Hyperautomation and AI/ML: A Strategy for Digital Transformation Success.pdf
SharePoint Best Practices Conference 2013
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SharePoint Solutions at
National Gypsum
Mike Brannon
mikeb@natgyp.com
@mike_moss
http://www.slideshare.net/gbcmeb/
From The SharePoint Strategic Planning Process
5. NGC Technical Overview
3 Platforms:
IBM zOS/Software AG
SAP (hosted external)
Windows .NET/SQL
Windows clients & Servers – Plants & Process Control
WAN
(Trusted)
Internet
(Untrusted)Remote Users –
Employees &
Partners
(Mobile too) Firewall
Juniper VPN
Rexford HQ Data Center
Exchange 2010 SharePoint 2003 &
SharePoint 2007
.NET Apps &
SQL DBMS -
SOA & Web
IBM
Z/OS
HQ Campus LAN
`
Clients
SAP / FIT
Hosting
PLANT LAN
Plant
Server
`
Corp LAN
Clients
`
Process PC
PLC on
Ethernet
DMZ LAN
DMZ Servers
EDI, Web
6. Key Milestones - NGC SharePoint journey
2003 to PRESENT: Updated to SP2003 – Lots
of Light Customization with CorasWorks
templates, tools and some .NET code – Event
receivers and “Report Sweeper”
Also InfoPath Forms and Libraries emerge…
1999 – 2002 Tahoe then SP 2001 Portal
supporting sales laptops and internally
developed “CRM / Document shares”
2006 to PRESENT: New Servers Added for Intranet effort
Connect payroll/HR to AD and User Profiles, Photos
Corp-Comm and HR leverage OOB Functionality well
Initial broad effort to setup ‘department sites’ with user
driven publishing and IT project sites & PMO
Downsizing issues due to loss of knowledgeable staff…
7. NGC problems – Similar to yours?
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• Our network file-share based architecture is obsolete, growing
exponentially in size, and is difficult to use. (28 years)
• Federal and state legal statutes concerning document
management aren‟t being fully met. (since 2009)
• We have old, out of support versions of SharePoint used for
customer critical business process support that need to be
upgraded or replaced.
• Business Intelligence and reporting products have advanced
in power, ease of use, functionality.
• NGC needs a roadmap for a technical makeover that will
reduce vendors, mitigate risks, and deploy new capabilities to
the business within the standard Microsoft toolset.
8. NGC Plans for Next Steps
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• Multi-department review by all stakeholders
• NGC‟s core development and sysadmin skill set is based
on the Microsoft platform (Exchange, SharePoint, Office)
and .NET Code / SQL databases
• Determined that several “non-core” technologies could be
replaced by SharePoint (Accolade, Documentum, Hyperion,
uPerform, File Shares)
• Potential SW cost reductions and less TCO/support!
• Successfully proved in a pilot test that SharePoint could be
a records management replacement (with additions)
9. What do we need?
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• Commitment to SharePoint as the Enterprise
Portal/Application/Content Platform
• Licensing Changes Far Fewer EA SW Licenses,
Drop 70% of Full Office / 100% System Center –
Deploy ECAL for Focused Users – Then Deploy
Deskless Worker Office / Device Seats
• Build new platforms and decommission “non-core”
systems
•
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Establishing Context: eDiscovery Strategy and Information Lifecycle
A Roadmap for Bridging 2 Operational Scenarios
Business Users
Create ESI
ESI TYPES SOURCES
Unstructured Data Messages (email,
v-mail, IM)
Documents,
Media, Logs, etc.
PCs, Servers,
SharePoint, etc.
Structured Data Invoices, POs,
Credit Memos,
etc.
Enterprise
Systems, SAP,
POPS/MIDAS,
NGC4ME, etc.
Scenario 1: Normal Operations
Governed Under “Safe Harbor”
POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Legal Department Information Systems
Records Management Storage, Backup, Archiving,
Deletion
1) ESI – Electronically Stored Information
2) Safe Harbor – Possible protection from sanctions if ESI is destroyed as a result of routine policies and procedures
3) Duty to Preserve – A defendants obligation to preserve evidence in advance of litigation
Scenario 2: eDiscovery
Governed Under “Duty To Preserve”
Legal
Hold
Issued
Possible
Legal
Action
ESI
Sources
Discovery
Scope
Determined
Search
Hold
ProcessReviewDeliver
ESI Discovery Process
Our
eDiscovery
Strategy
provides
a framework to
address
eDiscovery
in the
context of
Normal
Operations
Policies & Procedures Dictate the
Information Lifecycle Under “Normal Operations”
13. ECM/RM Learning
▪ Policy/procedure dictates records move to Documentum
▪ "Give up" a document / email / file to the "records store" – USER
RELUCTANCE – Active Resistance in some cases!
▪ Unexpected Finding: People will still FIGHT to keep their
documents stored in something they are comfortable with
▪ Multiple places to put user content made it impossible to have
ONE WAY TO DO IT
▪ LEARNING: We will not ever have enough .NET staff to BUILD a
solution to this Wicked Problem
▪ Find Configurable Solution – Deploy ONE way to do it!
