On February 13, 2014, we will host an online course, “Making Enterprise Social Real in Your Organization with Yammer and SharePoint”, to be led by Ms. Naomi Moneypenney. Just in case readers are skeptical about the importance of having a useful cultural foundation in place, internally, prior to embarking on a campaign to implement collaboration […]
Mandatory Requirements for Successfully Implementing SharePoint Collaboration Features
SharePoint-Videos.com offers specialized sets of video training content. Several of these sets are designed to show SharePoint stakeholders how to implement the computing environment in a project management scenario. Dux Raymond Sy, a SharePoint MVP and widely respected spokesperson on SharePoint authored both of these sets. Project management is merely one of several methods of […]
Implementing a Project Management Methodology Still Makes Sense for Enterprises Looking to Control IT Costs
Despite a couple of highly publicized recent examples of poorly managed IT projects (the most notable of these, of course, is the first website for the U.S. Federal Affordable Care Act), which ended up costing sponsors substantially more than planned, it still makes sense for enterprises to implement a project management methodology. Fortunately, out of […]
Use VisualSP, the Help System for SharePoint, to globally deliver project-specific materials to teams
SharePoint is a useful computing platform for collaboration requirements like project management. VisualSP™, the help system for SharePoint, can be used to globally expose materials specific to projects to team members. This application should be attractive to organizations where: project team members are new to SharePoint computing and project management, nevertheless, needs them to adopt […]
SharePoint 2013: Project 2013 Is Now Available for Unlimited Local Viewing By Individuals and Groups
On Friday, December 6, 2013, Rehmani Consulting, Inc. added a course titled SharePoint 2013: Project 2013 DVD. The instructor for this set of video tutorials is a widely known SharePoint MVP and published author — Dux Raymond Sy. This tutorial set is available for purchase by individuals and groups for unlimited local viewing. The content […]
Applying SharePoint Server 2013 to Change Management Requirements
This is our last blog post on a series of videos titled SP13-302 SharePoint 2013: Project Management. The series is authored by Dux Raymond Sy, PMP & SharePoint MVP. A very popular application built on project management principals across enterprise b usinesses and comparably sized organizations in the public and not-for-profit sectors is change management. […]
SharePoint 2013 Community Sites can be Used to Support a Diverse Set of Project Management Efforts
A community site in SharePoint 2013 can be used as a knowledge center and information repository. Community sites are particularly useful for project management applications. Project notes can be stored in one of these SharePoint 2013 community sites. Any site members will then have access to the information, which should help improve the efficiency of […]
Mobile Device Support in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint Server 2013 has been designed to better support mobile users. One of the new features added to the platform to deliver an improved computing experience for mobile users is the “Site Notebook”. The “Site Notebook” is built on Microsoft’s OneNote desktop application. As long as this feature has been enabled for team sites, then […]
Using Microsoft Project 2013 with SharePoint 2013 to Manage Projects
It makes sense for organizations implementing a formal management function for projects to understand how to obtain best results from an implementation of Microsoft Project Server 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013. There is an inherent cost for usage licenses for both systems. So carefully managing where/how/who decisions can deliver substantial savings to organizations willing to […]
Utilize Familiar Tools to Streamline Repetitive Project Management Tasks with SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 has been deeply integrated with Windows and Office 2013 apps. For example, Office Web Apps allow users to open documents in the browser and to edit them, as well, without recourse to desktop Office apps. As well, the Document Co-Authoring feature (which has been available since SharePoint 2010) allows multiple people to access […]