The Role of the Business Analyst in SharePoint by , for

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One of the most underappreciated (in my estimation) roles in IT is the Business Analyst, and yet it should be one of the most critical functions in your organization. Within many companies, a BA... read more

Social Pays It Forward by , for

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There is great value in the immediate, real-time connections made within the various consumer-based social platforms. Within the enterprise, however, the greater value is realized over time.... read more

Understanding Cultural Requirements by , for

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I saw a wi-fi placard in a hotel recently and laughed that it still touted the service as being "50 times faster than dialup." I can't remember the last time I even owned a compute... read more

The SharePoint Assembly Line by , for

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Everyone knows the story of Henry Ford, the Model T automobile, and the advances made to productivity and mass production by utilizing a revolutionary process called the assembly line, where ins... read more

User-Generated Taxonomies Will Make or Break SharePoint by , for

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The less control or governance you put in place over a system, the more likely end users are to embrace that system – and make a mess of it. That's the problem with cheap (free), web-b... read more

Is Taxonomy Social? by , for

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I did an online presentation a couple months back for a user group, sharing some strategies for developing a strong metadata taxonomy. One of the participants reached out recently with an intere... read more

Evolution of the Enterprise App by , for

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Social Informatics is the study of information and communication tools in cultural and institutional contexts. It is a broad, inter-disciplinary analysis of usage patterns that spans sociology,... read more

The Value of Social in the Enterprise by , for

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It's easy to get caught up in the movement toward social applications for the enterprise. End users are driving it. They expect it. So much about the way that we connect, the way we interact... read more

Is SharePoint Becoming Middleware? by , for

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In his AIIM post entitled The Future of SharePoint (and Windows 7 Phone) Jeff Shuey predicted "that there will be a boom in solutions that look nothing like SharePoint does today. SharePoin... read more

I don't believe in "SharePoint governance" by , for

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There is this crazy idea out there that there is somehow a defined model (loosely defined, at best) for governance within SharePoint. By that I mean a generally accepted view of what it is, who... read more