By Chris Poteet on November 29, 2009
The public beta of SharePoint 2010 is out there for all of us to try who don’t have privileged access, and so now starts the time of deciphering the impact the next version of this very important software package will have on us. One of the things that excites me the most is improvements in […]
Posted in Content Management, Findability, Information Architecture, SharePoint, User Experience | Tagged folders, metadata, views |
By Chris Poteet on October 13, 2009
Stephanie Lemieux wrote an interesting post about the optimal amount of content types to use in SharePoint. This is an interesting discussion, because I’m now fixing the content type taxonomy for a client because the original design firm didn’t give them enough granularity in their content types or metadata. I discuss along these lines with […]
Posted in Content Management, Findability, Information Architecture, SharePoint, User Experience | Tagged content query, content types, metadata, taxonomy |
By Chris Poteet on March 9, 2009
When someone first shows me how they’re using SharePoint I look for a sure sign whether they understand and have implemented the SharePoint paradigm to document management—I look for a folder. Granted using an occasional folder here and there is not the end of the world and doesn’t prove someone doesn’t know how to use […]
Posted in Content Management, Findability, Information Architecture, SharePoint | Tagged Adoption, best practice, content types, folder, metadata, views |