Надежда Белоусова SharePoint Analyst’s Expertise Map Creation

1. SharePoint Analyst’s Expertise Map
Creation
Nadezhda Belousova

2. Let me introduce myself 
Nadezhda Belousova,
Project Manager / Business Analyst
SharePoint Competency Center
EPAM Systems
Belarus SharePoint User Group
Email: Nadezhda_Belousova@sharepoint.by
Twitter: @Naoko_Strega

3. SharePoint Vocabulary
Announcement - Извещение
Collaboration – Совместная Работа
Contributor - Корреспондент
Discussion Board – Доска Обсуждения
Document Library – Библиотека Документов
List - Список
Out-of-the-box (OOB) - Решение «из коробки»
Permissions - Разрешения
Site Collection – Семейство Узлов
Site Settings – Параметры Узла
Task - Задача
Views - Представления
Webpart - Вебчасть
Workflow – Рабочий Процесс
Workspace – Рабочая Область
Etc., etc., etc., etc…

4. My SharePoint vocabulary
Announcement - Announcement
Collaboration - Collaboration
Contributor - Contributor
Discussion Board - Discussion Board
Document Library - Document Library
List - List
Out-of-the-box (OOB) - Out-of-the-box (OOB)
Permissions - Permissions
Site Collection - Site Collection
Site Settings - Site Settings
Task - Task
Views - Views
Webpart - Webpart
Workflow - Workflow
Workspace - Workspace
Etc., etc., etc., etc…

5. Contents
1. MS SharePoint Competency Center + Mentoring Program
2. SharePoint Analyst = SharePoint + IT Analyst
3. SharePoint Analyst’s Expertise:
• SharePoint Analyst & Microsoft
• SharePoint Analyst vs. SharePoint Consultant
• SharePoint Project Roles
• SharePoint Solution Realization Model
• SharePoint Analyst’s Expertise Map Model
4. Q&A
5. Useful links

6. MS SharePoint Competency
Center
Solution Architect
Developer Designer
QA
Analyst Admin
* Ivan Padabed
* Victor Vishnyakov

7. MS SharePoint Competency
Center
Developers
Analysts Admins
SharePoint
Resource
Pool
QAs Designers

8. MS SharePoint Competency
Center
Candidates

9. MS SharePoint Competency
Center

10. MS SharePoint Competency
Center

11. MS SharePoint Competency
Center

12. SharePoint Trainings

13. Mentoring Program Steps
Expertise is Modeled
Groups & Plan are Ready
Modules Delivery
Final (Rewards…)
* Yury Shilyaev

14. SharePoint Mentoring Program

15. SharePoint Mentoring Program
Developer Admin Analyst QA
Windows 2008
ASP.NET, C#, MS SQL, Administration, IIS Requirements Analysis,
Requirements Analysis,
HTML, JS, JQuery, XML, Administration, SQL Functional Testing, Test
System Analysis
XSL Server, SQL, AD, Cases Creation
PowerShell
ASP.NET Advanced Designing a Logical
… …
Concepts for SharePoint Architecture
Designing for User Planning a Service
Experience Application Architecture
Planning for Performance
Designing for Data
and Capacity
Designing Data Capture Designing a Physical
and Integration Architecture
Designing Artifacts Designing a Security Plan
Etc., etc., etc. Etc., etc., etc.

16. SharePoint Analyst
Knowledge Passion Power

17. SharePoint

18. SharePoint
SharePoint
Team Windows Windows SharePoint
Services SharePoint SharePoint Foundation
from Services 2.0 Services 3.0 2010
Microsoft
SharePoint Microsoft
SharePoint Portal Office SharePoint
Portal 2001 Server SharePoint Server 2010
2003 Server 2007

19. SharePoint

20. SharePoint
Multitool
• Many useful options
• Almost universal
• Ready-to-use and
practice-oriented
• In awkward hands can
cause much PAIN…

21. SharePoint
Puzzle
• Requires time, intellectual
efforts and specified
algorithms
• Not that easy as it may
seem
• Some people think it’s only
for NERDS…

22. SharePoint
Box
• Everything is packed by
Microsoft
• Has limitations
• SURPRISE inside…

23. SharePoint
• Creating
something new Modules Set
out of ready
standard • Quick and
pieces easy
• Thinking of architecture BEFORE you start…

24. SharePoint Solution Example
Intranet Site

25. SharePoint Solution Example
Extranet Site

26. IT Analysts
BA Lead
Consultant Business Analyst Business System
Performance Analyst
Analyst
QA Analyst
BA Manager
Functional Analyst
Business Process
Analyst
PM/BA
Resources Analyst
System Analyst Requirements Analyst
System Architect

