Comments on: Why Do SharePoint Projects Fail? – Part 1

By: I am Planning a SharePoint project - is it any different from typical software development projects? | The MOSS Blog

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:50:35 +0000

[...] take a timeout and head over to Paul Culmsee’s blog and read the series of posts on “Why SharePoint projects fail“. Paul points out all the reasons why sometimes the best efforts of Project Managers and [...]

By: CleverWorkarounds » SBS 2008, Hewlett Packard, WSS3, Search Server 2008 Express and a UPS – Oh the pain!

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:49:11 +0000

[...] ratings for a while, so I thought that this post was apt for dusting them off. If you check the Why do SharePoint Projects Fail series, you will see that I use tequila shots or coffee at times. In this case, I will use the [...]

By: Are we there yet? « Meanderings of a wandering mind

Are we there yet? « Meanderings of a wandering mind — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:24:23 +0000

[...] insightful blogging at CleverWorkarounds and in particular his series focussed on the importance of shared understanding in preventing SharePoint projects from [...]

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By: Root Causes of Communication Fragmentation: Part 2 - Organizational Culture | End User SharePoint

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:25:07 +0000

[...] Once again I leave you on an Information Architecture note. Someone who only knows a clan culture will very likely put together a SharePoint solution vastly different to someone who has only known hierarchical culture. The prevailing culture will always win the technology battle, no matter how passionate the individuals are. Even organizational stakeholders in a SharePoint project often make this mistake with the "build it and they will come" approach and think that making the technology available will change the culture . This is both naive and dangerous and has the effect of setting yourself up for project failure. [...]

By: It's All in the Way You Ask the Question | End User SharePoint

It's All in the Way You Ask the Question | End User SharePoint — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:00:44 +0000

[...] think so, would you, but SharePoint projects are prone to take on wicked tendencies for reasons previously discussed. One of the techniques for dealing with wicked problems is through shared understanding among [...]

By: CleverWorkarounds » The one best practice to rule them all - Part 1

CleverWorkarounds » The one best practice to rule them all - Part 1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:29:51 +0000

[...] *encourage* you to take the bits that make logical sense for you. As I wrote in Part 8 of the "SharePoint Project Failure…" series, I found it ironic that implementation of many of these methodologies fell victim to [...]

By: CleverWorkarounds » Root Causes of Communication Fragmentation: Organisational Culture

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:40:05 +0000

[...] Once again I leave you on an Information Architecture note. Someone who only knows a clan culture will very likely put together a SharePoint solution vastly different to someone who has only known hierarchical culture. The prevailing culture will always win the technology battle, no matter how passionate the individuals are. Even organisational stakeholders in a SharePoint project often make this mistake with the "build it and they will come" approach and think that making the technology available will change the culture . This is both naive and dangerous and has the effect of setting yourself up for project failure. [...]

By: SharePoint Horror Stories - The Bamboo Team Blog

SharePoint Horror Stories - The Bamboo Team Blog — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:34:51 +0000

[...] Just a few weeks ago, Paul Culmsee at Seven Sigma wrote a voluminous five part blog post entitled, Why Do SharePoint Projects Fail? Paul is a very entertaining writer and I recommend that series in particular. I've [...]

By: CleverWorkarounds » It’s all in the way you ask the question…

CleverWorkarounds » It’s all in the way you ask the question… — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:17:49 +0000

[...] think so would you, but SharePoint projects are prone to take on wicked tendencies for reasons previously discussed. One of the techniques for dealing with wicked problems is through shared understanding among [...]