That’s my boy…
I am kind of in a “not in the mood to write” mode, but I thought that this video of my little boy rocking out to the metal band Amorphis needed a wider audience. His musical taste is very good …
Year: 2009
Why InfoPath rocks
At the San Diego Best Practices SharePoint conference, I sat quietly and listened to the governance godfather himself, Robert Bogue, discussing with the other SharePoint "big kids" various reasons why InfoPath sucks in many situations and some of its current …
Seven Sigma is officially a CogNexus Institute Designated Partner
Hi all This is the culmination of a significant amount of effort and a long time in the making, but I am extremely proud that Seven Sigma, the company that I am a co-founder and partner of, is now officially …
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The one best-practice to rule them all – Part 4
Hi there Welcome to the fourth post in my series on how to deal with the true root cause of project failure. The first three posts were really to set the scene for this post where I will explain the …
Heading to Annapolis in March 09
Hi all Just a quick note to say that one of my Seven Sigma colleagues and I will be back in the USA again in the week of March 16. If anybody wants to catch up, discuss business, client meet’s, …
Mike’s code-monkey "SharePoint suitability" quiz
Ah – this is exactly my sense of humour. My colleague Mike Stringfellow wrote a post called "Code Monkey Hates SharePoint" where he presents a quick multi-choice questionnaire of seemingly innocent questions that allows you to determine how predisposed your …
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jQuery: SharePoint Blu-Tack
A quick observation: Jeremy wrote a good post on the ins and outs of jQuery as a SharePoint band-aid. Having done a little messing with JavaScript (under duress) I had a peek at his well thought out post. After reading …
Boy bands – how to understand the site definition/template debate
Hi all I’ve read a few blogs on site definitions vs site templates and reading some development centric articles, particularly the alternative presented by Raymond, and expanded by Mike and summarised neatly by Chris. Being a part time developer, I …
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The one best-practice to rule them all – Part 3
This is the third post in a series that focuses on what I think is the Holy Grail of project success – particularly SharePoint projects. Like everybody else, I am a product of my experiences, and one of these experiences …
Functional consultants vs *great* functional consultants
Kristian Kalsing was written a really terrific post, not just because he quoted yet another bloody international standard that I will have to now read (ISO15489). But because, drawing on his experiences of the world of SAP, he has observed …
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