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D’arce Hess, MVP, PSM
End-User Adoption for the Real World
SPS Ottawa 2018
AGENDA Introductions
Why Adoption Fails
How to
Change
Take
Aways
INTRODUCTIONS
D’arce Hess, MVP, PSM
President | DH Consulting LLC
dhess@dhconsulting.me
https://darcehessllc.com
@darcehess
https://www.linkedin.com/in/darcehess
WHY ADOPTION FAILS
What do you think?
[audience participation]
Inadequate user training
* -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
Hard to use
* -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
Lack of
Senior Management
Support
* -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
Change Management
Shortcomings
* -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
Lack of support for
mobile devices
* -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
Understanding Governance
HOW TO CHANGE
www.websitename.com 01
• Build a drip campaign. Start a few months before launch
Change Management
• Create a Guidance Site
• Launch a challenge or reason for people to visit portions of the
intranet
• Have resources available to help with questions
• Have a living governance plan
30%
• Provide a Guidance Site
• Videos
• Intranet Champions
• Yammer Group
• Weekly power hour webcast
• Classroom Training
• Virtual Training
• Site Content Managers
Training
Get Management Support
• Show potential cost savings
• Gain analytics into ROI
• Ease of management
• Better security features
•
Provide Governance
• Where are the bumpers?
• Avoid Shelfware
• Allow for flexibility
• About business processes, not just
SharePoint
• When to use what
• Permissions management
• Self Service site creation
• Roles and Responsibilities
TAKE AWAYS
Engage users
Build excitement and
engagement before launch
Change Management
Have a plan how the changes
affect users and able to
support the process.
Take Aways
Training
Classroom training alone is
not enough. Must be on-
going
Governance
Provide guides to encourage
use without allowing users to
get hurt
Management Support
Management needs to be
engaged and supportive of
process and helping remove
roadblocks to adoption
Write Great Content
Structure and good content
will drive adoption. Intranet
must be usable and
consumable

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End User Adoption for the Real World

  • 1. D’arce Hess, MVP, PSM End-User Adoption for the Real World SPS Ottawa 2018
  • 2. AGENDA Introductions Why Adoption Fails How to Change Take Aways
  • 4. D’arce Hess, MVP, PSM President | DH Consulting LLC dhess@dhconsulting.me https://darcehessllc.com @darcehess https://www.linkedin.com/in/darcehess
  • 6. What do you think? [audience participation]
  • 7. Inadequate user training * -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
  • 8. Hard to use * -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
  • 9. Lack of Senior Management Support * -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
  • 10. Change Management Shortcomings * -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
  • 11. Lack of support for mobile devices * -- AIIM “The Impact of SharePoint” 2016
  • 14. www.websitename.com 01 • Build a drip campaign. Start a few months before launch Change Management • Create a Guidance Site • Launch a challenge or reason for people to visit portions of the intranet • Have resources available to help with questions • Have a living governance plan
  • 15. 30% • Provide a Guidance Site • Videos • Intranet Champions • Yammer Group • Weekly power hour webcast • Classroom Training • Virtual Training • Site Content Managers Training
  • 16. Get Management Support • Show potential cost savings • Gain analytics into ROI • Ease of management • Better security features •
  • 17. Provide Governance • Where are the bumpers? • Avoid Shelfware • Allow for flexibility • About business processes, not just SharePoint • When to use what • Permissions management • Self Service site creation • Roles and Responsibilities
  • 19. Engage users Build excitement and engagement before launch Change Management Have a plan how the changes affect users and able to support the process. Take Aways Training Classroom training alone is not enough. Must be on- going Governance Provide guides to encourage use without allowing users to get hurt Management Support Management needs to be engaged and supportive of process and helping remove roadblocks to adoption Write Great Content Structure and good content will drive adoption. Intranet must be usable and consumable