SharePoint is a powerful, flexible, and extensible business platform that offers a rich set of capabilities and solutions to many challenges faced in enterprises today. However, the breadth and depth of the SharePoint platform drives a certain amount of complexity for deployment planning and execution. Implementing SharePoint without having a clear definition and roadmap of the desired end result leads to reduced ROI, underachievement of business goals and objectives, and improperly architected solutions. During this webinar, Northridge will leverage expertise developed over many successful SharePoint implementations to reveal deployment best practices, the Northridge SharePoint maturity model, and resulting enterprise benefits. Whether your enterprise is new to SharePoint or has been utilizing the platform for some time, this webinar will help you to fully realize your SharePoint investment by focusing on a modular approach that can be integrated in a new implementation or even to resolve challenges associated with an existing implementation. This webinar will focus on the 5 core components that drive a successful SharePoint deployment including: - Strategy: providing guidance and direction (roadmap) throughout the SharePoint lifecycle - Architecture: planning physical and logical structure for your SharePoint solution - User Engagement: defining how your SharePoint end users will interact with the solution - Execution: identifying SharePoint project objectives and developing plans for achievement - Governance: supporting the SharePoint project framework and post-deployment management of the SharePoint solution

1. 5 Best Practices for Successful SharePoint Deployments
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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2. Today’s Webinar: What Will We Cover?
• Introductions & About Northridge
• SharePoint 2010 High Level Overview
• Northridge SharePoint Maturity Model Overview
• Survey #1 - Where is your organization in the SharePoint maturity model?
• “Navigate” SharePoint Framework Overview
1. Strategy component deep dive
2. Architecture component deep dive
3. User Engagement component deep dive
4. Execution component deep dive
5. Governance component deep dive
• Survey #2 – Relative to the Navigate framework, where do you feel your organization
encountered or may encounter the most challenges?
• Business Benefits of Navigate
• Q&A, Next Steps
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3. Who is Northridge?
Northridge combines business consulting, online marketing, creative services, and
deep technical expertise to help our clients drive business value from Microsoft
technology in the following three core areas:
Acquisition & Collaboration & Insight &
Retention Productivity Analysis
Northridge has a Strong Foundation.
• 10 years in business, 80+ full-time consultants serving clients across North America
Northridge experiences Continued Growth
• Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies in Atlanta (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Northridge is a Microsoft Managed & Gold Certified Partner
• 7 Certified Competencies, 75+ Customer References
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4. Next Steps
Next Steps  Request Slides & Recording
• To request access to today’s webinar recording, or a copy of today’s slide
presentation, please email: marketing@northridge.com
Next Steps  Northridge SharePoint White Papers
• To see a full listing of Northridge white papers, please go to:
http://www.northridgesystems.com/Who-We-Are/Thought-Leadership/White-
Papers/Pages/White-Papers.aspx
Next Steps  Northridge Navigate Framework Detail
• To request the detailed description of the Northridge Navigate framework,
please email: marketing@northridge.com
Next Steps  Northridge SharePoint 2010 Assessment
• Is your enterprise ready for SharePoint 2010? Engage with Northridge in a
SharePoint 2010 Readiness Assessment. For more information visit:
http://www.northridgesystems.com/What-We-
Do/Capabilities/Pages/SharePoint-2010-Readiness-Assessment.aspx
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5. SharePoint: Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise
Websites & Portals
• Intranet, Extranet, & Internet Sites
• Collaboration & Productivity Solutions
• On-premise, Cloud-based, & Hybrid Models
• Cross Browser, Offline, Mobile, MS Office Integration
Business Applications
Sites Social Networking & Viral
• Program & Project Management
• Custom Business Application • Communities, My Sites, Blogs & Wikis
Development • Tagging, Tag Clouds, Ratings, Activity
• Read / Write Integration w/ Line Feeds, Social Bookmarking
of Business (LOB) data Composites Communities
• Profiles & Expertise
• Visual Studio Support • Organizational Browsers
• Data Exposed Through Web
Services & APIs
Web & Enterprise Content
• Web Content Management
Insights Content • Enterprise Document. Records,
Audio/Video Management
Business Insight & Analysis
• Workflows & Routing, Metadata
• Dashboards & Scorecards Taxonomies and Folksonomies
Search
• BI Reports • Document Imaging & Capture
• Incorporation of LOB Data from
Data Warehouse Enterprise Search
• Web Analytics • Search Structured & Unstructured Content
• PowerPivot, Excel Services, Visio
• Search Content w/in SharePoint, File Shares, Websites,
Services
Email Folders, Databases, LOB Systems
• Social Relevance & Phonetic Search 4
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6. SharePoint: Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise
Users Connect and Empower People
Browser Office Online Mobile
Rapidly Cut Costs With
Respond to a Unified
Business Document LOB People Reporting
Work areas Websites Infrastructure
Needs Processing Integration Workflow &
Analysis
Online or
Browser
On Premise
Sites Communities Content Composites Insights Search
Office Shared
Services
SharePoint Sandbox
Designer Application Model Packaging Security Solutions
Programmability
Visual Interoperability Deployment Manageability Administration
Studio
Application Microsoft Platform Applications (SQL Server, Windows, .NET) Operations
Development
Teams Your enterprise LOB,
Teams
ERP, CRM, Cloud
BUIT applications external systems and cloud services services
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7. SharePoint Maturity Model
BASIC STANDARDIZED RATIONALIZED DYNAMIC
•Manual processes that •Semi-automated •Process maturity •Integration and
are paper based processes •Reduced cost of collaboration is pervasive
•Minimal central control •Standardized central management •Processes are fully
•Inconsistent policies control (Security, backup, •Enterprise search and automated and
(Security, backup, information architecture) records management measured for value
information architecture) •Content consolidation •Single topology for web, •Additional investments
•Limited collaboration •Collaboration through document and records yield business benefits
•Knowledge not captured disconnected management more rapidly
•Limited search capability repositories •Limited application •Business linked SLA’s
•Duplication of •Limited content integration
documentation management
Growing Business Strategic
Cost Center Efficiency Enablement Assets
Increasing Maturity
Information Information Information Process
Creation Sharing Leveraging Enablement
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8. SharePoint Maturity Model
Expected Benefits
BASIC STANDARDIZED RATIONALIZED DYNAMIC
Strategic
Tactical
Operational
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9. Poll 1
Where is your organization in the SharePoint maturity model?
