The document summarizes a presentation given by Ascendum Solutions to Macy's. It outlines Ascendum's expertise in SharePoint and details several past projects completed for Macy's, including developing a hiring workflow, implementing business intelligence dashboards, and migrating to a newer version of SharePoint. It also discusses challenges faced and solutions provided for other clients across various industries.
In modern project management, the specific tasks that fall to the PM Center of Excellence varies from organization to organization. However, there are trends and best practices that define the high-level function of the COE in the Project or Program Management Office. In this complimentary one-hour webinar, Cadence Vice President and COO Connie Plowman will provide a framework for where to begin building your own Project Management Center of Excellence today.
The Nielsen Company BI COE: A Case StudyJohn Boyer
Presented at IBM Cognos Forum 2009. a) This case study describes the challenges in designing and implementing a BI COE. You will learn how The Nielsen Company leverages internal staff in the BI COE to support a total of 30,000 employees and a distributed global Cognos development environment.
Delivering successful SharePoint implementations can be challenging and far too many suffer from a less than desired ROI.
Successful SharePoint is best thought of as a team sport requiring cooperation and partnership between the business, IT and end-user communities collaborating to balance the need for governance, process and adoption.
This session is designed to help teams responsible for the success of SharePoint discusses proven methods and best practices for driving adoption while enabling and supporting governance requirements. It will highlight strategies for:
• Establishing an effective cross organization SharePoint team,
• Aligning SharePoint solutions to organizational goals and priorities,
• Engaging executive sponsors, stakeholders, and SharePoint champions,
• Planning end-user training, and communications, and
• Managing the technology platform and governance plan on an ongoing basis.
Presentation I put together while at Business Objects where I spearheaded the development of the Business Intelligence Competency Center practice and service offering.
Increase Business Value with an Integrated IT PPM and ITSM Solution Mike Otranto
Learn about Project Online and ITSM Integration. Project Online integration with ServiceNow, Project Online and Cherwell integration Project Online integration with Dynamics 365.
IT departments commonly use an ITSM solution such as Microsoft Dynamics and ServiceNow, in addition to Project Online, to track and manage requests for IT service. However, there is little process in place to manage larger pieces of work, such as projects and programs, and to understand how IT resources are being utilized across organizational initiatives.
Integrating PPM systems with ITSM systems can move organizations from being a bucket brigade to an organized emergency unit. In this webinar, we will demonstrate how IT leadership can better support the business and answer key questions such as:
Is IT actively engaged in activities that are directly impacting the strategic objectives of the organization as whole?
How much time and budget are we spending on strategic vs. maintenance activities?
How and where is IT adding value to the business, and what ROI can be expected on these efforts?
What departments or business units are consuming the most IT resources and can we make operational improvements better support the needs of these groups?
Moving Your PMO To The Cloud - Why You Can't Afford To Miss The WaveMike Otranto
PMO environments have progressed from static environments to that of constant change. Project Management applications, have become more complex and less intuitive due to the demand for more capabilities. This has led to many challenges including the ability to meet the technology need for many PMOs in a timely and cost effective manner.
Implementing a Digital Workplace for PMOs has many benefits that far outweigh the traditional project management environments. Often times, the cost you save in automating simple processes with digital technology exceeds the amount invested in the solution alone. Join us in this webinar as we address the common challenges of today’s PMOs and demonstrate the business value of moving your PMO to the cloud. Topics include:
• PMO Challenges
• The PMO Evolution
• PMO Capabilities Required for Success
• The Digital PMO and Its Benefits
• Digital PMO/Office 365/Project Online Demo
In modern project management, the specific tasks that fall to the PM Center of Excellence varies from organization to organization. However, there are trends and best practices that define the high-level function of the COE in the Project or Program Management Office. In this complimentary one-hour webinar, Cadence Vice President and COO Connie Plowman will provide a framework for where to begin building your own Project Management Center of Excellence today.
