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4. Sharon Weaver
Focal Point Solutions – VP of Operations JCCC/SLU Adjunct – SharePoint, Office, BA, Six Sigma 20+ years designing, developing, and managing software 10,000+ users on multiple SharePoint farms 10+ years SharePoint experience Six Sigma Black Belt, BSAC Certified

5. Doing It Right… The SharePoint Way
Stacy L. Deere-Strole, MVP
Focal Point Solutions, LLC

6. Not so Long ago
In a galaxy that isn’t very far away....

7. Stacy L. Deere-Strole
The Story so Far...
Microsoft SharePoint MVP, 13 years of SharePoint experience but many previous years in IT and
Domino (shh secret). Author, speaker, blogger and owner of Focal Point Solutions in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is when the force became strong with me. High level of involvement in the community in attempts to make SharePoint the best community ever.

9. Agenda Where to Start Planning Order? Marketing Quick Wins
Do you want to be successful or just waste time?
Planning Order?
Beginning
Middle
End
Marketing
Quick Wins
User Adoption

10. Question
What do SharePoint and Star Wars have in common?

11. They both start in the middle!
Answer
They both start in the middle!

12. Joking is not an option Star Wars SharePoint Install Pre-Reqs
Install SharePoint
Accepting all Defaults along the way…
Option to Configure Manually or Automatically
Why overwork ourselves Automatic Please
Create 1 Web Application
Create 1 Site Collection
Dump Content & #BOOM SharePoint is Production!!!!

13. Now We Know!!!

14. Middle Pros & Cons Star Wars SharePoint Too many unanswered Questions
We didn’t know what we didn’t know… and then 1, 2 & 3 were announced
What was George Lucas thinking?
SharePoint
No Governance
No Consistency
Everyone doing their thing
No Training
Dev is not supportable OR migratable
Multiple AND conflicting taxonomies
Permissions…what are permissions?

16. Where To Start ? Assessment Environment Application Needs Governance
Fingers Crossed
Review
Overview
Adjust
Sign-Off
Initial Discovery
Current Version
Long Term Goals
Process Review(s)
Open Issues
Stakeholder(s)
Identify AND Document
Initial Requirements
Goals
Road Map & Strategy
Needs & Wants

17. Planning Project Charter Project Timeline Project Plan
Project Communication
Different people communicate differently
Phone/
Meetings

18. You Choose???

19. Marketing Make sure users in the business are involved
Mockups
Communication
Change Management
Involve marketing/communications in day to day of project and governance
Early steps in User Adoption

20. Quick Wins What is a quick win? Where do you find them? Examples
Corporate Directory
Birthday webpart
Team webpart
Team site template

21. User Adoption Review Planning How to keep it going!!
How this sets you up for success
How to keep it going!!

23. Call You Shall and Answer You Will Receive
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