1. Basic 67%
2. Standardized 25%
3. Rationalized 5%
4. Dynamic 3%
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10. Best Practices for SharePoint Deployments
5 core components that drive a successful SharePoint deployment include:
User
Strategy: Architecture: Execution: Governance:
Engagement:
supporting the
providing guidance identifying SharePoint project
planning physical defining how your
and direction SharePoint project framework and
and logical SharePoint end
(roadmap) objectives and post-deployment
structure for your users will interact
throughout the developing plans management of
SharePoint solution with the solution
SharePoint lifecycle for achievement the SharePoint
solution
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11. Best Practices for SharePoint Deployments
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12. Framework for SharePoint Implementations: Strategy
Definition
• The strategy guides the project team throughout
the project and provides a direction for the team
and the organization. SharePoint projects should be
completed with the strategy in mind so that the
project does not suffer from scope creep and lose
its focus.
Goals
• Provide the project team and stakeholders with the
vision, goals and expected results of the project to
be used as a guide to ensure the project is
successful.
Activities
• Current State Assessment
• Future State Solution Strategy
• Roadmap for Achieving the Strategy
• Planning for the Deployment
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13. Framework for SharePoint Implementations: Architecture
Definition
• The determination of SharePoint’s architecture
addresses both the physical and the logical
architecture of the solution to ensure both proper
performance and user experience.
Goals
• Develop the physical and logical architecture that
will promote a positive user experience and is in
line with the strategy of the project.
Activities
• Information Architecture and Taxonomy
• Technical Architecture
• Search
• Third Party Products
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14. Framework for SharePoint Implementations: User Engagement
Definition
• User engagement includes the overall look and feel
of the final solution as well as how the users are
included in the development of the solution
including: communications and change
management.
Goals
• Develop a plan that involves users and key
stakeholders in the process and effectively
manages the communications and change process.
Activities
• SharePoint User Experience (Master Pages, Content
Pages, Navigation, etc.)
• Communications Plan
• User Adoption
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15. Framework for SharePoint Implementations: Execution
Definition
• Execution is how Strategy, Architecture and User
Engagement come together to deliver the solution.
Execution is, essentially, the plan for successfully
delivering the solution.
Goals
• Incorporate the Strategy, Architecture and User
Engagement components into a plan that can be
delivered successfully. The plan includes an
identification and scheduling for the tasks,
personnel and other resources required to
successfully deliver.
Activities
• Training
• Technical Administration Plan
• Testing
• Content Migration
• Communications and Change Management
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16. Framework for SharePoint Implementations: Governance
Definition
• Governance defines how a SharePoint environment
will be managed, what solutions will be provided
on the platform, levels of access, primary &
secondary administrative contacts and
responsibilities as well as other management
items.
Goals
• Provide a structured mechanism to manage the
solution during development and deployment as
well as during steady state. Governance provides
the mechanisms to ensure the proper growth of
the solution and communications with the user
community.
Activities
• Identification of the Scope of governance (during
and after the implementation)
• Development of the Governance Approach and
Plan
• Executing on Governance plans and
communications
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17. Poll 2
Based on the best practices framework we just reviewed, where do you feel your
organization encountered or may encounter the most challenges?
1. Strategy 11%
2. Architecture 7%
3. User Engagement 40%
4. Execution 10%
5. Governance 32%
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18. Northridge SharePoint Implementation Approach
Impact of a Comprehensive
Strategic Implementation Approach Time to Achieve
Business Benefit
Same Benefit Shorter
Benefits Accelerate
Tactical Over Time
Typical Implementation Approach
Operational
Time
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19. Q&A
Q&A
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20. Next Steps
Next Steps  Request Slides & Recording
• To request access to today’s webinar recording, or a copy of today’s slide
presentation, please email: marketing@northridge.com
Next Steps  Northridge SharePoint White Papers
• To see a full listing of Northridge white papers, please go to:
http://www.northridgesystems.com/Who-We-Are/Thought-Leadership/White-
Papers/Pages/White-Papers.aspx
Next Steps  Northridge Navigate Framework Detail
• To request the detailed description of the Northridge Navigate framework,
please email: marketing@northridge.com
Next Steps  Northridge SharePoint 2010 Assessment
• Is your enterprise ready for SharePoint 2010? Engage with Northridge in a
SharePoint 2010 Readiness Assessment. For more information visit:
http://www.northridgesystems.com/What-We-
Do/Capabilities/Pages/SharePoint-2010-Readiness-Assessment.aspx
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