How would you like to have four leading SharePoint thought leaders in
Organizational Change, Project Management, Requirements Development and Agile Methodology from around the world mentoring you to make sure you can deliver SharePoint success?

Let Andrew, Dux, Paul and Ruven guide you in a collection of SharePoint mentoring sessions that will equip you with the essential knowledge and critical skills to manage the business, people, and process aspects of implementing SharePoint. This is a unique, one-off event and numbers will be strictly limited. Come and attend this 3 day mentoring workshop in Reston, VA from August 19-21, 2009.

In this mentoring workshop, you will learn how to

• Initiate executive excitement, promote organizational buy-in and foster user adoption
• Apply relevant  tools and techniques to develop shared understanding and commitment to successfully deploy SharePoint
• Engage with the business to identify organizational needs and ensure SharePoint provides value to the business
• Effectively measure and quantify  organizational benefits and return on investment (ROI)
• Develop an effective and practical project management process in deploying SharePoint
• Minimize uncertainty and risk by applying Agile development principles
  

Who is this mentoring workshop for?

Decision makers, program managers, project managers, business analysts, and those responsible for the implementation of SharePoint.

What are the benefits of attending this mentoring workshop?

• Facilitated by world-class SharePoint implementation experts
• Consult with an experienced SharePoint Mentor and discuss your challenges
• Focused on properly planning a SharePoint implementation
• Real – world SharePoint project artifacts such as schedules, requirements document, design document, checklists and templates will be provided
• Practical = this is not just theory. You will be given tools and techniques that you can apply to your projects now
• Breakout group sessions to tackle typical SharePoint implementation challenges and how to address them
• One on one mentoring sessions

Workshop Topics

Mapping Issues and Establishing Organizational Dialogue

Problem Solving by Opportunity

• Difficulties of communicating organization strategy
• Divergence and convergence in problem solving
• The four forces of organizational chaos that turn divergence into chaos
• Novel projects/problems and opportunity driven learning
• Shared understanding and shared commitment
  

Defining Return on Investment (ROI)

• Basics of quantifying options
• Risk Analysis Fundamentals
• A real-world ROI scenario
  

Engaging with the Business

• Determining organizational culture
• Communications Planning
• Demonstrating the value of SharePoint
• User adoption strategies

Best Practices in Requirements Development

Requirements Development Life Cycle

• Map business requirements to user requirements to SharePoint technical requirements
• Identify key components of requirements gathering process
• Why requirements traceability is paramount in defining ROI in SharePoint projects
• Managing change in requirements

Defining Information Architecture

• Analyze and assess how information is utilized:  Referential vs. Collaborative, Formal vs. Informal vs. Ad-hoc
• Organize taxonomies in the following areas: Information, Site, User and Content
• SharePoint User Management strategies: Communication Needs, Permissions Matrix
• Learn wireframing techniques that let you rapidly build and share models with your stakeholders and get immediate feedback

Apply Mind Mapping Techniques

• Design of Navigation, Lists & Libraries, Content Types and Site Columns
• Requirements Prioritization
• Utilize Mind Mapping tools like MindJet MindManager

SharePoint Project Management Techniques

SharePoint Project Planning

• Establish project goals and objectives
• Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Create a project schedule
• Identify relevant project resources

SharePoint Project Execution and Control

• Manage the project with a SharePoint Project Management Information System (PMIS)
• Track  project schedule, scope, budget and risks
• Address change and resetting stakeholder expectations
• Streamline project status reporting

SharePoint Project Closeout

• Synthesizing lessons learned
• Creating a continuous improvement process

Agile Development Principles

Fundamentals of Agile Development Methodology

• Why the iterative development process
• SharePoint and Agile Development

Getting the Backlog Right

• Create User stories from the business requirements
• Work with the development teams to estimate stories
• Prioritize stories and work in iterations
• Understand how an agile team works and why it is the right way to deliver SharePoint
• Understand your responsibility to the development team

Workshop Activities

Throughout this mentoring workshop, you’ll gain extensive experience through facilitated mentoring sessions using tools and proven techniques that help ensure success in delivering SharePoint. Activities include:

• Mind mapping for Information Architecture
• Issue and Dialogue Mapping
• Developing KRA/KPI's from strategic and project goals
• Creating a financial ROI for KPI's
• Develop a SharePoint Management Plan
• Build governance plans that work for your organization