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SharePointFest Keynote: Shifting the Network Share Paradigm
1. Shifting the Network Share Paradigm
Leveraging SharePoint as a
Business Solutions Platform
Dux Raymond Sy, PMP, MVP
Mark Miller, SharePoint Community Evangelist
Watch video recording http://vimeo.com/24084580
2. Presentation Objectives
¡ In this session, you’ll learn how to:
¡ Gain executive buy-in for SharePoint projects
¡ Proper plan and appropriately manage expectations
¡ Engage the business for better adoption
¡ Define organizational SharePoint readiness
¡ Iteratively release SharePoint solutions
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
3. Agenda
¡ Can’t We Just Focus on the Technology?
¡ Raising Executive Awareness is Necessary
¡ Collaboratively Engineer a Solution
¡ Assess Organizational Readiness
¡ Iterative Release of SharePoint Solutions
¡ Summary and Resources
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
5. What a Concept
“Technology provides no benefits of its own; it is the
application of technology to business opportunities that
produces ROI. ”
—Robert McDowell,
In Search of Business Value
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6. Typical Implementation Scenarios
¡ Pilot deployment for IT then magically it becomes an
enterprise production deployment
¡ No planning
¡ Everything is ad-hoc
¡ No budget earmarked
¡ Heavily customized implementation by techies lacking
SharePoint skills
¡ SharePoint is nothing but
a glorified network share
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7. Agenda
¡ Can’t We Just Focus on the Technology?
¡ Raising Executive Awareness is Necessary
¡ Collaboratively Engineer a Solution
¡ Assess Organizational Readiness
¡ Iterative Release of SharePoint Solutions
¡ Summary and Resources
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
8. Executive SharePoint Ignorance is Not Bliss
¡ Isn’t SharePoint about empowering End Users?
¡ Who’s paying the bills?
¡ Execs ordered SharePoint to be deployed
¡ Do they REALLY understand the value of SharePoint to the
organization?
¡ Is the budget realistic?
¡ As the enlightened ones, it’s our responsibility to raise
executive awareness about SharePoint
¡ Read “5 Reasons Why Executive SharePoint Ignorance is
Not Bliss” http://go.meetdux.com/393b
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9. It’s All About Business Value
¡ Executives are primarily interested on how SharePoint can
deliver business value
¡ Tip: Look for existing inefficiencies, measure it and prove
how SharePoint can be a lifesaver
¡ Inefficiencies of meeting collaboration
¡ Business process automation
¡ Single platform vs multiple tools
¡ How much is the investment?
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
10. Agenda
¡ Can’t We Just Focus on the Technology?
¡ Raising Executive Awareness is Necessary
¡ Collaboratively Engineer a Solution
¡ Assess Organizational Readiness
¡ Iterative Release of SharePoint Solutions
¡ Summary and Resources
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
11. Educate and Engage the Business
¡ SharePoint is more than just a glorified network share
¡ Stress that SharePoint is a platform on which to build solutions
¡ Tip: Address their pain points
¡ Provide high-level technology overview
¡ Discuss business challenges
¡ Map it to a SharePoint Solution
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12. Don’t Call It SharePoint!
¡ Enterprise-Wide Solutions
¡ Corporate Intranet
¡ Content Management
¡ Talk about Specific Solutions, not Technology
¡ Employee Onboarding System for Human Resources
¡ Loan or Claims Processing
¡ Conference Room Scheduling System for Facilities
¡ Project Management Information System for PMs
¡ System Integration
¡ Custom Application Development
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
14. Agenda
¡ Can’t We Just Focus on the Technology?
¡ Raising Executive Awareness is Necessary
¡ Collaboratively Engineer a Solution
¡ Assess Organizational Readiness
¡ Iterative Release of SharePoint Solutions
¡ Summary and Resources
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
15. Keep Priorities In Order
¡ You can’t do it all!
¡ What business need should you solve first?
¡ What are common features that can be deployed?
¡ Project scope must be limited and specific
¡ What’s important? Time? Budget? Functionality?
¡ Tip: Involve decision makers in planning and prioritization
¡ Read “How to Prioritize Business Needs When
Implementing SharePoint” http://go.meetdux.com/sbyv
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16. The SharePoint Maturity Model
http://www.sharepointmaturity.com/home.aspx
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17. IT, Can You Handle This?
¡ Implementation
¡ Do you have the relevant skillsets to plan, engage with the
business, deploy SharePoint?
¡ Are key processes for release management, disaster recovery,
auditing in place?
¡ Support and Maintenance
¡ What does the support structure
look like?
¡ Resources available for maintaining
related technologies?
¡ Future Releases
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18. Change Management Strategy
¡ Collaboration culture
¡ Governance plan
¡ Business
¡ Technology
¡ Adoption plan
¡ Training
¡ Process
¡ Technology
¡ Self-help
¡ Feedback
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19. Agenda
¡ Can’t We Just Focus on the Technology?
¡ Raising Executive Awareness is Necessary
¡ Assess Organizational Readiness
¡ Educate and Collaboratively Engineer a Solution
¡ Iterative Release of SharePoint Solutions
¡ Summary and Resources
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
20. Do You Have a SharePoint Roadmap?
¡ A SharePoint roadmap can help organizations
¡ Quantify the budget, resources and effectiveness of
SharePoint
¡ Allows priorities to be set
¡ Specifies what solutions are going to be deployed
¡ Iterative releases can provide immediate visibility
¡ Lower risk compared to big bang approach
¡ Tip: Successful delivery of high profile solution gets you
brownie points
¡ Quick wins are essential for better buy-in and adoption
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21. Example Release Schedule
¡ Phase 1: Proof of concept or Pilot
¡ Phase 2: Replace intranet and file shares to improve
collaboration
¡ Phase 3: Deploy value point solutions for HR,
Operations and Finance
¡ Phase 4: Train users to build their own SharePoint
solutions
¡ Phase 5: Integrate CRM and third party reporting
platform
¡ See how EasyJet did it: http://bit.ly/74XwKH
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23. Agenda
¡ Can’t We Just Focus on the Technology?
¡ Raising Executive Awareness is Necessary
¡ Assess Organizational Readiness
¡ Educate and Collaboratively Engineer a Solution
¡ Iterative Release of SharePoint Solutions
¡ Summary and Resources
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp
24. Key Points to Takeaway
¡ Focus on a Business Solution, not a Technology
¡ Raise Executive Awareness
¡ Assess Organizational Readiness
¡ Educate and Collaboratively Engineer a Solution
¡ Iterative Release of SharePoint Solutions
Twitter: @meetdux @eusp