Mauro Cardarelli : Doing a SharePoint Assessment. I’ve had the opportunity to do several SharePoint assessments over the years and while each customer/scenario was different the assessments often centered around “we don’t know what we don’t know… help!”
That is, there was a sense that SharePoint might be a good solution fit but external assistance was requested for validation and insight. While I can attest to starting every assessment document (typically the deliverable in this type of project) with a blank piece of paper, I do always follow a (personal) methodology. It centers on answering (and justifying the answers to) 3 key questions: (1) is this worth it?
Running an effective SharePoint Pilot/Proof of Concept. Running a SharePoint Pilot or Proof of Concept is the first step into the world of SharePoint for many organizations.
The reasons behind doing this are varied and most are well intentioned. In some cases an organization may want to expose SharePoint out to its user community in a tightly governed environment. For others it’s a technical initiative to ensure that SharePoint can satisfy the needs of the business effectively. For more risk adverse organizations it’s a great way to start small with the product in case things do not go well. Why Leveraging SharePoint Blog Features For Intranet News Is A Great Idea. Microsoft SharePoint: Three Deployment Challenges - CIO. CIO — Enterprise adoption of SharePoint is rapidly on the rise: A new survey from document management company Global 360 reveals that 90 percent of the survey's 886 respondents currently use SharePoint, with 8 percent using SharePoint 2010.
Successful SharePoint builds teamwork. Originally published May 16, 2010 at 10:01 PM | Page modified May 17, 2010 at 7:20 AM NEW YORK — If Office was the Will Ferrell of the Microsoft launch event at the "Saturday Night Live" studio last week, then SharePoint was its Tina Fey.
Microsoft debuted 2010 versions of both for business customers on Wednesday in New York. Like Ferrell, Office 2010 and all its cowbells and whistles overshadowed just about everything else. The hype started a year ago, when Microsoft released a mock trailer called "Office 2010: The Movie. " SharePoint, like Fey, may not be an attention hog, but it deserves a show of its own. The Web collaboration software has become the little code that could at Microsoft.
5 Reasons to Use SharePoint on IT Projects. BuckleyPLANET: How to Jump Start SharePoint Governance. One of the most common questions surrounding metadata and taxonomy management is ‘How do you begin?’
As with most user-driven technologies, SharePoint is often “unleashed” without proper planning or governance structures, and most administrators find themselves needing to retroactively apply standards across their environment. Companies tend to hoard information and may find themselves overwhelmed by the disorganization – and how to even begin the process to get things under control. Without proper management, search becomes ineffective, content become silos hidden behind team sites (or even within team sites), and user satisfaction plummets. Delivering SharePoint Success: Why Collaboration is More Than Ju.
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I’m attending The SharePoint Exchange conference and just finished presenting the session “Delivering SharePoint Success: Why Collaboration is More Than Just Technology”.Greetings from Sacramento, CA! I’m attending The SharePoint Exchange conference and just finished presenting the session “Delivering SharePoint Success: Why Collaboration is More Than Just Technology”. In the presentation, I discussed essential components of successfully delivering SharePoint as an enterprise platform. In addition, I shared key techniques in: - Gaining executive buy-in for SharePoint projects - Proper planning and appropriately managing expectations - Engaging the business for better adoption. A Matter Of Degree: The single most important ingredient in your SharePoint implementation.
The usual suspects in the talk of how to build an oustanding SharePoint implementation, and how to encourage adoption, include the following:- top-down support- solid governance- proper training, support, and resources- useful, needed, and exciting functionality- an elegant interface- local evangelists All of which are important.
But more and more I'm seeing that there's another element that may trump them all: Trust. Even in a company that's doing well with all of the above (and I know some that fit this description), if the trust is broken, it's just as detrimental as missing any of the other critical factors. When SharePoint comes into an organization, it's a stranger. People are wondering, "What does it do? Because of this tendency, it's not just one person's job to create trust through an implementation - it's everyone's job. Project Manager / Program Manager / KM Director / IT Applications Manager / Communications Manager CEO and Senior Leadership Team Steering Committee. 5 Reasons Why Executive SharePoint Ignorance is Not Bliss (Part 1)
The job of how to implement SharePoint in an organization should not be in the hands of the IT department.
It belongs with the business and the backing of executive decision makers. How to Prioritize Business Needs Before Implementing SharePoint. "How do you like your SharePoint?
Combo 1? Team site template with Wikis, Surveys and FBA on the side? Would you like to super size it?” Taking a fast food ordering approach when implementing SharePoint is not effective in meeting business needs. The key is to initially engage with the business, understand their pain points and identify how SharePoint can provide the solution to address these needs. You do not want to throw a toolbox to the business and tell them to go look for a problem to solve.