The SharePoint – Path to Evangelism

When evangelizing SharePoint, the following aspects make up a good foundational outline to follow:

1)      Why use SharePoint?

-          What can it do?

-          What is the roadmap planned?

-          What are some organizational statistics that can be shared on usage?

2)      What does SharePoint change?

-          When using SharePoint how does it change how I work?

-          What are the technologies involved with SharePoint (example PowerApps, PowerBI, Power Automate, etc.)?

3)      What are the best practices for using SharePoint?

-          How to plan for migrating to SharePoint?

-          What are the key features?

-          What are the basic fundamentals that are needed?

4)      What will the future bring for SharePoint?

-          How communities will be developed?

-          How will new features be released?

SharePoint Confidence

The following are some key and core items for SharePoint confidence:

1)      Have conviction – as a SharePoint evangelist, have to have a solid confidence in yourself and your role within the SharePoint ecosystem.

2)      Think possibilities – have to share knowledge and thoughts – believe your subconscious, evangelize with vigor and zest.

3)      Have faith – realize with SharePoint there are setbacks and defeats and for your fortunes of SharePoint – you can’t let this default you. Strive for accomplishments, achievement and personal fulfillment.

4)      Have strength – When working with SharePoint – one can’t learn and do everything – therefore, it’s important to guide based on the requirements at hand.

5)      Use harmony – be aware of the qualities within the environment that will lead to your strength and power. A SharePoint victory is when that difficult situation has been resolved.

The 5 What’s of SharePoint

The following are five what based questions to think of when using SharePoint:

1)      What can SharePoint do differently then other tools you utilize?

2)      What can SharePoint do that other systems lack?

3)      What can SharePoint do to bring a high return on investment?

4)      What can SharePoint do that works well?

5)      What can be changed quickly by utilizing SharePoint?

15 Ways a SharePoint Team Should Work

SharePoint is an intricate platform and to succeed with it, a team should have the following aspects:

1)      Have a process for a project’s intake

2)      Get good detailed specifications for major projects

3)      Before bringing in consultants, have a clear idea what should be obtained

4)      If new requirements come down the pipe, a process should be in place to remedy efficiently

5)      Have support needed for environment tracked with proper metrics

6)      Eliminate double entry of content into systems (example if a team has a project site for tracking as well as a Team Foundation System (TFS))

7)      Have training for team employees

8)      Have process to prioritize what is being worked on

9)      Focus on communication with other teams

10)  Try to eliminate surprises – be proactive, rather then re-active

11)  When sign-off of project or enhancement is done and changes are needed, a intake process needs to be followed

12)  Have core and key documentation – readily available and organized to all team members

13)  Capture changes team makes to system thoroughly

14)  Project portfolio should be reviewed for proper capacity planning

15)  All team members should be on same page

SharePoint 10 Reasons to Use

The following are the top 10 reasons to get users engaged and using SharePoint:

1)      Gain confidence – as users can contribute to the environment – they feel comfortable in using it.

2)      Privacy via permissions – content can be maintained with permissions so items are safe, secure and confidential.

3)      Cost effective – SharePoint has competitive pricing for a collaborative engine of its magnitude.

4)      Streamline processes – easy aspects in regard to document management, workflow and record-keeping.

5)      Flexibility – as the system can evolve via out of the box customizations.

6)      Growth – the system can be expanded to accommodate user and system growth.

7)      Integration – SharePoint can integrate with Microsoft Office applications amongst other applications and connections that are available.

8)      Dialogue – via social use of blogs, wikis, etc. – users can contribute to community.

9)      Help – SharePoint has vast amounts of power user and general user guides that are available.

10)  Simplify – the environment can be depending on features turned on – to be administratively simple for users.

SharePoint Interaction Survey

When working with individuals and engaging with them on SharePoint projects, it’s important to gather some form of feedback – possibly via a survey or a face-to-face question and answer session.

Below are some questions to ask about the project:

1)      The process made it easy to complete tasks?

2)      Time was used efficiently?

3)      A personal interest for the project was displayed?

4)      Ownership of tasks was utilized?

5)      Clear expectations were set?

6)      It was demonstrated that knowledge of the situation was present?

7)      Other comments as applicable?