Wrapping your head around the SharePoint Beast (For the rest of us)
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This document summarizes Mark Rackley's presentation on understanding SharePoint. The presentation covers: 1) Why understanding SharePoint is difficult due to the large amount of information, paths to take, and conflicting advice. 2) An overview of what SharePoint is, including that it is a platform that can be used for many functions like storing data, managing permissions, and workflows. 3) Reasons for using SharePoint, including that it can replace other products, provide insights, and make users more productive. 4) Tips for avoiding SharePoint pain, such as learning correct terminology, being skeptical of experts, and getting involved in the SharePoint community.
Wrapping your head around the SharePoint Beast (For the rest of us)
- 1. Wrapping Your Head Around the SharePoint Beast (for the rest of us) SPTechCon Boston 2012 Mark Rackley mark.rackley@summit7systems.com
- 2. About Mark Rackley • Solutions Architect & Developer • 17+ years software architecture and development experience • Blogger, Writer, Speaker • mark.rackley@summit7systems.com • @mrackley • http://sharepointhillbilly.com
- 3. Agenda • Why is understanding SharePoint so hard? • What is SharePoint? • Why SharePoint? • Tips for avoiding SharePoint Pain • The importance of the SharePoint Community
- 5. Why is understanding so hard? • Hard to know where to begin – Lots of paths to take
- 6. Why is understanding so hard? • Hard to know where to begin – Lots of paths to take – So much information – Conflicting information – SO MUCH NOISE!
- 7. Why is understanding so hard? • Hard to know where to begin – Lots of paths to take – So much information – Conflicting information – SO MUCH NOISE! – Easy to fall into analysis paralysis
- 8. Why is understanding so hard? • Lots of concepts to grasp – Governance – Information Architecture – Composites – BI – Collaboration
- 9. Why is understanding so hard? • It’s not a “program” – You don’t install it – It does MANY things – It can do many more – It is a platform
- 10. Why is understanding so hard? • No man/woman is an island in SharePoint – You can’t “do it all” – It’s easy to get it to work… incorrectly – There’s no “one size fits all”
- 11. Why is understanding so hard? • You have to change the way you work – Stop emailing attachments – Stop emailing! – “Do it yourself” – But follow the rules
- 12. Why is understanding so hard? • Fear of the unknown – “But that’s not the way we used to do it” – Developers perceived loss of job security
- 13. 5 STAGES OF LEARNING SHAREPOINT
- 14. 5 Stages of Learning SharePoint • Denial
- 15. 5 Stages of Learning SharePoint • Denial • Anger
- 16. 5 Stages of Learning SharePoint • Denial • Anger • Bargaining
- 17. 5 Stages of Learning SharePoint • Denial • Anger • Bargaining • Depression
- 18. 5 Stages of Learning SharePoint • Denial • Anger • Bargaining • Depression • Acceptance
- 19. Pick your analogy… WHAT IS SHAREPOINT?
- 20. What IS SharePoint? • SharePoint is a platform • SharePoint can be many things – It creates sites on the fly – It stores your data – It allows you to easily manage permissions – It gives you alerts and workflows
- 21. What IS SharePoint? • SharePoint is many things – It Integrates with other systems – It helps you find stuff – It helps you to “do it yourself” “out of the box” • 80/20 rule
- 22. What IS SharePoint? • What do you want it to be?
- 23. What IS SharePoint? • Read the directions
- 24. WHY SHAREPOINT?
- 25. Top 10 things SharePoint can do for you 10. Give you a great starting point 9. Connect to the right people 8. Find what you need 7. Replace other expensive products
- 26. Top 10 things SharePoint can do for you 6. Give you insight 5. Remind you 4. Centralize your data 3. Make you more productive
- 27. Top 10 things SharePoint can do for you 2. Keep you organized 1. Make you look like a rock star
- 28. SharePoint may not be THE best tool for any one job, but it does MANY jobs well.
- 29. TIPS FOR AVOIDING SHAREPOINT PAIN
- 30. SharePoint is a woman…
- 31. SharePoint is a woman… Treat Her That Way!
- 32. Don’t Expect the Error Messages To Make Sense
- 33. Sometimes, Even when you’re right, you’re still wrong
- 34. Don’t try and control her, get to know her and do it the way she wants…
- 35. Accept her for who she is…
- 36. “SharePoint is a Man. You have to beat him into submission” – Lori Gowin
- 37. Don’t be so hard on yourself • There is no easy button – It IS different – It takes time • SharePoint is MASSIVE – No one understands it all – Befriend the gurus • Accept that “It Depends”
- 38. Learn the correct Terminology Farm Elevated Privileges Safe Control CAML Feature Site Column STSADM Declarative Workflow Site Collection Persisted Object Application Page Solution Package Content Type Site Definition List Definition Scope Content Database Event Receiver List Instance Central Administration Publishing Page ONET Web Application List View Feature Receiver Theme Field Control Client Object Model Team Site Timer Job
- 39. Beware the SharePoint “Expert” • Be skeptical • Ask for references • Learn some basic interview questions • You get what you pay for
- 41. A Word (or two) About Community
- 42. To Avoid SharePoint Fail…
- 43. You Gotta Drink the Kook-Aid! • Join the community • Read Blogs • Read Books • Play around in your site • Attend events • Build relationships • DON’T BE AFRAID TO DO SOMETHING!
- 44. SharePoint Saturday Ozarks Sept. 8, 2012 Chateau On The Lake Branson, MO http://www.chateauonthelake.com/ http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/ozarks
- 45. I have an answer, let’s see if they match? QUESTIONS?