Thursday, August 24, 2023

5 Core Success Measurements for SharePoint

The following are the five-core success measurement for any SharePoint project:

1) On-time delivery - the SharePoint functionality was built and deployed on time.

2) Product quality - the SharePoint functionality has minimum bugs and errors.

3) Customer user/satisfaction - the SharePoint functionality is well received by the end users.

4) Business value - the SharePoint functionality provides high business value and cost savings.

5) Product scope (features and requirements) - the SharePoint aspects deployed are part of an on-going cycle of useful features based on needed requirements.

4 High-Level Planning Process SharePoint Aspects

The following are four high-level aspects to utilize as part of the planning process in SharePoint:

1) Have a detailed discovery process to find out what the end user wants

2) Have a segmentation funnel to give the end user what they want

3) Have the ability to watch traffic to see what is being utilized to allow for a better launch, grow, & scale of the created functionality

4) Have follow-up meeting to discuss any concerns to improve the process being built

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

SharePoint - Custom

The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day related to custom:

Custom action

Extension to user interface – such as a command on the ribbon or list item menu.

Custom master page

Used by publishing pages on a publishing site, represented by the token ~masterurl/custom.master.

Customized web page

Web page that is stored within a content database.


Monday, August 21, 2023

SharePoint - Crawl

The following are SharePoint dictionary words of the day related to crawl:

Crawl

The process of traversing a URL to acquire items for a search catalog.

Crawl log

Provides information about the results of crawling a URL. The information includes if the crawl was successful, the content source that the display URL belongs, and the level, message, time, and identifier of any errors that happen.

Crawl queue

A structure that stores the list of items to crawl next.

Crawl rule

Preferences that apply to a specific URL or range of URLs. A crawl rule can be utilized to include or exclude items in a crawl. Additionally, the rule can specify the content access account to use when crawling a URL or range of URLs.

Crawl status

The state of the crawl operation (example In-Progress, Suspended, etc.).

Crawl type

Specifies whether to evaluate all of the users and member groups in the directory service that is crawled, or utilize those users and member groups that were modified after the last crawl.

Crawl URL history

A structure that stores a list of URLs and their properties, such as when a URL was last crawled.

Sunday, August 20, 2023

3 Additional Benefits of SharePoint

Here are three additional benefits of SharePoint:

Scalability. SharePoint can be scaled to meet the needs of any organization regardless of if a small business to a large enterprise.

Security. SharePoint is a secure platform which meets many of the highest security standards.

Support. SharePoint has a large support base so users can have access to the latest features and security updates.

4 Core Aspects of SharePoint

The following are the four core aspects of SharePoint:

Collaboration. SharePoint makes it easy for teams to collaborate on documents, projects, and ideas. Users can share files, create and edit documents together, and track changes. 

Communication. SharePoint help teams communicate and stay organized, such as team sites, chat features and newsfeeds. Communication via site aspects is easy to utilize via a simple graphical user interface.

Document management. SharePoint is a powerful document management system. Users can store, organize, and search for documents easily. 

Customization. SharePoint is customizable. Users can change the look and feel of their sites, add new features, and integrate with other applications. This makes SharePoint a flexible platform that can be adapted to meet the needs of any organization.