Synopses & Reviews
Deliver a successful SharePoint solution to your organization Take control of the complex requirements for delivering a SharePoint 2013 solution to your organization. Led by a SharePoint MVP specializing in SharePoint service delivery, you’ll learn proven methods to help you prepare for a smooth adoption and governance process throughout the enterprise. This guide is ideal for IT professionals, including service delivery managers, project and program managers, and business analysts.
Discover how to:
- Align your SharePoint solution with organizational goals and business priorities
- Engage executive sponsors, stakeholders, and SharePoint champions
- Provide detailed plans and schedules for an effective, structured delivery
- Build a team with appropriate roles to match delivery requirements
- Prepare user adoption, training, and communication plans, with clear business rules and policies
- Plan ongoing platform governance, service releases, and solution maintenance
- Build effective customer service models and provide SharePoint support
Synopsis
Take control of user adoption and governance processes in your next SharePoint 2013 deployment—whether it's a specific site or complete farm solution. Led by a SharePoint expert, you'll learn proven techniques and methods that will help you better manage the entire project lifecycle.
Discover how to:
- Align organizational goals and requirements
- Define the full scope of the project
- Set up a team to deliver a SharePoint solution
- Effectively communicate with and include your stakeholders
- Prepare for user feedback and adoption
- Establish and maintain governance through the entire project
- Use analytics to provide substance to governance
- Confirm readiness for delivery to the organization
About the Author
Geoff Evelyn is an expert specializing in SharePoint Information Systems design, architecture, implementation, planning, governance, disaster recovery, and automation. He has helped implement, manage and govern SharePoint in many universities and global companies. He is a Fellow of Institute of Analysts and Programmers, a member of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Aligning organizational goals and requirements
- Chapter 2: Defining the SharePoint solution scope
- Chapter 3: Planning SharePoint solution delivery
- Chapter 4: Preparing SharePoint solution User Adoption
- Chapter 5: Planning SharePoint Governance
- Chapter 6: SharePoint delivery program considerations
- Chapter 7: Organizing SharePoint delivery resources
- Chapter 8: Building a SharePoint service delivery model
- Chapter 9: Controlling the delivery program
- Chapter 10: SharePoint customization impacting User Adoption
- Chapter 11: Managing workshops and closing the delivery program
- Chapter 12: Maintaining the solution
- About the author