Presentation from 2010 Dallas SharePoint Saturday presentation.

1. Presented By:
Ben McMann
&
Columbus Brown
SharePoint Saturday
2010
Building a SharePoint Team
November 13, 2010

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Couple of Analysis Tools
Current Usage of SharePoint Platform
Talents Needed
You Need to Be Able to Answer
How are you supporting business objectives?
This is where we are today?
This is where we need to be in the future?
What You Will Leave With

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Team Should Reflect the Business Usage of
Platform
Usage dictates necessary skill sets
SharePoint Roles
What are they? What skill sets are needed?
The two roles every company needs
Real World Case Study
Columbus Brown: Bell Helicopter
Building a SharePoint Team

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Business First, Technology Second
How is your company utilizing SharePoint?
SharePoint Maturity Model
Usage of Platform

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Identify Ways to Create More Customer Value
Value Chain
Strong companies develop superior capabilities in managing and
linking their core business processes.
Business is About Value

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Not typically how SharePoint is introduced
IT sets up server, people play around
Grows from ground up rather than top down
Not strategically positioned & maintained
Business First, Technology Second

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Tool #1
SharePoint Maturity Model
How Company is Utilizing SharePoint?
Case Study

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Why Job Descriptions are Important
Governance – Defines what to expect
Sets Ground Rules for End User & IT Roles
Quantify skill levels of team
» SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
SharePoint Roles

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Great Job Descriptions to Start From
Lets Collaborate
The Two Roles Every Company Needs
SharePoint Evangelist
Farm Administrator
SharePoint Roles

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Tool #2
Sample Job Descriptions
Case Study

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Columbus Brown
Bell Helicopter
Case Study

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Study Maturity Model
Where does your company sit?
Read Job Descriptions
Potential candidates inside your company currently?
Map Usage to Business
Utilization of SharePoint should help drive business value
Skill sets should support platform’s usage
Homework

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Good Book to Get
Highly
Empowered
Resourceful
Operatives
Empowered: Unleash Your Employees, Energize Your
Customers, and Transform Your Business
By Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler (Forrester Research)

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