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“I’ve built systems that worked flawlessly—and systems that flopped. Sometimes in the same year. I’ve learned that being an expert doesn’t protect you from ignorance. It just changes where your blind spots hide.”

I’ve been working with Dynamics CRM and Power Platform for over 15 years.

I’ve led successful implementations. I’ve rescued failing projects. I’ve built solutions that transformed how organizations operate.

All of that is true.

Raise your hand if you’ve exported a Power Platform solution, imported it into Test… and suddenly your flows are connecting to production data.

Yeah. Been there.

It’s one of the classic “gotchas” in Power Platform development — hard-coded values that work beautifully in Dev but blow up in Test or Production.

That’s why environment variables exist.

In my recent post on Why ALM Matters More Than Ever in Power Platform & Dynamics 365, I talked about how application lifecycle management is critical to delivering reliable, scalable solutions.

But there’s one piece of ALM that deserves its own spotlight:

Automated testing.

Because here’s the truth:

🚨 Manually clicking through test scripts is not a scalable strategy.

Not when:

It's time to set the record straight! Low-code isn’t “low risk.”

As Power Platform and Dynamics 365 continue to drive digital transformation across industries, organizations are realizing something critical:

Without Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), even the most innovative solutions can become fragile, inconsistent, and unscalable.

Implementing Power Platform or Dynamics 365 is only half the battle — the real challenge begins after go-live. Too often, teams focus heavily on delivery but underestimate the effort required to help people actually use what’s been built.

User adoption isn't just a metric — it's the difference between a successful investment and a shelfware failure.

In this post, I’ll walk through the most common challenges that derail adoption efforts — and the practical strategies I use to help clients overcome them.