Hi all I will be in the UK in the first week of September for various matters (like watching Kate Bush in concert) and while I am there will be running a 2 day Dialogue Mapping introductory class. If you …

Join me learning Dialogue Mapping in the UK/Ireland in September Read more »

“If Jeff ever leaves…” I’m sure you have experienced the “Oh crap” feeling where you have a problem and Jeff is on vacation or unavailable. Jeff happens to be one of those people who’s worked at your organisation for years …

Rewriting the knowledge management rulebook… The story of “Glyma” for SharePoint Read more »

Hi all One workflow action that anyone getting into SharePoint Designer 2013 workflow development needs to know is the Call HTTP Web Service action. This action opens up many possibilities for workflow developers, and in some ways, turns them into …

Tips for using SPD Workflows to talk to 3rd party web services Read more »

My business partner, Chris Tomich, is the John Deacon of Seven Sigma. In case you do not know who John Deacon is, he is the bass player from Queen who usually said very little publicly and didn’t write that many …

“Assumption is the mother of all f**k ups” Read more »

Hi all In case you have not been paying attention, I’ve churned out a large series of posts – twelve in all – on the topic of SharePoint Designer 2013 workflows. The premise of the series was to answer a …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–conclusion and reflections Read more »

Hi all, and welcome to part 12 of my articles about SharePoint 2013 Workflows and whether they are ready for prime time. Along the way we have learnt all about CAML, REST, JSON, calling web services, Fiddler, Dictionary objects and …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 12 Read more »

Hi all, and welcome to the penultimate article in what has tuned into a fairly epic series about SharePoint 2013 Workflows. From part 6 to part 8 of this series, we implemented a workflow that made use of the web …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 11 Read more »

Hi there and welcome back to my series of articles that puts a real-world viewpoint to SharePoint 2013 workflow capabilities. This series is pitched more to Business Analysts, SharePoint Hackers and generally anyone who might be termed a citizen developer. …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 10 Read more »

Hi all and welcome to my series that aims to illustrate the trials and tribulations of SharePoint 2013 workflow to those who consider themselves as citizen developers. In case you don’t want to go all the way back to part …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 9 Read more »