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2. Knowledge Management using social
software in SharePoint 2010
Donald Hessing
VX Company
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Ton Stegeman
PGGM
t @t tdhessing@vxcompany.com ton@tonstegeman.com
3. AgendaAgenda
• Introduction / The caseIntroduction / The case
• Step 1 - Organize knowledge
• Step 2 – Publish knowledgeStep 2 Publish knowledge
• Step 3 – Classify knowledge
• Step 4 Find knowledge• Step 4 – Find knowledge
• Step 5 – Make knowledge social
• Step 6 Maintain knowledge• Step 6 – Maintain knowledge
• Conclusion / The future
4. Introduction – Who are we?Introduction Who are we?
Donald Hessing
● Working with SharePoint since 2007, before .Net architect
● Lead SharePoint architect at VX Company
● Virtual Technology Solution Professional for Microsoft● Virtual Technology Solution Professional for Microsoft
Netherlands
• Ton Stegeman
● Working with SharePoint since 2001
● Full time technical SharePoint consultant since 2003
● SharePoint Server MVP since 2007● SharePoint Server MVP since 2007
● SharePoint architect at PGGM
6. Introduction – Knowledge Management 2.0Introduction Knowledge Management 2.0
• Get rid of any
preconceived notions
of a data, information,
knowledge or wisdom
hi hhierarchy
• Move to consumption-
centric view of
k l dknowledge
• Focus on interactions
• Social software is
about using nonroutine
interactions and
informal user
t ib ticontributions
Gartner symposium ITxpo 2009
7. Introduction – PGGM challengesIntroduction PGGM challenges
• Organizational boundaries (different systems)
• Most of the knowledge is stored in documentsShare Most of the knowledge is stored in documents
• No links with people
Share
• Just navigation• Just navigation
• Applicability - different levels
• How do you know if knowledge is found
Find
• Autorisation strict
• How to let experts contribute
• 1100 potential content editors
Create • 1100 potential content editors
• Changes in the regulations
Organize g g
• Tightly coupled to an organizational unitOrganize
8. AgendaAgenda
• Introduction / The caseIntroduction / The case
• Step 1 - Organize knowledge
• Step 2 – Publish knowledgeStep 2 Publish knowledge
• Step 3 – Tag knowledge
• Step 4 Find knowledge• Step 4 – Find knowledge
• Step 5 – Make knowledge social
• Step 6 Maintain knowledge• Step 6 – Maintain knowledge
• Conclusion / The future
9. Organize KnowledgeOrganize Knowledge
“Knowledge management is the creationKnowledge management is the creation,
capture, organization, access and use of
an organization's knowledgean organization s knowledge.
Collaboration is at the heart of KM — KM cannot
h ith t C ll b ti ”happen without Collaboration”
Gartner symposium ITxpo 2009
10. Organize Knowledge - IntroductionOrganize Knowledge Introduction
• Document creation location doesn’t have to be
the best place to share it
● The collaboration site is archived
● Users doesn’t have permissions to the site
● Required meta data differs between team site andq
knowledge base
● The format is which the item is created is not the
best format to share it
● Collaboration site has different approval settings
11. Knowledge Management SystemsKnowledge Management Systems
• One single repository for digital
information
• Traditional way of doing Knowledge
Central
repository y g g
Management
repository
• Multiple Knowledge Workspaces
• Knowledge Workspaces can live inMultiple Knowledge Workspaces can live in
team workspaces
• New way of Knowledge Management
Multiple
repositories
12. Central Repository – Send ToCentral Repository Send To
Documents are rolled-up at topic pages
• Documents are created
in a teamsite
• Documents are moved to Document Center by
using “Send To”
• Enriched with Metadata
• Content organizer routes the document to the right placeContent organizer routes the document to the right place
13. Advantages and challengesAdvantages and challenges
• Initial setup is relatively easy
• One central website is easier to maintain; all
data is stored in a central location
One search scope
Advantages
• One search scope
• Security is provided at the website level
• Visitor always navigates away from the team site
• Knowledge will have different security
Ch ll • Implementation must be highly controlled
• Document routing is limited, no support for Pages
and Wiki
Challenges
14. Multiple repositories - SolutionMultiple repositories Solution
• Create multiple workspaces for storing andCreate multiple workspaces for storing and
classifying knowlegde
• Knowledge can live inside team spaces• Knowledge can live inside team spaces
• Knowledge can be created at the location the
i f ili i ithuser is familiair with
• Security is automatically inherited by the
security of the team sitel
15. Multiple repositoriesMultiple repositories
Intranet My Sites
Knowledge
Workspace B
Division A
Ton
Stegeman
Donald
Hessing
Knowledge
W k A
Department
ICT
Department C
Stegeman
Blog
Hessing
Blog
Workspace A ICT
Knowledge
Department C
Knowledge
Blog Blog
Workspace
ICT
Knowledge
Knowledge
Workspace C
Knowledge
Workspace
SharePoint
16. Advantages and challengesAdvantages and challenges
