Sharepoint Training-Introduction Part 2

Appendix page 16 - Best strategies   

1. The strategy contains proportionate attention to the elements of people, process, and technology.
2. Measures for success for the portal initiative are clearly defined and documented and are tied to an implementation calendar.
3. Initial release of portal should involve a group or department that has broad enterprise applicability, high visibility, and strong credibility.
4. Role based Portals should provide a process-centric, contextual view into information and transactions for specific tasks and job functions.
5. At least one "sticky application" that will get users to the portal and keep them there should be included in the initial release.  Sticky application is something that brings people to the site.
6. A detailed decommissioning policy is defined and enforced for all application and enforced (Pg 18)
7. Policies and standards are defined to minimize the potential for "portal sprawl" or the proliferation of multiple, stand-alone portal instances. 

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Create forms that allow input and then follows a workflow for approval and use. 
Folders make things harder to find.    We need to be dynamic and keep it easy to find.
Key performance indicators (KPI)

Max of 10 across by 10 down.   Flat taxonomy ensures that users can easily "digest" the scope of information; most portal-accessible content collections contain between 10-15 top-level categories.

Definition of metadata (fancy term for columns and the lookup tables).

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