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The cloud is not the problem–Part 1: Has it been here all along?

By admin Posted on December 13, 2011 Posted in Cloud compouting, Globalisation, Infrastructure, Process Improvement, ROI, SharePoint 2 Comments

Hiya I have been meaning to write a post or three on cloud computing, and its benefits, challenges and eventual legacy. I’ve finally had some time to do so. This series will span over a few posts (not sure how …

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The end of a journey… my book is now out!

By admin Posted on December 6, 2011 Posted in Best Practices, Books, Business Analysis, Business Process Management, cognitive bias, Dialogue mapping, Estimating, Facilitation, Global Managers, Human Process Management, Issue Mapping, Jeff Conklin, Knowledge management, Non Linear Process, organisational culture, Process Improvement, Seven Sigma, shared understanding, social fragmentation, Strategy, user engagement, web2.0

About bloody time eh? The Heretics Guide to Best Practices is now available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and iUniverse. ] In Paul and Kailash I have found kindred spirits who understand how messed up most organizations are, and …

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SharePoint Fatigue Syndrome

By admin Posted on October 12, 2011 Posted in Business Analysis, Business Process Management, Collaboration, Governance, Human Process Management, Knowledge management, Non Linear Process, organisational culture, planning, Process Improvement, Project Management, Risk, shared understanding, SharePoint, social fragmentation, Strategy, user engagement, web2.0, Wicked Problems 32 Comments

Hiya I have been wrong about many things – I am happy to admit that. In SharePoint land, one of my bigger naive assumptions was that in early 2007, I figured I’d have maybe a 6 month head start before …

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Whatever you do, do not ignore legacy

By admin Posted on May 22, 2011 Posted in Analysis, Best Practices, Business Analysis, Collaboration, Envisioning, Facilitation, Governance, planning, Process Improvement, Project Management, Risk, SharePoint, Strategy, Wicked Problems 9 Comments

On the twitterverse recently, someone stated that because of a problem of excessive SharePoint site sprawl, they were going to institute a new site approval process. On the surface this remedy seems to be perfectly reasonable. After all, there is …

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Seattle is go! SharePoint Governance and Information Architecture class

By admin Posted on April 12, 2011 Posted in Analysis, Assurance, Best Practices, BPM, Business Analysis, Business Process Management, Collaboration, Conference, Dialogue mapping, Envisioning, Estimating, Facilitation, Finance, Governance, HPM, Human Process Management, IBIS, Information Architecture, Issue Mapping, Knowledge management, Managed Metadata, organisational culture, planning, Process Improvement, Project Management, Records Management, Risk, Seven Sigma, shared understanding, SharePoint, Speaking presentation, Strategy, Training, user engagement, web2.0, Wicked Problems, Workshop No Comments

For one night only USA… Ah, Erica Toelle – what a legend! Thanks to Erica and Fpweb, I’m thrilled to confirm that the Seattle SharePoint Governance and Information Architecture class is all systems go. Save the date as its very …

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The facets of collaboration part 5: It’s all Gen-Y’s fault – or is it?

By admin Posted on March 29, 2011 Posted in Analysis, Assurance, Best Practices, Business Analysis, Business Process Management, Collaboration, Envisioning, Facilitation, Governance, HPM, Human Process Management, IBIS, Information Architecture, Issue Mapping, Knowledge management, Managed Metadata, Non Linear Process, organisational culture, planning, Process Improvement, Project Management, Records Management, Risk, shared understanding, SharePoint, social fragmentation, Strategy, Training, user engagement, web2.0, Wicked Problems, Workflows 8 Comments

The facets of collaboration Part 1–Meet robot barbie The facets of collaboration Part 2–Enter the matrix! The facets of collaboration Part 3-The feature jigsaw The facets of collaboration Part 4 – BPM vs. HPM Hi all Welcome to another …

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Australian SharePoint Conference Community Challenge–How we did it.

By admin Posted on March 26, 2011 Posted in Assurance, Best Practices, Business Analysis, Collaboration, Dialogue mapping, Envisioning, Facilitation, Governance, IBIS, Information Architecture, Issue Mapping, planning, Process Improvement, Project Management, Seven Sigma, shared understanding, SharePoint, Speaking presentation, Strategy, Training, user engagement, Workshop 1 Comment

Hiya I recently participated in the Australian and New Zealand community SharePoint conferences and had a blast. First up, I was given the opportunity to keynote the Australian conference on day 2, where I spoke about SharePoint Governance home truths. …

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Exciting news for Governance and Information Architecture classes

By admin Posted on February 10, 2011 Posted in 21apps, Assurance, Best Practices, Business Analysis, Business Process Management, Collaboration, Dialogue mapping, Governance, Human Process Management, IBIS, Information Architecture, Issue Mapping, Knowledge management, Managed Metadata, planning, Process Improvement, Project Management, Risk, SamePage, Seven Sigma, shared understanding, SharePoint, Speaking presentation, Strategy, user engagement, Wicked Problems, Workshop 2 Comments Tagged with SPIADC, SPIAIA, SPIANL, SPIAUK, SPITO

Hi all I just thought I would check-in with some updates on happenings and some upcoming travels. In less then 2 weeks now, I will be in London with Andrew Woodward and Ant Clay of 21apps for the second SharePoint …

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