Topic #1: SharePoint Governance – Key Considerations
Name of speakers & organization: Janis Hall and Ricardo Palhano, MetroStar
Planning Governance can be a key factor in the success or failure of a sustainable SharePoint implementation. In this session, Janis and Ricardo will overview some of the key functional and organizational considerations, highlighting proper planning, as well as some of the common pitfalls. Looking through the lens of the Business Executive, session content will provide insight on broad planning concepts that should be considered in any installation.
Janis Hall, SharePoint Instructor, combines more than 10 years of technical knowledge with business acumen when working with organizations on needs analysis and delivery for custom support models, system integration and upgrades, process analysis, and the design and implementation of collaborative sites. In her previous work at Mindsharp, and now as a MetroStar Systems Instructor, Janis incorporates her passion for SharePoint and its countless benefits into viable, innovative classes that provide students with both technical know-how and concepts of functional benefits. In her 10 years with a technical consulting firm, Janis has applied her expertise in various roles including that of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Analyst. With an admittedly quirky and outgoing personality, Janis has a particular enthusiasm for working with people. Her varied technical background provides Janis with a uniquely broad perspective on how technology is learned, adapted, and applied.
Ricardo Palhano, Senior Systems Architect at MetroStar, holds a Bachelor of Science (BS), Applied Information Technology from George Mason University with experience as a SharePoint architect and systems integrator since SharePoint 2003. His recent projects include the Marines.mil Team Lead/ SharePoint Architect for the largest Marines Corps public facing website with 600 internal users and millions of hits per day.
Is this a product demo: No, it is a lecture
Time needed: 60 min
Suggested audience: Management
Audience experience level: Beginner
Contact info: MetroStar Systems, 703.481.9581 jhall@metrostarsystems.com
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Topic #2: Delivering SharePoint Success: How to Effectively Plan, Execute and Control SharePoint Projects
Name of speaker & organization: Dux Raymond Sy, PMP, Managing Partner, Innovative-e, Inc.
Microsoft SharePoint has shifted the paradigm in enterprise information management and team collaboration. By empowering knowledge workers, SharePoint can increase worker productivity, improve business process efficiency and streamline business processes.
In a recent AIIM study, http://bit.ly/cPTOJg, lack of planning is a key contributor to SharePoint deployment failure. To deliver successful SharePoint projects, effectively managing SharePoint 2007 and 2010 projects is paramount. Executive support, proper planning, and appropriately managing expectations are crucial to ensure SharePoint success.
In this interactive session, participants will learn to:
• Initiate executive excitement, promote organizational buy-in and foster user adoption
• Develop an effective and practical project management process in deploying SharePoint
• Apply relevant strategies in mapping business processes to identify SharePoint-based solutions
• Identify necessary resources to plan, deploy, maintain and support your SharePoint implementation
• Minimize uncertainty and risk by applying practical scope management techniques
With over 15 years of experience in Information Technology and Project Management, Dux has earned a reputation as among the leading experts in leveraging technology to enhance project management. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), he is currently a managing partner and the chief evangelist of Innovative-e, Inc., a Microsoft-certified, business technology consulting and services company that employs a business-first approach to successfully implement SharePoint for clients.
As a thought leader in maximizing project team collaboration, he is the author of "SharePoint for Project Management" published by O'Reilly Media. He is focused on empowering organizations on how to leverage the benefits of SharePoint technologies with quantifiable goals such as: Increasing productivity and efficiency, decreasing collaboration redundancies and streamlining electronic communications. He has successfully managed the implementation of various SharePoint-based solutions for commercial, educational and government institutions. A sought after speaker, Dux has presented in various Microsoft and Project Management Institute (PMI) events worldwide. He regularly blogs on topics related to project management, SharePoint and globalization at MeetDux.com.
Is this a product demo: No
Time needed: 60 min
Suggested audience: Executives, managers, analysts, consultants who wish to properly implement SharePoint and immediately reap its’ organizational benefits.
Audience experience level: see above
Contact info: Dux Raymond Sy, E-Mail: dux.sy@innovative-e.com, Phone: 571.748.4488
Address: 11654 Plaza America Drive, Suite 232, Reston, VA, 20190