▪ Let Users Keep Their Content in Familiar Looking Places
14. 2012 2015
NGC Enterprise Portal and eDiscovery Time Line
PORTAL
PLATFORM
PHASE 1:
STABILIZE PLATFORM
Address risk of unsupported platform
Cost Option A: $200k
SP2010 with enterprise capabilities
Cost Option B: $80k
SP2010 w/out enterprise capabilities
SITES and
COMMUNITIES
functionality
More productive,
lower cost searches
Cost: $250k
PHASE 2: MIGRATE
CONTENT
All content under management
Ease of use, 300 Users (Charlotte HQ)
Cost Option A: $775k
Full Content Mgmt with auto
classification software/services
Cost Option B: $475k
Content/Records Mgmt only
*Assumes Phase 1A
2013
APPLICATIONSSEARCH
COLLABORATIONBUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE
2014 2015
COLLABORATION
eDiscovery
Search
CONTENT
MANAGEMENT
RECORDS
MANAGEMENT
eDiscovery
Search Audit &
Compliance
CONTENT
MANAGEMENT
RECORDS
MANAGEMENT
eDISCOVERY CAPABILITIES
COLLABORATION
Today – DepartmentalTeam Sites
Tomorrow– Shift from email and
shared folders to active, living
meetingplaces using social tools to
connect team members across the
organization.
Today – Bookmarks (a.k.a.“I can’t
find anything”)
Tomorrow– Google-likesearch (and
“find-ability”)across ALL NGC
informationwith controlledaccess.
SEARCH
Today – Multiplesets of numbers,
limiteddata access, few users.
Tomorrow– One set of numbers,
easy secured access, many users,
developedand reported against
with standard office productivity
tools.
BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE
Today – IT builds and manages
custom for each business use.
Tomorrow– Business process
automationbuilt and managed by
business users.
APPLICATIONS
Today – Only “Records” have a
defined life-cycle.
Tomorrow– All content is created,
secured, and deleted according to
NGC policies
CONTENT
MANAGEMENT
RECORDS
MANAGEMENT
Today – Multipletools, labor
intensive, large data sets
Tomorrow– Single tool, efficient
and productive, focused data set
eDiscovery
Search
Today – Manual effort
Tomorrow– Automated audit,
notification,and compliance
reportingAudit &
Compliance
Today – Manual effort
Tomorrow– Centralized,compliant,
easily discovered, and appropriately
preserved and/or purged.
eMail Mgmt
eMailMgmt &
Archive
Last update: 8/15/12
SEARCH
BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE
DELIVER INFORMATION
Make data and analytical services directly
available to business users:
• Plant performance
• Sales performance
• Supply Chain performance
• Financial performance
• New Product Development
Cost: Manpower
*Assumes Phase
1A
PHASE 3: EXTEND TO
SALES &
MANUFACTURING
+700 Users (Plants & Field Sales)
Cost: $550k
*Assumes other technology constraints
have been resolved (WAN, LANs, HQ
storage)
*Assumes Phases 1A & 2A
APPLICATIONS
INSIGHTS
functionality
2013
DELIVER
APPLICATIONS
Build and Deploy Portal
Applications for NGC:
• Product Portal
• CSC Portal 2.0
• Supply Chain Portal
• Legal Portal
• Training Portal
Cost: Manpower
*Assumes Phase
1A
COMPOSITES
functionality
2013
eMailMgmt &
Archive
Audit &
Compliance
Automated audit, notification,
and compliance reporting
Cost: $100k
Email archiving and Outlook
Personal Storage (PST)
management
Cost: TBD
15. What do we need?
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• DoD 5015.2 Std: GimmalSoft provides a suite of
software and consulting – Fully certified –
Supported by Colligo / MetaLogix
• Robust e-Discovery Case Management; Legal
specific search / text / conceptual analysis:
StoredIQ and Concept Searching tools – Save
thousands to possibly millions in legal fees!
• Baked in Records Compliance Content management
across lifecycle and automatic categorization!
•
16. What have we learned?
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• Commitment to ONE Retire “specialty SW” and
consolidate into SharePoint – License Enterprise
features and leverage them!
• More Than One Size/Color Needed Content creators /
publishers, Heavy content consumers, „Browser Only‟
consumers – Different solutions needed (NOTE: See
Mobility Presentation Tomorrow!!)
• Records/ECM is CORE Reliance on manual
compliance futile; Risks are huge, Penalties Happen!!
