solution Design / GUI Specifications.
• Chief Technology Officers / Technical Solution Designers: To gain awareness about best practices for trustworthy computing and how these can be implemented at organization / project level.
• Dynamics AX Customers: To know about applicable standards for Dynamics AX customization projects and hence be able to effectively monitor their projects or set expectations from vendors about quality goals.