Finance & Business
Understanding numbers, decisions, performance and value.
Learn · Build · Improve · Share
Turning real business problems into practical solutions.
I learn by solving real problems across finance, operations, governance and technology — using tools such as ERPNext, SAP, Excel, Power BI and AI along the way.
I document the thinking, the experiments, the solutions and the lessons so others can learn with me.
Watch the videosWhat is this platform?
A learning journey. A problem-solving portfolio. A knowledge base.
myPmanager is my public learning and professional portfolio — where I document how I approach real business problems, explore possible solutions, build and test them, and share what I learn.
Three perspectives. One learning journey.
Operations, Governance & Risk
Understanding processes, controls, regulation, accountability and change.
Technology, Data & Systems
Exploring ERP, analytics, automation, AI and digital solutions.
AI and automation cut across all three — helping us ask what can be improved, simplified or reimagined.
Why follow the journey?
Because real problems are more interesting than theory.
Most solutions don't begin with a button, a formula or a piece of software. They begin with a problem.
- What is actually happening?
- Why is it happening?
- What outcome are we trying to achieve?
- What risks and controls matter?
- What information do we have?
- What could be improved?
And only then: what solution should we build?
Think
Understand the problem before choosing the solution.
Build
Turn ideas into practical processes, tools and systems.
Test
Challenge solutions against real-world scenarios.
Share
Document what worked, what didn't and what I learned.
The Journey
How the learning happens
Every topic follows the same cycle — from a question worth exploring to something another person can use.
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Explore
I start with a problem, question or area I want to understand.
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Understand
I learn the business process, underlying principles, risks and available approaches.
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Build
I experiment with tools, systems, data and technology.
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Test
I challenge the solution against real-world scenarios.
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Document
I capture the decisions, mistakes, results and lessons.
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Share
I turn the experience into something another person can understand and use.
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Reuse
Where an idea proves useful, I explore whether it can become a template, guide, training resource, implementation pattern or product.
Featured use cases
Real Problems → Better Solutions
Practical scenarios where a business problem becomes a design challenge, a solution and a learning opportunity.
Property Management
Finance
Regulatory Reporting
Operations
Digital Transformation
Detailed write-ups for each use case are being added as the work is documented.
How I approach a problem
From Problem to Solution
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Problem
What are we trying to solve?
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Understand
What is actually happening?
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Design
What options do we have?
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Build
Can we turn the idea into something practical?
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Test
Does it work in real scenarios?
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Measure
Did it improve the outcome?
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Document
What did I learn?
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Share
Can someone else benefit from it?
I don't start with technology. I start with the problem.
Instead of “How to create a Payment Entry in ERPNext”, I ask: “Why are we creating a Payment Entry — and how should the payment information get there?” The technical steps then become part of the answer.
Learn
What I'm Learning
The tools and disciplines are different, but the goal is the same: understand how organisations work and find better ways of working.
Finance
Financial preparation, planning, reporting, audit, controls and analysis.
Governance & Risk
Governance, the Companies Act, boards, regulatory reporting, controls and risk.
Operations
Process improvement, change, stakeholder management and efficiency.
Enterprise Systems
ERPNext, SAP, SAP BW and integrations.
Data & Analytics
Excel, Power Query, Power BI, data cleansing and reporting.
AI & Automation
AI assistants, workflow automation, Python, APIs and practical experimentation.
Practical learning lab
ERPNext: My Practical Learning Lab
ERPNext is one of the main environments I use to explore how business processes can be translated into practical digital solutions.
I don't document ERPNext simply to show which buttons to press. I explore why the process exists, what problem it solves, what controls are required and how the solution could be improved.
- Implementations
- Property Management
- Finance
- POS
- Reporting
- Marketplace Apps
- AI Integrations
- Automation
- Lessons Learned
ERPNext Marketplace: Tested in the Real World
There are thousands of possibilities in an ERP ecosystem. Rather than simply describing an application, I explore what problem it solves, who it is useful for, how it behaves in practice and what I learn from testing it.
Every review covers
- Problem
- What the app does
- Use case
- Installation
- Configuration
- Testing
- What worked
- Limitations
- Controls
- ERPNext / Frappe version
- What I learned
My Portfolio
What I've Built. Improved. Learned.
A living record of problems I've worked on, solutions I've developed, processes I've improved and capabilities I've built.
Process Improvement
Identifying inefficiencies and redesigning how work gets done.
Finance
Financial preparation, reporting, planning, analysis and controls.
Data
Excel, Power Query, data cleansing, reporting and analytics.
Systems
ERPNext, SAP, integrations and application workflows.
Automation
Reducing repetitive work through technology.
Governance & Risk
Controls, regulatory requirements, accountability and risk-aware design.
Stakeholder Influence
Working across teams, communicating ideas and helping people adopt change.
Every portfolio item follows the same structure
- ProblemWhat was the challenge?
- ThinkingHow did I analyse it?
- SolutionWhat did I build, change or recommend?
- OutcomeWhat changed?
- LearningWhat did I learn?
- CapabilitiesWhat did this demonstrate?
Videos
Learn With Me
Short, practical explanations and build-along sessions based on real problems, experiments and lessons learned.
Build With Me
Follow a solution from problem to working prototype.
ERPNext in Practice
Practical ERPNext scenarios and lessons.
Finance & Excel
Practical tools for finance and business professionals.
Governance & Risk
Exploring governance, controls, regulation and responsible decision-making.
Systems & Data
SAP, ERPNext, Power BI, data and integrations.
AI & Automation
Exploring where AI can genuinely improve work.
App Reviews
Testing applications against real business use cases.
Each video follows the same story
- The Problem
- Why It Matters
- The Thinking
- The Solution
- The Result
- The Lesson
- What's Next?
Community
Learn Together
I don't expect to have all the answers. The best ideas often come from conversations with people who have approached the same problem differently.
Suggest a topic, challenge an idea, share an alternative approach or contribute your experience.
Connect
Support the Learning Journey
Everything starts openly. If something here helped you solve a problem, learn something new or test an idea, you can support the project and help me keep creating and experimenting.
Where Could This Lead?
Some experiments will remain experiments. Others may become reusable guides, training resources, implementation patterns, tools or applications. The aim is to discover what is genuinely useful first — and only then consider turning it into something more formal.
About
Why I'm Building This
My career sits at the intersection of finance, business processes, governance and technology. Over time, I've become increasingly interested in a simple question:
How can we make the way organisations work better?
- Sometimes the answer is a better process.
- Sometimes it's better data.
- Sometimes it's an Excel model.
- Sometimes it's an ERP system.
- Sometimes it's automation or AI.
- And sometimes the best solution is simply helping people understand the problem differently.
myPmanager is where I document that journey.
I'm not building this platform because I have all the answers. I'm building it because I believe that learning, building and sharing in public creates better solutions — and helps other people grow along the way.
The P in myPmanager stands for several things I care about: Process, Performance, Portfolio and Possibility.
What I'm Trying to Become
A trusted business problem solver who can connect people, processes, finance, risk and technology to deliver better outcomes.
- Think commerciallyUnderstand the objective.
- Think criticallyChallenge assumptions.
- Think about riskUnderstand what could go wrong.
- Think digitallyAsk what technology can improve.
- Think about peopleMake solutions understandable and adoptable.
Deliver outcomes.