How to prevent Sharepoint projects from failing

Taran Sohal

Co-Founder and Director

Cloud2

taran.sohal@cloud2.co.uk

Agenda

> About Cloud2

> What is Microsoft SharePoint?

> Why do SharePoint projects fail?

> Recommendations for successful SharePoint

> The Cloud2 approach

About Cloud2

> Based in Yorkshire, UK

> Microsoft Gold competency in Content & Collaboration

> 100+ SharePoint projects since 2008

Business Productivity

Intranet & Applications

Search

Collaboration

Business Intelligence

eForms & Workflow

Document Management

100 million licences

$1billion product

What is SharePoint?

So what?

Microsoft Office

OneNote Word Excel Power Point Outlook

Intranet Extranet Internet

Collaboration Document Management Search Apps, eForms, Workflow

With this in mind… why do 50% of projects fail?

Not knowing what SharePoint is/does

Project Approach

Customise > Configure

Weak requirements

Vision – Beautiful building

> Architect

> Bricklayer

> Plasterer

> Interior Decorator

> Builder

> Inspector

> Maintenance man

Dream Team

> Technical architects

> Business analysts

> Trainers

> Developers

> Technical leads

> Systems Engineers

> Project managers

> Creative & web designer

> Don’t build from ground zero (foundations)

> Don’t give it to a developer

> Don’t give it to a web designer

> Don’t write custom code

> Keep it simple

> Go live quickly (within 3 months) – deliver, adapt

Phase One

Intranet platform

Document

Management

Corporate

documents

(Policies,

Templates)

Search

People,

Documents,

Pages

Internal /external

Collaboration

Directorates,

Departments,

Teams

Projects

Phase Two

Governance

Sector specific

audit and

compliance

solutions e.g.

ISO9001, BS7799

HR

Staff Records

Sickness

Absence

Case Mgmt

Apps

Paper Records

Scanning

Extranet (SEA)

File Share

Migrator

Business

Intelligence

Rapid BI

Power View

Power Pivot

Performance

Point

- Requirements - Design - Build

- Testing - Deployment

- Training - Handover

- Go Live

What happens after project completion?

- Requirements - Design - Build

- Testing - Deployment

- Training - Handover

- Go Live - Embedding plan x

What happens after handover

Cloud2 Recommendation - Embedding Plan

Go Live Training

On-going Support Development

Development

End user surveys

Successful SharePoint - The Cloud2 approach

Contact:

Taran Sohal

taran.sohal@cloud2.co.uk

https://twitter.com/Cloud2ltd

http://www.linkedin.com/in/taransohal

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