•
Notas del editor
Have you (or your company) been affected by a lawsuit?How about a Legal Hold? Have you ever declared and filed a record (in the legal sense of that word ‘record’)?In the last several years the IT teams I lead at NGC have become VERY aware of how lawsuits, e-discovery and legal hold can affect our company –This presentation covers how we’ve been able to use SharePoint and related tools to help deal with the issues
How does the economy impact YOUR business?It has a HUGE impact of Construction – which in turn has a huge impact on National Gypsum!Current business climate - Basic chart showing BIG Trends Enough History to Show Entire Period of Technical stuff - say from 1995 to NOWOur industry and business has ALWAYS been very cyclical – But from 1991 to 2001 – generally saw overall growth over time From 2001 to 2006 we saw a huge HOUSING BUBBLE and from 2006 to 2012 we experienced a GIANT BUST – We now seem to be emerging from that NUCLEAR WINTER but there were times when things were in doubt – Industry has been substantially restructured and some competitors are now goneHow does SharePoint HELP us during these challenges?INTRANET and HR connections – Great employee communications facilitated by executives, corp-comm “internal publishing”SW Licensing – SharePoint can be a SWISS ARMY knife kind of application – Retire filing systems – EMC Documentum seats versus SharePoint document libraries… Functionality may not EXCEED – but it will suffice – Retire expensive SW and stop supporting customized apps – setup a user managed platform – turn off a system that requires a lot of developer / admin effort to deliver to users…We also have entered a NEW era of litigation and legal issues – which we were not fully prepared for – More on that later
IT Environment Overview slide Application / system platforms WAN Overview Windows emphasis
SharePoint evolutionCurrent deploymentIssues tied to Nuclear Winter (staff laid off) Stuck and unable to make much progress
IT wanted to reduce it’s application portfolio to those products with broad adoptions, were core to its skill set, provided valueWe felt there were several applications with limited audiences that SharePoint could replace and that by doing so, we would reposition costs to a more mainstream useWe felt we were underutilizing SharePoint but we had to justify the license costs with business projects
IT wanted to reduce it’s application portfolio to those products with broad adoptions, were core to its skill set, provided valueWe felt there were several applications with limited audiences that sharepoint could replace and that by doing so, we would reposition costs to a more mainstream useWe felt we were underutilizing SharePoint but we had to justify the license costs with business projects
Policies for User Accounts and Features Needed Created Major Issues – The SP enterprise client access license provides end user access the tools to develop score cards, metrics, work flow, enhanced excel analytics, and business process/applicationsSharePoint is a business application platform (call it windows XP for knowledge workers) that enables normal associates to use common productivity software to develop their own processes and publish their own key indicatorsWe have several new processes such the new product development process, raw material testing process, garnishment tracking, cross departmental product management that just need some time and attention to be delivered within SharePoint to highlight a new way to deliver business capabilitiesThe 300k is the first portion of the money and resources to be invested
NGC deployed TrueArc Foremost for Paper and Limited Electronic Records in 1999/2000Microsoft Office users needed better usability – We enhanced TrueArc with custom Office add in (EDCAR) Add in pushed all users to classify electronic documents as they were being created – Attached a document property that indicated File Plan (retention) designation and user dept.Documentum acquired TrueArc in 2002-2003 and we updated our custom EDCAR system to use Documentum and Office 2003Created a “filer interface” that leveraged Microsoft BITS for background file transfer into document repository (fire and forget filing)Created a pilot “sweeper” application service that would support easier and more automatic filing of documents NOT sent to repository but not in policy compliance.Major issues emerge with user adoption – Drive to full filing stalls out Windows 7 changes to security model for all users – Office 2010 changes – Update system to preserve existing functionality and improve sweeper / automationComplete rewrite of our system into managed code and another complete rewrite to support Office 2010 and the Ribbon - Much better integration!
Feeling PAIN around ongoing development costs and business downturn and reduced budgets / .NET resources on staff and on Legal teamAfter a large amount of effort - we had embedded / forced classification but actual record filing wasn't working well"Give up" a document / email / file to the "records store" - REAL RELUCTANCEDefinite usability barriersUnexpected Finding: Policy - some technical help - People will still FIGHT to keep their documents stored in something they are comfortable withMultiple places to put things made it impossible to have ONE WAY TO DO ITLEARNING: We will not ever have enough .NET staff to BUILD a solution to this Wicked Problem
Roadmap project - Brief explanation of Documentum and EDCAR - Current version Review of use - Integration into Office Gimmal move toward SharePoint and GimmalSoft SharePoint can now meet DoD 5015.2 - Standard for Records Management that is well recognized by courts and government agencies - as well as military... Roadmap built to move ALL unstructured data / content management via SharePoint - Replace Documentum
Policies for User Accounts and Features Needed Created Major Issues – The SP enterprise client access license provides end user access the tools to develop score cards, metrics, work flow, enhanced excel analytics, and business process/applicationsSharePoint is a business application platform (call it windows XP for knowledge workers) that enables normal associates to use common productivity software to develop their own processes and publish their own key indicatorsWe have several new processes such the new product development process, raw material testing process, garnishment tracking, cross departmental product management that just need some time and attention to be delivered within SharePoint to highlight a new way to deliver business capabilitiesThe 300k is the first portion of the money and resources to be invested
Policies for User Accounts and Features Needed Created Major Issues – The SP enterprise client access license provides end user access the tools to develop score cards, metrics, work flow, enhanced excel analytics, and business process/applicationsSharePoint is a business application platform (call it windows XP for knowledge workers) that enables normal associates to use common productivity software to develop their own processes and publish their own key indicatorsWe have several new processes such the new product development process, raw material testing process, garnishment tracking, cross departmental product management that just need some time and attention to be delivered within SharePoint to highlight a new way to deliver business capabilitiesThe 300k is the first portion of the money and resources to be invested