As an industry analyst on collaboration, and as an advisor to organizations on effective collaboration strategies, I have a long running observation of Microsoft and its collaboration tools and strategy. SharePoint, in particular, once it became clear that Microsoft Exchange Server was not going to be the whole […]
Welcome to the Seamless Teamwork book blog. Seamless Teamwork is the main title of the book (and it was Juliana’s excellent titling idea … I had proposed “Beyond Me” … which I still like, but Seamless Teamwork is even better). The book is due for publication in September […]
It’s been far too long since I posted on my SharePoint for Business Blog. I’ve just put that right with a post re team agreements: A Sample Team Agreement for Step 4 During a recent SharePoint for Business Seminar, the CIO asked for an example of a team […]
During a recent SharePoint for Business Seminar, the CIO asked for an example of a team agreement around SharePoint usage. This is one of the strategies for success that I recommend in the white paper–it’s actually Step 4 of the six step framework–and thus talk to in the […]
Matt is presenting on “Introduction to Windows SharePoint Services Development”. There’s about 40 people here; about 5 have previously developed on SharePoint, about half have used SharePoint, and about 5 have no idea what SharePoint is. SharePoint helps developers by removing the need to constantly rebuild a content […]
In addition to some other research activities, following on from the worldwide interest in my SharePoint for Business White Paper, I am developing further materials to help lead people, teams and organizations to success with SharePoint 2007, including a business case development workshop, an end-user focused training workshop, […]
One of the proposals I make in Step 3 in the white paper is that in order to encourage people to intuitively understand how make use of SharePoint, that you should provide a “sandbox” environment where they are free to try things out. Given the breadth of capability […]
Yesterday I wrote the first three posts for the new SharePoint for Business Blog, where I intend to write in more depth about how people and organizations can effectively use SharePoint for business. It will build from the SharePoint for Business White Paper I published in May, and […]
During the Q&A at my Wellington seminar on July 16, Chan asked: Do we need to offer induction training for SharePoint, much like we used to do for email and Office? Yes, I absolutely believe that organizations need to do this. While people join organizations today with a […]
A couple of weeks back I had the privilege of presenting the ideas in the SharePoint for Business White Paper to the SharePoint User Group in Wellington, New Zealand. It was a great sessions … see Michael’s Thoughts for the slides (modified slightly), additional context, and my thanks […]
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