• Knowledge is created in the context of the teamsite
• Limited security management
• Limited site management every teamsite has a
Advantages • Limited site management every teamsite has a
knowledge workspace
g
• Harder to setup the system
• How to find my Knowledge Workspaces (navigation)How to find my Knowledge Workspaces (navigation)
• Make people understand that the level of sharing is
determined by the security of the Knowledge
Workspace
Challenges
18. AgendaAgenda
• Introduction / The caseIntroduction / The case
• Step 1 - Organize knowledge
• Step 2 – Publish knowledgeStep 2 – Publish knowledge
• Step 3 – Tag knowledge
• Step 4 Find knowledge• Step 4 – Find knowledge
• Step 5 – Make knowledge social
• Step 6 Maintain knowledge• Step 6 – Maintain knowledge
• Conclusion / The future
19. Publish Knowledge - IntroductionPublish Knowledge Introduction
• The format of the knowledge item at creationThe format of the knowledge item at creation
doesn’t have to be the best format to share it
● Move from publication centric to consumption● Move from publication centric to consumption
centric model
● Minimize knowledge publication as big documentse o edge pub cat o as b g docu e ts
● Some audiences require a specific format
• Think about the helpdesk guyp g y
• Think about legal documents that should be understood
● Knowledge Workspace don’t have the sameg p
optimal publication format
20. Publish Knowledge - Solution
ce
Publish Knowledge Solution
• Reference, E-Reader, Offline,
P i tiDocuments
rkspac
PrintingDocuments
• Formal documents
P bli hi
geWo
Formal documents
• Fixed layoutsPublishing
Q i k d h i
owledg
• Quick and easy sharing
• Group edittingWiki
Kno
• Pages with video, audio and
imagesRich Media
21. Advantages and ChallengesAdvantages and Challenges
• Every site is optimized for that
specific content format
• Easy to extend for new formats /
Advantages • Easy to extend for new formats /
tags / policies
• Optimize Knowledge Workspace
navigation
Ch ll
navigation
• Explain content editors which format
to use when
Challenges
23. AgendaAgenda
• Introduction / The caseIntroduction / The case
• Step 1 - Organize knowledge
• Step 2 – Publish knowledgeStep 2 Publish knowledge
• Step 3 – Tag knowledge
• Step 4 Find knowledge• Step 4 – Find knowledge
• Step 5 – Make knowledge social
• Step 6 Maintain knowledge• Step 6 – Maintain knowledge
• Conclusion / The future
24. Tag - IntroductionTag Introduction
• Metadata helps others to find your contentMetadata helps others to find your content
● Knowing your way around the workspaces is less
importantimportant
● Tagging done by:
• Content editors (taxonomy)Content editors (taxonomy)
• The community (folksonomy)
● Finding the balance between too much and tood g t e ba a ce bet ee too uc a d too
little
● Corporate taxonomy adds relations between itemsp y
and items and people
25. Tag - SolutionTag Solution
• Domain
• Class
C
ation
• Class
• Workspace name
• Automatically by event receiver
Context
ssifica
• Departments
• Processes + Products
E t i k dTaxonomy
reclas
• Enterprise keywords
• Default values per workspace
Taxonomy
Cor
• Corporate
• Department
• Team
Governance
level • Individual
level
26. Advantages and ChallengesAdvantages and Challenges
• Automatic tagging adds
context
• Managed metadata hierarchy
Advantages
g y
• Create a corporate taxonomy
• Maintenance of term sets
M it i t i
Challenges • Monitoring enterprise
keywords
Challenges
28. AgendaAgenda
• Introduction / The caseIntroduction / The case
• Step 1 - Organize knowledge
• Step 2 – Publish knowledgeStep 2 Publish knowledge
• Step 3 – Tag knowledge
• Step 4 Find knowledge• Step 4 – Find knowledge
• Step 5 – Make knowledge social
• Step 6 Maintain knowledge• Step 6 – Maintain knowledge
• Conclusion / The future
29. Find KnowledgeFind Knowledge
• Move from publication centric to consumptionMove from publication centric to consumption
centric model
• Users try to find content in 2 different ways• Users try to find content in 2 different ways
● Structured = Navigation
T diti l k l d b i d d• Traditional knowledge bases are organized around
departments, products, processes not a combination
● Unstructured = Search● Unstructured Search
• Knowledge can be everywhere
• Not everybody is able to formulate appropriate termy y pp p
30. Find Knowledge with SearchFind Knowledge with Search
• All items in a Knowledge Workspace share the same fields Domein,
Proces Product GovernanceProces, Product, Governance
• Search Scope is created on Domain = “Knowledge”
Intranet My Sites
Donald
Division A
Knowledge
Workspace A
Department
ICT
Department C
Ton Stegeman
Blog
Donald
Hessing
Blog
Search Scope
Domain=“Knowledge”
Knowledge
Workspace ICT
Knowledge
Workspace
Knowledge
Workspace C
Knowledge
Workspace A
Workspace
SharePoint
31. Find Knowledge with Search Search
SFind Knowledge with Search Scope
Domein=
“Knowledge”
• Search scope is used to find only the
content that is classified as Knowledge
• Refinement Panels can
be used to filter for
ifi t tspecific content
• Refinement Panels can
be customized to your
d !needs!
