I am speaking at the SharePoint Summit 2012 (Toronto) Conference this year! I am delivering 2, 3 hour tutorials on Monday, May 14th. Tutorial 1.3 – Architecting Information for SharePoint 2010 Regardless of the industry your organization is aligned with, if your goal is to use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as an Intranet and/or Document Management …
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Have you ever had the need for employees to confirm they have read a document? Such as an employee handbook or corporate policy? In the conventional paper model, this would be accomplished by printing the document or acknowledgement form, asking the employee to sign it then storing that signed document for future reference. In the …
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Recently I wrote an article about why I don’t like the use of folders in SharePoint Document Libraries. Some comments left on that article prompted me to describe one approach to using sub-sites instead of folders for managing documents. The specific comment I am referring to indicated they were managing thousands of clients documents, categorized …
06-13-2011 – Updated based on post comments. I am asked on a regular basis how I feel about the use of Document Library folders. To be honest, I always tell people “avoid them”. This response always stirs up controversy so I though I would write this article to help you better understand my thinking. Before …
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CSF – Simplify the Contribution and Management of Content Many Intranets I have seen over the years have been implemented with the focus being on a single consumer audience. This model may work well for an Internet (public facing) site; however, I contest it is a model that doesn’t work well for Intranet implementations. First …
SharePoint 2010 workflow resources. If you have any suggestions, please leave me a comment! Blogs Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog Paul Galvin’s SharePoint Space Books Professional Workflow 4 in SharePoint 2010: Real World Business Workflow Solutions Author(s): Paul J. Galvin, Udayakumar Ethirajulu, Chris Beckett, Peter Ward, Mark Miller SharePoint MVP offers practical WF4 guidance for …
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CSF – Focus on Solving Business Problems/Needs It is critical that you focus on solving business problems, not rolling-out technology widgets. As I have indicated in other articles, you must detach the non-technical user from the technical details. Simply rolling-out a site, blog or wiki doesn’t necessarily solve a specific business problem. And, if we …
I have been asked to speak at the Inland Empire SharePoint User Group meeting this next Tuesday, 5/24/2011. I would like to thank Rod Lawrence and Brian Kelly for asking me to do this; I always enjoy it and am looking forward to it. My session will focus on Intranet implementation critical success factors, information …
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CSF – Thoroughly Understand and Document What it is You Are Building I know, this sounds somewhat ridiculous right? Of course you know what you are building; an Intranet! One thing I have learned over the years is to not assume everyone has the same understanding of what an Intranet is. Ask 25 different individuals in …
Many do not realize the bridge business users must traverse when moving their documents from local drives and file shares to a new document management solution; this can be overwhelming to many. Thus it is imperative to implement a solution that promotes consistent trust in the technology. If users find the solution difficult to use, …