27. IT Analyst’s Functions &
Activities

28. IT Analyst’s Functions &
Activities
Functional
Requirements Issues
specifications and
elicitation and identification, Suggestion the areas
system design
analysis tracking, reporting for improvement in
specifications
and resolving internal processes along
development
with possible solutions
Analysis and Interaction with the
evaluation of Driving effective business
existing or interaction in stakeholders and End-users support
proposed systems project team subject mater and adoption
experts
Providing consultation
in pre-sale and sale Taking part in
project phases project coordination
and monitoring Balancing
project progress technology and
Overseeing the business issues
implementation of a Involvement in the
new system Change requests design or modification
management of business systems
or IT systems Leading testing
efforts
Definition of the
Planning project
project vision and
communication
scope

29. IT Analyst’s Expertise Map
Model
Non-technical
Domain Communication
Knowledge
Specialized &
Skills
Abstract
Technical
Technologies Methodologies
* Kirill Pikin

30. SharePoint Analyst’s Role

31. SharePoint Analyst’s Role

32. SharePoint Analyst’s Role

33. SharePoint Analyst’s Role
SharePoint Project

34. SharePoint Analyst’s Role
SharePoint Project

35. SharePoint Analyst’s Role
SharePoint Project

36. SharePoint Analyst’s Role
Interception Point
SharePoint Project
• Understanding customers' needs and business processes and translating
these into a set of requirements
• Understanding SharePoint strengths and benefits in terms of its key
functional breakdown and how it can be turned into the value for the
customer

37. SharePoint Analyst &
Microsoft

38. Available Microsoft SharePoint
Trainings and Certifications
Trainings Certifications
• Collection 5404: Implementing Microsoft® • MCTS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010,
Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Application Development
• Collection 6306: Designing a Microsoft • MCTS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010,
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Solution Configuring
• Collection 6285: Working With Microsoft • MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
Office SharePoint Server 2007 2007, Application Development
• MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
• Clinic 10277: What's New in Microsoft 2007, Configuration
SharePoint 2010 for Developers • MCTS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint
• Clinic 10279: What's New in Microsoft Services 3.0, Application Development
SharePoint 2010 for IT Professionals • MCTS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Services 3.0, Configuration
• Collection 10276: Microsoft SharePoint
2010, Application Development • MCITP: SharePoint Administrator 2010
• Collection 10278: Microsoft SharePoint • MCPD: SharePoint Developer 2010
2010, Configuring
• Collection 10347: Skills Trainings in • MCM: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
SharePoint 2010 for End Users • MCA: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
•…

39. SharePoint Analyst or
SharePoint Consultant?
All project life cycle
Pre-sale / Kick-off
Throughout issues management
Troubleshoot
Domain focused
IT-Guru
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
Analyst Consultant

40. SharePoint Project Roles
Developer Designer Administrator Architect
* Destin Joy

41. SharePoint Project Roles
QA Analyst

42. SharePoint Solution Realization
Model
* Tom Pham

43. SharePoint Analyst’s
Expertise Map Model
Analyst QA
Requirements Analysis, System Requirements Analysis, Functional
Analysis Testing, Test Cases Creation
SharePoint Power User – Tactics
SharePoint Super User SharePoint Super User
– Strategy for Analyst – Strategy for QA

44. Tactical Part
• Introduction to SharePoint and its
basics
• SharePoint as a Product
• SharePoint components, parts and
functional elements
• SharePoint infrastructure and
administration
• SharePoint customization abilities

45. Strategical Part
• Policies, Governance and Guidelines
• Site Provisioning Practices and Standards
• Content Management Strategy
• SharePoint Maturity Model and Adoption*
• Integration and Interoperability
• Migration
• Business Cases studying
* Sadalit Van Buren

46. Summary
• The best source of SharePoint expertise is
real experience. The ideal place to gain
this experience is Competency Centre
and related teams
• SharePoint Analyst’s expertise involves
analytical background, deep SharePoint
hands-on experience and right attitude
to SharePoint platform
• SharePoint Analyst’s expertise
development requires system approach
• Complex SharePoint study should be
practical-oriented in both tactical and
strategical dimensions

47. Thank you!
Questions are welcome 
Nadezhda Belousova
Project Manager / Business Analyst
SharePoint Competency Center
EPAM Systems
Email: Nadezhda_Belousova@sharepoint.by
Twitter: @Naoko_Strega

48. Useful links
• Kirill Pikin’s BI & DWH Analyst’s expertise map -
http://sites.google.com/site/kirillpikin/all/works/ba
• Microsoft SharePoint Server Certifications -
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-sharepoint-
server.aspx
• SharePoint Roles and Responsibilities article by Destin Joy -
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/Roji.Joy/5240/
• Tom Pham’s blog and portfolio - http://www.pham-
tom.com/ptdesigns/
• A Microsoft SharePoint / Information Architecture / Web Usability
blog by Sadalit Van Buren -
http://amatterofdegree.typepad.com/a_matter_of_degree/
• SharePoint Maturity Model by Sadalit Van Buren -
http://www.sharepointmaturity.com/home.aspx