• Workflow Service Delivery OptionsUnderstand the workflow provisions around SharePoint, Office365, Windows Azure used to improve business process automation, collaboration and productivity.
  • Principles and Concepts of Information AssuranceRead how Service Delivery (automation, data governance, data processing, support), aligns to Information Assurance (IA) and concerns all content management systems.
  • Service Assurance in Office365Read how Office365 includes Service Assurance providing resources to carry out risk assessments and audits, and includes a wealth of reports covering security, and the relevant legislation.
  • Web Analytics is a RevolutionRead how Web Analytics improves the usability of the SharePoint solution, drives collaboration, boosts ROI (Return On Investment); and thus enhances the overall productivity of SharePoint users
  • Creating a Repeatable Solution Delivery ProcessRead how a usable SharePoint solution needs to take into consideration the service standards applicable like design, development, commonality, consistency, tools and cross platform standards.
  • Service Delivery and AutomationRead how automation of an enterprise solution including Maintainability, Availability, Resiliency and Supportability using multiple technologies requires an adoption of an suite that allows you flexibility.
Avoiding the Failure of SharePoint Implementation Projects

Avoiding the Failure of SharePoint Implementation Projects

 Here's a little section from my forthcoming book concerning Managing and Implementing SharePoint 2010 Projects. Large SharePoint implementation and upgrade projects are the nightmare of many corporate boardrooms. Decisions regarding goals for the organization...

The New World of SharePoint Administration 2010

The New World of SharePoint Administration 2010

Joel Olsons description of some of the new features in SharePoint Administration - good for anyone who wants to know what fundamental things have changed in 2010 that impacts on how you administer Sharepoint - reporting, monitoring, throttling etc. %CODE1%

Verify and Validate SharePoint solutions

Verify and Validate SharePoint solutions

As SharePoint Delivery Manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that the SharePoint solution being delivered meets SharePoint sponsor technical requirements and fulfil most, if not all the objectives and expectations of service. This means you must Verify and...

SharePoint Subcontract Procedures

SharePoint Subcontract Procedures

SharePoint subcontracts can be raised when it is considered that it is more effective to place discrete packages of work outside of the organisation. This article is referred to in my book, Managing and Implementing SharePoint 2010 Projects. The article describes,...

The Right Way, the Wrong Place

The Right Way, the Wrong Place

SharePoint 2010 as an upgrade and new collaborative technology platform is here; brand new; shining with feature-sets, clean with many new things users can do. Those considering the push of moving their SharePoint 2007 environment(s) over could of course do this since...

Migration from 2003 to 2010, Web Parts and Functional Testing

Migration from 2003 to 2010, Web Parts and Functional Testing

Whilst making the march into SharePoint 2010, lets' not forget those clients still using SharePoint 2003 and wanting to migrate into 2010. This article attempts to list some key things you need to be aware of in migrating from 2003 to 2010, and lists web parts in 2003...

In English

In English

A description of Sharepoint video which is very good at describing SharePoint as a collaboration tool but without references to technical capability. %CODE1%

Topology Presentation

Topology Presentation

I carried out a presentation the other day on sharepoint topologies and what you need to understand to develop and define those topologies - people asked for the presentation doc to be made available, so here it is! Download: SharePointTopologyPresentation  ...

The Right Way, the Wrong Place

20 Design Decisions for SharePoint

A great PDF from Ben Curry at Mindsharp, describes 20 Design Life Cycle concerning Sharepoint and poses questions concerning business, functional, technical, techniques for gathering and much more. Download: 20 Design Decisions for SharePoint

Content Deployment – Whats the Best Way?

Content Deployment – Whats the Best Way?

Bunch of my friendly architects chatting over a significant number of beers and spirits, telling rather silly jokes got into a heated discussion on SharePoint Content Deployment. Hrm... Sounds like a punchline building up here - Anyway, it all went a bit like the 'I...