In run up to the Sharepoint 2011 conference this year, I’m seeing a lot of articles about Sharepoint. This includes an interesting article by CMS Wire on next steps for Sharepoint. Their quick answers is something I believe in. It’s all about planning and governance:
- Establish core competencies
- Champion the Optimized enterprise
- Consider product, platform, project
- Involve all levels of business
It’s short but sweet. Here’s an excerpt but go to the entire article for a somewhat deeper read.
In speaking with executives and teams about their SharePoint projects, many of our clients have similar stories to share — that senior executives choose SharePoint for the new corporate portal or to house document management, and then announce to their “team” that SharePoint is coming to the organization, without doing their planning or diligence on the “team” itself. This strategy has obvious issues, which, can be overcome with the right level of mid-implementation planning, training and consulting.
Establish Core Competencies
When deploying SharePoint, an organization must first establish its core competencies. By definition, a core competency is the factor or factors that a business sees as being central to the way it, or its employees, works. The irony is that SharePoint itself can be the core competency for your business as it assumes the position of being a central focus point, or foundation to your organization. Using SharePoint as your foundation will demonstrate the commitment to the product and the importance that collaboration has on your organization to your business users.
Champion the Optimized Enterprise
Now that you know what your foundation looks like, it’s time to discuss the optimized enterprise and why its creation is important to your long-term project success.
