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SharePoint Governance – 5 Pillars Activity Spreadsheet

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If you have followed 21apps for any time you will know we talk a lot about SharePoint Governance and have used the 5 pillars of governance as a simple way to define the core elements everyone should consider when checking … Continue reading

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SUGUK West Midlands – Whats new in 2013

Great turn out to this evenings SUGUK west midlands event in Wolverhampton for what is planned to be a full year of events. To demonstrate the benefit of the community my session on Whats new in 2013 was an eclectic … Continue reading

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Gamification – Psychology and Motivation

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This weeks lectures (oops, this draft post I forgot to publish) have been very informative and have a lot of resonance with the challenges faced when trying to get SharePoint adopted. If you’ve missed my previous posts on Gamification the … Continue reading

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Concerns for Information Architecture and SharePoint Online

Many of you will have done some planning around how your web applications and site collections are created and managed.  You will have been very aware of the boundaries that exist on the platform to ensure your use of SharePoint … Continue reading

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Who make up the SharePoint Centre of Excellence

To be successful a SharePoint Centre of Excellence needs diversity.  As an agile development team works best with developers, testers, designers and product owners working together, the same holds true for a SharePoint Centre of Excellence. There are a few … Continue reading

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Introducing the SharePoint Centre of Excellence

 “SharePoint – the operating system for the enterprise” The breadth of features and functions available in SharePoint today is vast, everything from simple discussion boards, records management, search, web content management, business intelligence, the list goes on. The challenge is … Continue reading

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Dilbert requirements

Twitter surfaces some great content and this Dilbert cartoon looking at the way requirements are formed… © Douglas Adams – http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1994-09-22/ I like to thinks that we have a much better approach to requirements gathering at 21apps with out Requirements … Continue reading

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Gamification – Putting the Fun back in

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Now two weeks into my Gamification course I thought it worth reflecting on one of the areas that resonated with me as key to any successful SharePoint adoption. If you missed my 1st post Gamification – Starting a Journey Think … Continue reading

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Dealing with ineffective meetings

Any of these sound familiar Meeting just ended up a talking shop, nothing was decided I wish Steve would stop talking over me I don’t know why I waste my time attending, no one listens to me That is not … Continue reading

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I’m presenting at Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas

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Got a fantastic email last night Thank you for submitting your session and content ideas for SharePoint Conference 2012! We are excited to notify you that you have been accepted… If you haven’t signed up yet, there is still time … Continue reading

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