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the Free CMSWire NewsletterOur theme this month is SharePoint, which is kind of like Christmas for us CMSWire kids. Read on for expert perspectives on everything from effective governance to building a good records management foundation to a general quick start guide.
The Art Of SharePoint Success: A Quick Start Guide
Symon Garfield (@symon_garfield): While SharePoint has been widely successful, not all organizations have seen the full benefit of using this platform. Here is the four key element framework that I have developed for you to ensure that SharePoint becomes both a business and technical success for your organization.
Why You Need a Records Management Foundation for SharePoint
Kimberly Samuelson (@laserfiche): When it comes to enterprise compliance and records management (GRC), collaboration isn’t usually the first word that comes to mind. In fact, "collaborative records management" sounds like a compliance nightmare. This is precisely why you need a good records management foundation, before moving into social business.
SharePoint, on the other hand, is all about collaboration. One of the best descriptions of SharePoint I’ve heard is that it’s like “a network drive on crack.”
SharePoint’s workspaces and other collaboration tools make it easy to work on multi-author documents, but — as on a network drive — once an organization accumulates a certain number of documents, it becomes difficult to control this proliferation of content — even if (and this is a big “if”) the information is easy enough to find.
It’s only natural, then, that SharePoint would make records managers, who are concerned with the rules that the organization must adhere to in order to comply with a variety of industry regulations, a bit nervous.
The 5 Teams You Need for Effective SharePoint Governance
By Richard Harbridge (@rharbridge): …take a look at your internal SharePoint environment. How clear are your teams? How clear are people’s roles in relation to SharePoint? Do you have clear plays that people can execute with minimal hesitation or without excess deliberation? Do you have clear direction and priorities as well as communication? How effective are your SharePoint team members in meeting business needs and business demand?
By the end of this article, I may not be able to give you all the answers to the questions above, but I hope to at least add clarity and give you some practical structure and tactics you can use to achieve effective SharePoint governance.
Case Study: How Miller Johnson Implemented SharePoint-Based Email Content Management
Erik B. Goltzer (@egoltzer): In my last article, I described the challenges that most law firms face when it comes to managing email, and set up the case study of Miller Johnson. In this article, I go over the details of the SharePoint solution that Miller Johnson eventually implemented.
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