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Let’s Make SharePoint a Happy Place

Francois Pienaar – Mint@fhpienaar #SPSJHB

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Agenda

• So What’s On The Menu Today?

• User Levels & Requirements

• Consultants are Dangerous

• Demo: The 70% Fit

• Demo: The 100% Solution

• The SharePoint Journey

• Open Discussion

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Will You be Listening?

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Question Posted on

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On Today’s Menu

Key ObjectiveDiscuss Native SharePoint Usability

DemonstrationWYSIWIG Editor

SharePoint DesignerCQWP

InfoPath…

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User Levels & Requirements

• 3 Types of Users

• Specific Req.• What to

Expose?• How

Complex?

BUT…• They’ve

Asked

Reader

Content Owner

Propeller Head

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Impact Of Usability?

Data Entry to eForms

Search but not find

Search

Acquiring physical records

Publish to Web

Manage Document Approval

Manage Document Routing

File & Organize Documents

Recreating Content

Version Control

Create Documents

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 145.6

3.5

9.5

2.3

4.2

4.3

4

6.8

3

2.2

13.3

Hours/Employee/Week

Source: IDC Study on Proving the Value of Content Technologies, 2004

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Consultants Are Dangerous

• Some Consultants are Dangerous• Don’t Understand Native

SharePoint• Development Mindset• “Anything Is Possible”…

• Square Peg, Round Hole…

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Demo: The 70% Fit

Let’s Explore What’s Possible

• Add Document• Submit Form• Search• Navigate Through Large List• Basic Intranet Landing Page

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Demo: The 100% Solution

Now Let’s Make SharePoint a Happy Place

• Add Document (redirect)• Submit Form (redirect)• Search (Easy back)• Navigate Through Large List

(Metadata Nav)• Clever Intranet Landing Page

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The SharePoint Journey

Not Doing IT Right

Sometime it’s Hard

But, Oh so Rewarding

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Open Discussion

How are You Doing IT?

We can ALL Learn from Each Other.

Push the Envelop, but Stay Native.

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Have You Been Listening?

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Question Posted on

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Thanks

(e) fhpienaar@live.co.za(w) http://technicallead.wordpress.com(t) @fhpienaar(l) http://za.linkedin.com/in/fhpienaar