10 Steps to successful SharePoint Deployment with a South African twist

2. 10 Steps to Successful SharePoint Deployment Joel Oleson Sr. Architect @joeloleson Quest Software Session Code: OFC301

3. Who is SharePoint Joel?http://www.sharepointjoel.com 8+ Year SharePoint Veteran 7 Years MS SharePoint Team & MS IT Quest Sr. SharePoint Architect Loves to Travel 45 Countries including 5 in Africa Ask me about the Big 5 Eaten Impala & Kudu

4. 10 Steps To SharePoint Success Wake up and Confront Reality Create a Plan Exec Sponsor with Clear Vision Create a Diverse Skilled Dream Team Build Services not Stuff Define Clear Policies and Standards Design for Portability and Scale Don’t forget Change Management Adoption is What Counts Keep it Simple Stupid.

5. Wake up & Confront Reality

6. Wake up & Confront Reality

9. Over the next 2 years less than 35% of sites with Windows SharePoint Services will put effective governance techniques in place. Gartner

10. SharePoint Governance 10 Governance uses people, process, technology, and policies to define a service, resolve ambiguity, and mitigate conflict within an organization Source: The Burton Group

11. Clear Vision, Mission and Goals

12. Get a Passionate Executive Sponsor

13. What was that?!!! Get me SharePoint! Exec Sponsor with Vision & Budget

14. What is Deployment? Build a Service forget about Wizards

15. SharePoint is Plastic. Don’t create Robot Barbie!

16. Cleverworkarounds.com Cleverworkarounds.com

17. Two Types of Service Models Out of the box (Standard) Custom (Dedicated)

18. Create the Dream Team

19. Avoid Plastic Cowboys!

20. September 2007 “Data Governance: What Works And What Doesn’t” Data Governance Roles And Responsibilities

21. Joel’s Deployment Model Are you trying to be a Rockstar with the experience of a newbie?

22. Define Clear Policies and Standards

24. How Many Flavors can you support??

25. Policies Support Services

26. SharePoint Service Offering Structured Adhoc Long term Short term

28. Designing Service for Portability & Scale

29. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010/Sneak_Peek/ 2010 IT Sneak Peak Video 6:00 – 7:33

30. Containment Hierarchy

31. Joel's Cheat Sheet for Hosting App Hosting Commodity Hosting

32. Don’t Forget Change Management

33. SharePoint Dev Life Cycle Customizations SharePoint Designer + UI Customizations Dev Assets Visual Studio .WSP

34. Critical Policy Decisions (Customization vs. Development) Dev Assets Portability Limited Portability Customizations

35. SharePoint Dev Life Cycle Development Assets -> .WSPs Content Databases

36. Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=116390

37. Adoption Matters MOST!

38. Understanding Adoption Design Implementation

40. KISS - Keep it Simple Stupid!

41. Remember K.I.S.S.

42. The Key to SharePoint Success is…. Baby Steps

43. Keep It Simple Stupid. Don’t start with LOB Integration and BDC and Excel Services requirements on your first go… Baby Steps - Start with Collab, Search and Profiles, it’s an easy win. Watch for Scope Creep it is very easy in SharePoint. Careful with development requirements that lead to custom site definition

44. Prepare for 2010 Plan for & Require Config.XML for Custom Site Definitions Item Limit your views to less than 5000 (100 preferred) Run PreUpgradeCheck --- Often Split/Limit your databases to 100GB Watch Sneak Peak Videos

45. Thank You!

46. Resources and Plugs Joel’s Blog – http://www.sharepointjoel.com SharePoint Governance Resources http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/default(en-us).aspx New SharePoint Information Portal: http://SharePoint.Microsoft.com Quest Site Administrator – Policy Management & Reporting Quest Recovery Manager – Recovery SLAs Quest Webparts – Service Delivery Enhancements Join a SharePoint User Group!

47. Quest Solutions for SharePoint Site Administrator for SharePoint Discover, understand and manage your SharePoint environment Quest SQL Server Solutions Maximize SQL Server performance while simplifying tasks and providing visibility and control Quest Web Parts Enable rapid development of SharePoint applications Recovery Manager for SharePoint Granular SharePoint recovery for enterprise-level needs Migration Manager for SharePoint SharePoint 2003 to 2007 migration File Migrator for SharePoint File shares to SharePoint migration Public Folder Migrator for SharePoint Exchange Public Folders to SharePoint migration Notes Migrator for SharePoint Notes application content to SharePoint migration 47

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