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Author Archives: Andrew Woodward
Building Trust as you roll out SharePoint
One of the big challenges with rolling out anything that changes the way people work is getting people to accept it and make the transition. This post isn’t looking at the wider subject of user adoption strategies but covers a … Continue reading
Cartoon: Estimates
This cartoon was from Paul Culmsee and supports his blog series on estimating and this one on Charlie Sheen (trust me you will enjoy).
Speaking at Channel Islands 1st SharePoint User Group
Very pleased to say that we have been asked to support the 1st Channel Islands SharePoint User Group meeting on Feb 9th. Gus Fraser (@gusfraser) recently made the move to Jersey and being active in the SharePoint community has worked … Continue reading
Cartoon: Dawning Realisation
This was inspired by the times when I’ve been with business users working through their requirements. Its seems inevitable that a requirement crops up that is part of Enterprise Edition – which IT decided wasn’t affordable.
Change only happens when you avoid being pickled!
Prescott’s Pickle Principle: “Cucumbers get more pickled than brine gets cucumbered.” The principle describes the effect of people who join an organisation (as a cucumber in the analogy) full of enthusiasm, only to find over time they become just another … Continue reading
Dogfooding for 2012
Microsoft use the term dogfooding, as in to eat your own dog food, when they refer to people inside the company using the latest version of windows or office long before its shipped to customers. This way they get really … Continue reading
Tiny Ship of Governance
This gaping void picture reminded me of Ants post on Governance 3.0 This world is a chaotic place, and here we are, trying to maintain some kind of order in our little corner of it. Most of the time it … Continue reading
Simple value of SharePoint
Over the past 12 months we at 21apps have been getting all visual in our work. To continue this trend heres a little picture and animation that shows the value of SharePoint – there are many more but sometimes the simple ones are the best.
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Folders–The right way to categorize your information!
For years we have used folders to organise our documents – now there’s all this talk about using metadata and views and allowing people to find information. The challenge with folders is that they only reflect one persons idea of … Continue reading