• FAST Search comes
with counters per
fi trefinement
32. Knowledge Workspaces and PortalsKnowledge Workspaces and Portals
Personal
Blog: Ton
Personal
Blog:Donald
Product X Process Y
SELECT TITLE, URL FROM SCOPE() where
"scope"='kennis' AND
Divension Team X
scope = kennis AND
owstaxIdPGGMProducten='vrijwillige
voortzetting'
Divension Team X
34. Advantages and ChallengesAdvantages and Challenges
• Knowledge Portals can be created everywhere
• Aggregation of knowledge from multiple
spaces
A ti f lti l di i (
Advantages
• Aggregation for multiple dimensions (process,
product)
• Dependency on search
Ch ll • Not real time
• If editors and users don’t tag...
Challenges
36. AgendaAgenda
• Introduction / The caseIntroduction / The case
• Step 1 - Organize knowledge
• Step 2 – Publish knowledgeStep 2 Publish knowledge
• Step 3 – Tag knowledge
• Step 4 Find knowledge• Step 4 – Find knowledge
• Step 5 – Make knowledge social
• Step 6 Maintain knowledge• Step 6 – Maintain knowledge
• Conclusion / The future
37. Socialize - IntroductionSocialize Introduction
• Finding the right person leads to a betterFinding the right person leads to a better
answer in less time
● Most knowledge is stored in people● Most knowledge is stored in people
● Reading everything is impossible
● Increase user participation in knowledge● Increase user participation in knowledge
development
● Experts are easier to identify and contact● Experts are easier to identify and contact
38. Socialize – Out of the box featuresSocialize Out of the box features
Wiki
Increase participationp p
RatingRating
Rating by community
Social tagging
Users help to tag
Notes
Get feedback / comments
39. Socialize – ProfileSocialize Profile
• Profile pageProfile page
● Tag people
Personal branding● Personal branding
• Social network
C ll● Colleagues
● Organization browser
● Activity feed
• Where to find Donald?
40. Socialize – SolutionSocialize Solution
• Knowledge portals
● Show related people, based
on interest, expertise
● Filter knowledge based on
your interests
● Show relevant knowledge,
according to readers
41. Socialize – SolutionSocialize Solution
Always showAlways show
ratings
Add 'Notes'
options to alloptions to all
page layouts
People search -
show 5 last
knowledge items
43. AgendaAgenda
• Introduction / The caseIntroduction / The case
• Step 1 - Organize knowledge
• Step 2 – Publish knowledgeStep 2 Publish knowledge
• Step 3 – Tag knowledge
• Step 4 Find knowledge• Step 4 – Find knowledge
• Step 5 – Make knowledge social
• Step 6 Maintain knowledge• Step 6 – Maintain knowledge
• Conclusion / The future
44. Maintain - IntroductionMaintain Introduction
• Taxonomy and keywords are based on whatTaxonomy and keywords are based on what
was considered the truth. But we might be
wrongwrong….
• Knowledge systems tend to be organic and
need to be optimized in timeneed to be optimized in time
• The success of the system needs to be
it d it li i t timonitored as it relies on user interaction
• We focus on finding knowledge, but what if…
45. Maintain – SolutionMaintain Solution
• If knowledge is not found, submit feedback
(from portals and search)
•
• Create aliases for keywords
46. Maintain – ChallengesMaintain Challenges
• Key to success
U d i
y
• Can be specific to audience, team, etc.
• Consider additional promotion!
User adoption
• Information Life Cycle Management
• Requirements can be different per departmentILM
• Keep the model simple
• Find a good knowledge management teamManagement
47. AgendaAgenda
• Introduction / The caseIntroduction / The case
• Step 1 - Organize knowledge
• Step 2 – Publish knowledgeStep 2 Publish knowledge
• Step 3 – Tag knowledge
• Step 4 Find knowledge• Step 4 – Find knowledge
• Step 5 – Make knowledge social
• Step 6 Maintain knowledge• Step 6 – Maintain knowledge
• Conclusion / The future
49. Key take aways!Key take aways!
• Think about publication location and format when youThink about publication location and format when you
think about Knowledge Management
• Think about editor and community driven taggingy gg g
when you think about metadata
• Finding the right person leads to a better answerg g p
• Invest in a corporate taxonomy, but plan for change
• Think about feedback for cases where the system didabout eedbac o cases e e t e syste d d
not help