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, …
Month: February 2009
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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The one best practice to rule them all – Part 2
Hi all This is part of a somewhat self-indulgent story of how I came to practice a craft that has made a profound difference on how I approach and manage SharePoint projects. If you have not read part 1, then …
Tribute to the "humble leave form" part 7 is out
Hi! I’ve just noticed that Arno Nel over at SharePoint Magazine has published part 7 of my "Tribute to the Humble Leave Form" series on InfoPath and forms services. Bye!
The one best practice to rule them all – Part 1
This is a post or three that I have really been looking forward to writing, and it is a long time in the making for various reasons. Some of you, after reading it, will no doubt wonder if I have …
SharePoint ROI Slide Deck and Sample Scenario worksheet published
Hot off the press (okay – well SlideShare magic), I’ve just posted by Best Practices Conference slide deck for the "speak to your CFO" session, along with the ROI spreadsheet for the PMIS scenario that I used during the demonstration. …
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