In this second of a three part blog I will describe Value Management in SharePoint and how it can be applied when creating or implementing a new SharePoint solution. Note that in fact this can also be applied to existing SharePoint environments where there is a requirement to extend or enhance...

This is the first of a three part article. You may have heard statements like: ‘I need a good return on my investment of SharePoint’ ‘I am paying a lot of money for SharePoint and people, what is it there to do?’ ‘I need to know what to do and what not to do...

Time for a service delivery article, looking at working with external SharePoint agencies in a SharePoint environment in BAU… If you are operating and managing SharePoint environments for your clients, you may find that there is a business requirement for enhancements or modifications to...

SharePoint Project Planning Template in Microsoft Project format

I use this presentation for stakeholders in communicating to them the key reasons for Sharepoint implementation and the stages of implementation following project methodologies. Whilst it focuses on Document Management in SharePoint it is purposefully made generic to cover the general process...

This is a SharePoint Build Template. It is designed so that you can record the content of the SharePoint installation in terms of its software, and refer to the documents that will guide the installation of SharePoint. The Software Build Template is referred from my book, Managing and...

This article is concerned with how the management of documents and data in a site related to the implementation of SharePoint 2010, thus allowing the control, storage and management of information related to a SharePoint 2010 implementation project. This document will describe the recommended...

Sharepoint has the ability to take incoming emails via Microsoft Outlook into a document library or calendar. For example, one could setup meeting requests via Outlook and send these into a calendar on SharePoint. Also, an email could be sent directly into a document library from Outlook. The...

As a SharePoint Architect, you’ll define a policy concerning the management of sites or at least will have an input to it; and whatever policy or process that comes from that is not called Tech Support – it’s called Business Content (content hierarchy) Support – meaning...