Getting business results from investments in technology has always been a challenge. Success means creating vision, demonstrating value, and managing change for every stakeholder who will be affected by the new technology – users (employees, partners, and/or customers), business and technology leadership, developers and IT support staff. This can be a struggle even when implementing simple technology to a limited group of users. The challenge of deploying SharePoint, a brand new platform for business solutions, is especially formidable. The sheer number of stakeholders is daunting and identifying all these groups and determining their needs and value assessments is an enormous task. As with any platform technology, creating vision and demonstrating value to business users and leaders is difficult. IT Organizations are filled with engineers and support staff uncomfortable with a change from traditional infrastructure and developers concerned about configuring information worker solutions as opposed to writing code-based stand-alone applications. Can your organization make SharePoint work? To find out, we are offering a custom, executive-level, half-day workshop to share the following items specific to your company in a personalized setting at our White Plains Headquarters or at your location. The workshop is offered as a free service from DataLan and Microsoft. We will cover:
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How SharePoint is being deployed by your industry peers and the benefits they are achieving
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Capabilities of SharePoint
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The value proposition for users, leaders, developers and IT staff
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A framework for building successful business solutions
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A roadmap for successful deployments
Based on our experience, SharePoint-based solutions are only successful when there is alignment between the business and IT in order to structure processes, systems, and change management appropriately. The workshop requires the following:
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A company leader designated as business sponsor
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A company leader designated as IT sponsor
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Availability of both sponsors for pre-workshop telephone interviews to understand their views on and requirements around the technology