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Saturday, August 23, 2008
What do you think when I say ECM? Industry insiders, consultants, and implementers of ECM systems have developed an understanding of the tools as process enablers. Whether it's recording and filing invoices, contracts, or packing slips, ECM systems have typically been implemented in places where the number of documents is large and the findability problem for those documents is great.
It's not hard for most folks to imagine rows and rows of file cabinets overflowing with paper. Locating a document in these rows and rows of file cabinets was a task that was done very rarely because the cost to retrieve the paper was so high. However, this meant that important checks to see whether the invoice had been previously paid, or if the work was being double billed was skipped and organizations were losing millions of dollars each year. ECM systems, some of which quite literally cost millions of dollars to implement were put in to improve the speed of retrieval, the speed of filing, and reduce the amount of physical space required to maintain the records.
More…
http://www.ecmconnection.com/article.mvc/Sharepoint-ECM-document-management-0002
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Friday, August 15, 2008
Whether you were hearing voices in your head saying "Build it and they will come" or you simply had to find a replacement for your languishing Internet, more often than not once you get the SharePoint® platform in place you'll find pockets of the organization where it seems like everyone is using SharePoint for everything – even things they shouldn't -- and other pockets of the organization where SharePoint is seen as some sort of contagious disease.
The kind of engagement that you may see in parts of your organization is powerful. Instead of users simply using the solutions which have already been created, they're creating their own solutions. Sure occasionally an engaged user will create a solution in SharePoint which isn't well advised, however, many solutions that engaged users create will fit the platform and will be useful to themselves and others. A user who's adopted SharePoint can use those solutions that have already been created, but an engaged user can create their own solutions. Driving forward an implementation with users who've adopted SharePoint means creating all of the solutions for the users – a rate limiting factor for any growth of SharePoint.
Implementing a solution like SharePoint and getting engagement across the organization isn't easy. Every organization has the early adopters – the folks that may have pushed for SharePoint in the first place – and the laggards – the folks that are still etching out their memos on stone tablets. There's also the diversity of technical skills which happen in organizations where some folks are carrying around the latest devices while others are still using the "bag" car phones that aren't exactly mobile. So how do you increase SharePoint engagement throughout your organization?
It's not magic. It's not some ancient incantation. By just applying a handful of easy-to-understand principles, you can get the engagement you want without losing control. We will discuss two techniques for developing engagement by first evaluating your situation and second by building intent to use.
To read the rest of the whitepaper go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125133&clcid=0x409
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
One of the challenges with most portals, including intranets, is maintaining relevancy of the information that the user sees and interacts with. You'll hear a ton about search relevancy but relatively little is said about what is displayed on the home page. Some organizations approach the home pages as simple landing pages, a place for links to other places. Others try to serve up relevant content, but all too often there are substantial portions of a corporate intranet home page that just aren't relevant. If you're in Indianapolis, how important is the company picnic taking place in New York?
In our information overload culture we've gotten adept at blocking out advertising and other non-content items on a page and still ad blocking software is in widespread use. We can filter information ourselves but the more we can filter information for users the better they like it. The more focused we can make our content the better the user experience. Luckily SharePoint has several ways that we can deliver customized content to users and groups.
More…
http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200806/ij_06_11_08a.html
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Monday, June 09, 2008
One of the most common problems that organizations that are customizing SharePoint have is how do they manage the code deployment process. Organizations typically have configuration management guidelines that help them regulate how code makes it into production whether that's internally developed code or are patches that are applied to the operating system and products being leveraged.
The problem is that SharePoint doesn't fit a nice clean model. Because so much of SharePoint is configuration and data driven, code that works in development or a test environment may not work in Prod because things are configured differently or there's different data to operate on.
So how do you manage a situation where you've got configuration information that needs to meet up with code to create a complete solution? In this article I'll tackle this problem, a generic approach, and talk about a few of the sharp edges on the strategy that you'll have to educate everyone on.
More?
http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200806/ij_06_09_08a.html
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
With all of the interest in SharePoint I sometimes think that people walk up to me and want to know how to become a SharePoint developer instantly. (Just add water, as they say.) If you read my MSDN Magazine End Bracket article "You Should Learn SharePoint" you probably already realize that it's not quite that simple. However, Paul Andrew has been leading a charge that Andrew Connell and I've been a part of to get a good primer for SharePoint developers out there so anyone who has the desire to learn will have all of the tools they need to get started with SharePoint development. The first part of the campaign is ten (!) hour long web casts where we cover the things you need to know about SharePoint and some of the cool things to learn about SharePoint that can make building your solutions easier.
They are every Tuesday & Wednesday from 12p-1p EDT (GMT -0500) starting next week for the next five weeks. Here's a break down of the schedule:
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Date (all times EDT) |
Topic & Registration URL |
Presenter |
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Tues, May 20 : 12-1p |
Web Parts |
Rob Bogue |
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Wed, May 21 : 12-1p |
Data Lists |
Rob Bogue |
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Tues, May 27 : 12-1p |
Silverlight |
Andrew Connell |
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Wed, May 28 : 12-1p |
Event Handlers |
Andrew Connell |
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Tues, June 3 : 12-1p |
Site Branding |
Andrew Connell |
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Wed, June 4 : 12-1p |
Workflow |
Rob Bogue |
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Tues, June 10 : 12-1p |
Web Services |
Andrew Connell |
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Wed, June 11 : 12-1p |
Page Navigation |
Andrew Connell |
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Tues, June 17 : 12-1p |
User Management |
Rob Bogue |
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Wed, June 18 : 12-1p |
Content Types |
Rob Bogue |
Special thanks to Paul for getting this ball rolling, and the awesome set of people participating both at Microsoft and external to Microsoft to make this happen. I'm excited to be a part of it.
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