The Nielsen Company BI COE: A Case StudyJohn Boyer
Presented at IBM Cognos Forum 2009. a) This case study describes the challenges in designing and implementing a BI COE. You will learn how The Nielsen Company leverages internal staff in the BI COE to support a total of 30,000 employees and a distributed global Cognos development environment.
Delivering successful SharePoint implementations can be challenging and far too many suffer from a less than desired ROI.
Successful SharePoint is best thought of as a team sport requiring cooperation and partnership between the business, IT and end-user communities collaborating to balance the need for governance, process and adoption.
This session is designed to help teams responsible for the success of SharePoint discusses proven methods and best practices for driving adoption while enabling and supporting governance requirements. It will highlight strategies for:
• Establishing an effective cross organization SharePoint team,
• Aligning SharePoint solutions to organizational goals and priorities,
• Engaging executive sponsors, stakeholders, and SharePoint champions,
• Planning end-user training, and communications, and
• Managing the technology platform and governance plan on an ongoing basis.
Presentation I put together while at Business Objects where I spearheaded the development of the Business Intelligence Competency Center practice and service offering.
Increase Business Value with an Integrated IT PPM and ITSM Solution Mike Otranto
Learn about Project Online and ITSM Integration. Project Online integration with ServiceNow, Project Online and Cherwell integration Project Online integration with Dynamics 365.
IT departments commonly use an ITSM solution such as Microsoft Dynamics and ServiceNow, in addition to Project Online, to track and manage requests for IT service. However, there is little process in place to manage larger pieces of work, such as projects and programs, and to understand how IT resources are being utilized across organizational initiatives.
Integrating PPM systems with ITSM systems can move organizations from being a bucket brigade to an organized emergency unit. In this webinar, we will demonstrate how IT leadership can better support the business and answer key questions such as:
Is IT actively engaged in activities that are directly impacting the strategic objectives of the organization as whole?
How much time and budget are we spending on strategic vs. maintenance activities?
How and where is IT adding value to the business, and what ROI can be expected on these efforts?
What departments or business units are consuming the most IT resources and can we make operational improvements better support the needs of these groups?
Moving Your PMO To The Cloud - Why You Can't Afford To Miss The WaveMike Otranto
PMO environments have progressed from static environments to that of constant change. Project Management applications, have become more complex and less intuitive due to the demand for more capabilities. This has led to many challenges including the ability to meet the technology need for many PMOs in a timely and cost effective manner.
Implementing a Digital Workplace for PMOs has many benefits that far outweigh the traditional project management environments. Often times, the cost you save in automating simple processes with digital technology exceeds the amount invested in the solution alone. Join us in this webinar as we address the common challenges of today’s PMOs and demonstrate the business value of moving your PMO to the cloud. Topics include:
• PMO Challenges
• The PMO Evolution
• PMO Capabilities Required for Success
• The Digital PMO and Its Benefits
• Digital PMO/Office 365/Project Online Demo
Delivering successful SharePoint implementations can be challenging and far too many suffer from a less than desired ROI.
Successful SharePoint is best thought of as a team sport requiring cooperation and partnership between the business, IT and end-user communities collaborating to balance the need for governance, process and adoption.
This session is designed to help teams responsible for the success of SharePoint discusses proven methods and best practices for driving adoption while enabling and supporting governance requirements. It will highlight strategies for:
• Establishing an effective cross organization SharePoint team,
• Aligning SharePoint solutions to organizational goals and priorities,
• Engaging executive sponsors, stakeholders, and SharePoint champions,
• Planning end-user training, and communications, and
• Managing the technology platform and governance plan on an ongoing basis.
The 5 Critical Elements to Creating a Project Management Center of ExcellenceFlevy.com Best Practices
Original article from the Flevy business blog can be found here:
http://flevy.com/blog/the-5-critical-elements-to-creating-a-project-management-centre-of-excellence/
Creating a Project Management Centre of Excellence is the driving force that takes an organization forward to realize their project management mandate. It encompasses the process of creating a strategy for project management, re-shaping the culture to be more focused on the consistency in the management of projects and implementing a project management process.
