The document summarizes a recap presentation by Knowledge Management Associates (KMA) on their attendance at the SharePoint Conference 2011. KMA invested over $50,000 to send six people to the conference for a week. The presentation covered highlights from the conference on topics like Project Server 2010, adoption, business process automation, social computing, external websites, and business intelligence. It encouraged attendees to learn more through upcoming KMA events, webinars, and industry conferences.

1. KMA SharePoint Recap
Welcome and Introduction

2. Why We’re Here: SharePoint Conference 2011
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3. KMA’s Investment
• Six people
• One week
• Cross-country
• Conference fee
• Travel expenses
• Opportunity cost
• Total: > $50,000
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4. Today’s Approach: 3 Simple Themes
• Cool stuff we learned at
SPC11
• Why we think it matters
to you, our clients and
prospects
• What we recommend
you do next as a result.
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5. A Couple Quick Highlights – Best Quote
Client: "We don't have a development farm.”
Consultant: No, actually, you don't have a production farm."
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6. A Couple Quick Highlights – Best Demo
• SQL 2012 (“Denali”)
– 7,500 concurrent users
– 14 TB content database
– 107 million records in
search results
• UNPLUGGED ON STAGE
• Full failover in 42 seconds
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7. Agenda
Time Topic Owner
9:30am – 9:40am Introduction Mike Gilronan
9:40am – 10:00am Project Server Amy Talhouk
10:00am – 10:30am Adoption Chris Bortlik &
Karina Vatynskaya
10:30am – 10:50am Business Process Automation Deanne Damato
(non-Developer version)
10:50am – 11:00am BREAK
11:00am – 11:30am Social Computing Mike Gilronan
11:30am – 12:00pm External Facing Websites Derek Cash-Peterson
(Extranets and WWW)
12:00pm – 12:30pm Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2012 Chris McNulty
Close
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8. KMA SharePoint Conference 2011 Recap
Project Server

9. Agenda
• Cool stuff we learned at SPC11
• Why we think it matters to you, our clients
and prospects
• What we recommend you do next as a result
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10. What’s new with Project Server 2010
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11. Use Project Server to gain control across the
entire PPM Lifecycle
• SP forms collect requests & business case details
Create • SP Workflows support governance
• Custom business drivers for portfolio analysis
Select • Strategic, Cost and Resource based Analytics
• Improved web based support for planning
Plan • Project enhancements for resourcing & timelines
• Better collaboration with Project and SharePoint
Manage • Collection and portfolio reporting of KPIs improved
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12. Rated “Strong Positive” by Gartner
• MarketScope for Project and
Portfolio Management
Applications, June 2011, Gartner,
Inc.
– Rating Criteria
– Rating Meaning
– Project Server 2010 Rating
Justification
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13. Unified Project and Portfolio Management
• Demand Management
– Simplify Project Initiation and
Business Case Development
• Portfolio Selection and
Analytics
– Select Project Portfolios that
Align with Strategic Priorities
• Maximize Resource
Utilization and Control
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14. Demand Management
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15. Portfolio Selection and Analytics
• Business Drivers
• Strategic Impact Matrix
• Cost Constraint Analysis
• Resource Constraint Analysis
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16. Resource Management
• Team planner
• Team builder
• Resource Planner
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17. Why it matters to you….
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18. Why it matters to you….
• Builds on and integrations with
foundational elements from the
Microsoft Platform
• We all need some help no matter what
the role is that we are playing!
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19. Next Steps
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20. Next Steps
• Next Meeting: Date Tuesday November 22, 2011
• Topic: 5 ways SharePoint can Benefit the PMO
• Join me for a fast-paced session providing 5 key
ways SharePoint can benefit your PMO. We will
review how and when to use project management
and collaboration tools together to deliver a
robust, integrated solution.
What We'll Cover:
• Six stage maturity model relative to 2010
• Leveraging SharePoint 2010 of project dashboards
and governance.
• Project Server – why or why not?
• Questions & Answers
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21. Final Words and Resources
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22. Evaluations – We All Evaluate One Another…
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23. How to Sustain the Conversation
Topic Owner E-mail Twitter Blog
Project Server Amy Talhouk atalhouk@kma-llc.net @atal64 http://blogs.kma-
llc.net/kma/
Adoption Chris Bortlik & cbortlik@microsoft.com @cbortlik http://blogs.technet.com
Karina Vatynskaya /cbortlik
Business Process Deanne Damato ddamato@kma-llc.net http://blogs.kma-
Automation llc.net/kma/
Social Computing Mike Gilronan mgilronan@kma-llc.net @mikegil http://kmamikegil-
blog.kma-llc.net/
External Facing Websites Derek Cash-Peterson dcash-peterson@kma-llc.net @dcpkma http://blogs.kma-
llc.net/goodpoint/
BI -- Powered by SQL Chris McNulty chris.mcnulty@quest.com @cmcnulty20 http://www.chrismcnulty.
Server 2012 00 net/blog/default.aspx
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24. In Closing…KMA Stuff
• KMA Event: 22 November
– Amy Talhouk
– New England SharePoint User
Group
– 5 ways SharePoint can benefit
your PMO
• KMA Webinar: 14 December
– Derek Cash-Peterson
– “How We Did It” Extranets for
Partners and Customers
– http://info.kma-llc.net/kma-
webinar-sharepoint-based-
partner-portal/
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25. In Closing…Other Stuff
• Gilbane Conference:
30 November – 1 December
– http://gilbaneboston.com
• Microsoft Project Conference 2012
– Phoenix
– March 19-22, 2012
– http://msprojectconference.com
• SharePoint Conference 2012
– Las Vegas
– November 12-15, 2012
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26. THANK YOU!
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