Project Management
Barriers to SharePoint Adoption
In my short time as a SharePoint consultant I’ve come across three major barriers to implementing the solution. Mind you, this isn’t only relegated SharePoint but any tool, system, or process implemented in the enterprise. While each of them could vary in degree they all exist in some form of a SharePoint implementation. Political Barriers […]
The Lie of Technology Agnosticism
I’ve noticed an alarming trend amongst IT consulting companies as of late (although it might have been around for a while it’s new to me). These consulting companies are claiming that they are “technology agnostic” in how they craft solutions. By this they could mean one or both of these things, and I will address […]
The Wireframe Audiences
Information Architecture is a difficult field. Not only do we continually have to sell the importance of our field, but we also serve a role that most IT people do not. We walk the thin line between business analysts and designers; we also have the difficult job of translating functional business requirements into something our […]
The Four C’s to Sell MOSS
You’ve been tasked with bringing some order to the chaos of your various organizations’ file shares, e-mail servers, and externally facing websites. After all the research and analysis you’ve done you’ve decided that MOSS 2007 is the optimal solution to solve the problem. The problem? Selling it to management. You can demo MOSS with all […]