SharePoint keeps project teams connected
Takeaway: Discover the benefits and uses of Microsoft SharePoint Team Services as a project communications tool and central repository for project information.
Case Study: Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server delivers access to project management information easily and efficiently
Bord Gais Eireann is spending 1.4 billion euro building out its transmission network to meet the projected demands for natural gas in Ireland up to the year 2025. These infrastructure developments will effectively double the size of the distribution network. Engineering projects are outsourced to external project consultants that are responsible for the design, procurement and construction management. Project management required that documentation of all types should be available to the relevant people from a central repository. This was achieved using some bespoke software with SharePoint Portal Server and SQL Server.
5 Essential Tools for Project Management
As a project manager in the 21st century when most of us have a blackberry smart phone, drive with a GPS-enabled car, use TiVo to record our favorite show and carry a Mac as our notebook of choice, you would think we are as sophisticated in leveraging the latest and greatest tools to support us in managing projects. Guess again.
Why do SharePoint Projects Fail?
Asking why SharePoint projects fail is like asking why people pay money to see Steven Seagal movies, why Americans think Australians actually drink Fosters or why men leave the toilet seat upright. The answer is, they just *do*. So let’s peel back the onion that is a SharePoint project going bad and see what we can find (apart from tears).
10 Steps To Effective SharePoint Project Management
“I have to admit that sometimes I do tend to just say things that should only be thought about and then discarded, but my good friend seems to not follow that logic.” Ok, so that is true, some of the things that I post on this blog are mostly because I am angry about something, but hell, its my blog, so whatever. They are often times just things that need to be said.
Manage Project, Project Status in SharePoint Anyone?...Dashboard?
As a project manager working on various types of projects at various companies (AOL, Worldcom UUNet/Verizon, Litton PRC ...), I have used a lot of different tools and applications from Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Primavera to JIRA and Confluence to some home grown PMO applications to track my projects and documents.
Building the Ultimate PM Toolkit
Ever stop to think what the perfect Project Management Toolkit would contain? If there were a single solution that contained all the features you could ever what would those features be? Go ahead, dare to dream. Along the way you might find the information in this article a great place to start.
A Rolling Project Gathers MOSS
As a general rule, I’m skeptical of the claims that a new piece of software can deliver revolutionary improvements to the way that businesses run. In my experience, such tools are big on hyperbole and short on results. I’m changing my mind when it comes to one new tool, though: Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007, or MOSS to its friends.
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Jul 23 2008, 03:23 PM
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John Anderson