I am Planning a SharePoint project – is it any different from typical software development projects?
I am Planning a SharePoint project - is it any different from typical software development projects?
A friend of mine asked me this the other day.. and I was glad that I was asked this question. (Let's just say my friend was relatively new to SharePoint but have had years of managing typical software development projects).
From a pure Project manager's view it can be seen that SharePoint projects are not different to any old IT project. BUT let me tell you that to successfully complete a SharePoint project you'll need to think and plan a lot more outside of a standard software development Project. If you are a Project Manager who is "New" to SharePoint and want to apply your traditional PM methodology to deliver a SharePoint project then please take a timeout and head over to Paul Culmsee's blog and read the series of posts on "Why SharePoint projects fail". Paul points out all the reasons why sometimes the best efforts of Project Managers and strict text book process does not help with projects that are driven by technology enthusiasts who know little about actual drivers for using SharePoint and required change for SharePoint project.
New SharePoint 2010 Site Templates
New SharePoint 2010 Site Templates
As my research towards the SharePoint 2010 continues, I was wondering about the new templates that were added to SharePoint 2010 compared to SharePoint 2007 and I came across this wonderful article by Todd Baginski. A SharePoint related blog
For MOSS 2007:
Microsoft’s free “fab 40″ SharePoint templates:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb407286.aspx
Microsoft free role based templates for My Sites:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/ha102147321033.aspx
For a different take on how to create templates:
http://www.fpweb.net/sharepoint-tutorials/CreateSiteTemplate.asp
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101577801033.aspx?pid=CH101237721033
SharePoint 2010
And for a look at how things work in SharePoint 2010:
NYCSPUG- SharePoint User Group Meeting May 5th
MAY MEETING - Wednesday, May 5th, 5:30 PM
SUBJECT
Dazzling SharePoint with Silverlight 2010
SPEAKER
Becky Isserman, MCP, MCAD
SharePoint Developer
SharePoint 2010 now has Silverlight baked into the assemblies making it easier for SharePoint Developers and Designers to create a rich environment. In this session we will discuss how to blend together SharePoint and Silverlight. We will create some basic Silverlight Applications and discuss how to get them to work in SharePoint. We will go over two possible data binding techniques using WCF Web services and the new Client Object Model.
Becky Isserman has been a SharePoint Developer since 2005 when she attended the Portal University in Springfield, IL. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD). She has been a web designer/developer since she was fifteen hand coding HTML 3.0 websites in NotePad. She enjoys working with SharePoint 2007, because she can perform the roles of administrator, developer, designer, and architect. She has presented at seven code camps, two conferences, and three user groups in the past two years. She currently lives in New Jersy and works for B&R Solutions.
Bridging SharePoint’s Faults
SharePoint, Be My Valentine: From a Glorified Network Share to an Enterprise Platform
I really liked the way Dux made this anology of SharePoint to "My Valentine"
Being known Dux for his sense of Humor, it is always great to see Dux in action especially in his seminars and the workshops. I personally know Dux for quite some time now and always try to get with him. His Favorite answer is "IT Depends"
MOSS Installation Pitfalls
The Office SharePoint Server 2007 administrators now have three years of experience in installing MOSS in various environments. I thought to gather here all the common errors faced in MOSS installation process. Most of these are now luckily documented in MS KB articles. This was not case a year or two ago.
Sharepoint Alternatives
SharePoint Alternatives
We all know they were a bunch of other collaboration tools which compete SharePoint.
Box Net, Documentum and File net and Open Text.... the list goes on...
It depends on what your users were looking for and what functionality you want to leverage out of that tool is more important than the tool itself.
Content Awaited
TheMossBlog.com
TheMossBlog.com
Looking at the popularity of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), The Synapse Web Tech team has launched a blog containing tutorials and latest news about SharePoint.
MOSS is a product of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies and is built on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS).
In the upcoming articles we will cover functionality and features of MOSS as a Collaboration tool, Enterprise Search tool, Blogging tool, and Office Integration tool. Additionally, we will cover Webparts, an extensive feature of MOSS with a focus on how to include/add/edit and modify or create your own Webparts.