Creating a Project Management Centre of Excellence
project_management_COEA Centre of Excellence is a business unit that has organization-wide authority. The key elements of a successful Project Management Centre of Excellence include:
Vision and Strategies
A clear vision of what it represents and the strategies to identify how it will reach this vision in the short and long term.
Competencies
The selection of resources based on project competency requirements compared to actual project resource competencies. The identification of coaching, training and other developmental activities to close any competency gap.
Culture
How to re-shape the organizational culture to be more supportive of the consistency in the management of projects.
Processes
The right processes, tools and templates that are helpful and meaningful to project managers and their teams.
Quality
The quality criteria for the project management framework, processes and documents.
1. Create the Vision and Strategies
One approach to creating a vision for the Centre of Excellence is to brainstorm ideas that focus on what the future will look like. Start by creating scenarios that describe what the Centre will be doing 5 years into the future. What are some of the things that they will be doing that reflect a successful Centre of Excellence? What will employees and customers be saying about them? How did they get there?
The outcome of this process is the creation of a vision statement for the Project Management Centre of Excellence. Determine how this vision aligns and supports the organization’s strategic direction.
The alignment of the Centre of Excellence to the goals of the organization is key to driving strategy implementation. Strategies translate this vision into reality. They close the gap between the present and the “ideal” future described in the vision scenarios. These strategies must be described clearly so that the organization understands and accepts them.
Now that you've sold it how do you build it - XMPie Users Conference XUG 202...Jeffrey Stewart
Hello, I’m Jeff Stewart, XMPie Services Director
Today I will present the new service offering from XMPie started last year.
The motivation is to help customers succeed using the XMPie suite of platforms and tools
We Can Help You Get Started Fast, Do It Well The First Time, Learn While We Build It Together
Our Microsoft Cloud Adoption Champion, Ruth Morton, will provide you with the strategies you need to ensure your Office 365 deployment is not only a technical success, but improves business processes, stakeholder satisfaction, and your bottom line.
You'll leave armed with a completed self-assessment designed to give you insights into your potential gaps and risks, and how to overcome them.
What You'll Learn:
• Business drivers, pitfalls and success criteria gathered from hundreds of successful projects
• Creating alignment with your lines of business to ensure a requirements-driven project
• Methods for developing a successful adoption plan and why this is so important
• How to set yourself up to execute with confidence.
When introducing Workday into your organization, how you manage change is critical to a successful transition. While change is most often driven from a technology perspective, a successful change management program should be focused on the impact to strategy, business processes, and people. Increasing user adoption of Workday and improving how work gets done within an organization requires an intentional investment of effort.
Project Management CoE (Centre of Excellence)’ is an initiative led by seasoned project management leaders with an objective to establish a culture of excellence in project execution. Our Services range from taking ownership of end to end Project Management to staffing for Project Management requirements. PMCoE is one stop solution for all Project management/Transformation requirements.
Hallmark's Process Journey and Center of Excellence for IntegrationBrad Power
In 2007, Hallmark embarked on Project Horizon, an implementation of a software package for most core systems (SAP) and Lean. Twenty-five major end-to-end processes were identified, and 'process owners' and other roles were assigned to each process, and a Process Council organized to coordinate activities and prioritize improvement projects. Three years later (in 2010), as the major system deployments were winding down, Tony Marolt brought forward the idea of creating a Center of Excellence to keep these hybrid (business process and technical) experts together.
Richard Niver Resume - Independent Workday Solutions Architect.
Contact Richard for Workday Payroll consultation and ongoing support.
Offering complete Workday Payroll support services. Maximize the value of your Workday system!
Business requirements gathering and analysis, design, configuration, user and data security, custom reporting, EIB integrations, business process improvement, and full production support.
Lauren Technologies have been in IT industry for more than 20 years, being specialized in business applications and catering to hardware and software requirements of customers. Right from creating mobile applications to providing dashboards and reporting, we have been delivering value to the customers !
