Nothing More – Nothing Less…
Whilst SharePoint 2010 is more intuitive than previous versions, mainly due to emulating the Office 2010 interface, it is still a new environment that users need to get comfortable with. In many cases how we expect users to transition users across to SharePoint is not considered and typically (because it is an IT managed change) a project ends when the final team site has been created.
It goes something like this…. Continue reading ‘It is this thing called SharePoint!’
PRMA Matrix is the name given to the new SharePoint based Intranet for PRMA Consulting based in the UK. Sei-IS Business Consultancy have managed the design, build and implementation of the project as well as the efforts required to change the business to adopt the new installation which of course is still happening.
Shortly we will be adding a link to SharePoint Boutique who partnered to complete the project. They will produce a case study for the technical details of the build. This is just an overview of the project and functionality delivered. More information available from SteveDalby@sei-is.be .
All projects require a specific level of Business Change to be successful and SharePoint is no exception. In fact it could be that as SharePoint touches nearly every employee then it is a greater part of the critical project timeline.
We have found that training is the best way to ensure that the investment $, £ or € in your SharePoint project is successful. However to ensure that the message gets home ot your users we combine this with a medium amount of floor walking to visit the user at their desktop and ensure that they understand what and how SharePoint does. This ensures that the key messages are delivered in the context of the user and their way or working. Continue reading ‘Power Day Plus’
Has your project changed the shape of your business
Training has always been a key attribute of a business change program. This is mainly due to the fact that change is based on new processes or new IT applications and systems being released.
With any SharePoint project the training and business change requirements at the end should not be ignored or treated as a ‘nice to have’ if you want SharePoint to change the shape of your business. Continue reading ‘SharePoint the shape changer’
I recently had to outline for a client the steps they needed to take to move from a solutions driven Information strategy to a governance driven Information strategy. The objective was to consider how this apparent low-priority set of tasks could in the longer term mean cost efficient management of company data and even today save resource time by reducing the time to find the most relevant data.
The neutralised report is attached which I will hope might assist you in fleshing out your Information Management plans. Open here Short White Paper on Information Management
The London Borough of Bromley Intranet… a bulletin!
The PDF version can be downloaded from here:
Introduction: This short briefing document outlines the basic attributes of a SharePoint Implementation project managed in its entirety by Steve Dalby (steve.Dalby@sei-is.be) as Project Manager, Technical lead and Business Analyst. The complete project took 2.5 years and was delivered in phases that included a migration from SharePoint 2003 to MOSS 2007. Here are some of the highlights. Continue reading ‘SharePoint Project Case Study’
First day yesterday and I did have to twitter everyone to say that Microsoft does have a winner in SharePoint 2010 although they do seem to have forgotten a few things.
Missing things tend to be small things that annoy when building sites and lists rather than large things that stops a coder delivering functionality… a typical example is the failure to provide a cascading Look-up field… which if you are not familiar would allow you to include a field in a SharePoint form that provides a drop down choice from another list within the same site. Continue reading ’100 Million Items in a list and SharePoint 2010 Conference Las Vegas.’
I mentioned in a previous blog how we are able to understand the integration of Office desktop products and SharePoint 2010 from the Office 2010 information, whilst most of the really cool SharePoint stuff is embargoed until after the SharePoint conference in LA.
Continue reading ‘Powerpoint presentation through sharePoint to anyone…’
There are people much better than me at following the blogs and internet traffic on SharePoint and Office 20-10 (to be pronounced, Twenty Ten) but whilst most of the detailed SharePoint information is due to be released at SharePoint Conference in October my reading of the office 2010 information is starting to strongly hint at some real collaboration functionality between these two ‘joined at the hip’ products.
Continue reading ‘Implementation of SharePoint 20-10 might have got easier’
A Content Management System (used for Intranet or Internet sites) is one breed of web site and a Knowledge Management System is another.
Lets consider them both and look at the differences that add value to the corporate Intranet.