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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I was asked by Colligo to be a guest blogger and write a series on the topic of Enterprise Adoption of SharePoint. The first article in this series, Enterprise Adoption of SharePoint – Part 1, is now available on their site. I would like to thank Colligo for giving me the opportunity to do this …
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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 …
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 …
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, …
Simplify the storage and management of content Findability – Promote the dissemination of information (content) through navigation, aggregate views, dashboards and search (scopes) Trust – Give users a sense of trust in the information they are using Governance – Implement technology, processes and governing controls that promote the agile evolution of information use Educate users …
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