Loughridge Transformations' Webinar: Data Science - Enabling Finance Transfor...Jennifer Loughridge
Data has become the fuel of industry – it is the new electricity. Organisations require data to function, grow and improve – to remain competitive. However, a data-driven approach deriving insight from data and then driving meaningful and impactful decision-making is not a new phenomenon.
So, what is new? It is all about how the organisations churn the available data for decision-making. Industry has named it as Data Science….
Do you Want to Learn How to Apply Data Science in Your Organisation to Derive Insights and Create Value?
Data Science, in simple terms, is an interdisciplinary field of study that uses data for various research and reporting purposes. Specifically, it derives insights and meaning from that data and uses it to make value visible in the eyes of the customer.
Loughridge Transformations is delighted to announce that Jennifer will be joined by guest speaker, Tushar Belapurkar, for a dialogue where they will share how they apply Data Science in the Finance organisation (and beyond) to enable Finance Transformation further.
See how 3D Results helped Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores with their Recruiting business challenges and solutions using the SuccessFactors Recruiting platform.
Change Lessons Learned - Implementing a Kanban System for Enterprise AgilityShoaib Shaukat
Continuous Improvements is the goal dear to everyone however traditionally governed organisations struggle to achieve meaningful enterprise wide improvement due to cultural and structural constraints. Often top down change initiatives and projects are launched with grand improvement goals without understanding the constraints of the existing system and implications for the wider organisation.
In this case study based presentation I want to share the experience of designing and implementing a Continuous Improvements program at one of the major utility company within Melbourne. This program has disrupted the way people do their work.
Eight business units and 7 IT delivery groups linked to this new system to do their work in a collaborative and transparent manner, thus increasing the trust between business and IT. Within first 4 months of introduction, this program reduced a growing backlog of IT wide system change requests by 70%.
This program is now being operationalised within the organisation while providing many learnings for the management and opening new management possibilities for future.
Exceptionally well qualified Senior IT Executive with PROVEN TRACK RECORD . Twenty (20) years’ experience, successfully leading programs, practices and business development as large as $60 million. Accustomed to large, complex initiatives, responsible for a hundred plus resources and multi-million dollar budgets. Proven track record of using varied business processes and technologies enabling clients to achieve their overall strategic, tactical goals and business cases. Strong ability to provide valued leadership and build effective, high energy teams needed to support the development of effective, complex global solutions for companies across matrixed management environments
Delivering successful SharePoint implementations can be challenging and far too many suffer from a less than desired ROI.
Successful SharePoint is best thought of as a team sport requiring cooperation and partnership between the business, IT and end-user communities collaborating to balance the need for governance, process and adoption.
This session is designed to help teams responsible for the success of SharePoint discusses proven methods and best practices for driving adoption while enabling and supporting governance requirements. It will highlight strategies for:
• Establishing an effective cross organization SharePoint team,
• Aligning SharePoint solutions to organizational goals and priorities,
• Engaging executive sponsors, stakeholders, and SharePoint champions,
• Planning end-user training, and communications, and
• Managing the technology platform and governance plan on an ongoing basis.
The 5 Critical Elements to Creating a Project Management Center of ExcellenceFlevy.com Best Practices
Original article from the Flevy business blog can be found here:
http://flevy.com/blog/the-5-critical-elements-to-creating-a-project-management-centre-of-excellence/
Creating a Project Management Centre of Excellence is the driving force that takes an organization forward to realize their project management mandate. It encompasses the process of creating a strategy for project management, re-shaping the culture to be more focused on the consistency in the management of projects and implementing a project management process.
Creating a Project Management Centre of Excellence
project_management_COEA Centre of Excellence is a business unit that has organization-wide authority. The key elements of a successful Project Management Centre of Excellence include:
Vision and Strategies
A clear vision of what it represents and the strategies to identify how it will reach this vision in the short and long term.
Competencies
The selection of resources based on project competency requirements compared to actual project resource competencies. The identification of coaching, training and other developmental activities to close any competency gap.
Culture
How to re-shape the organizational culture to be more supportive of the consistency in the management of projects.
Processes
The right processes, tools and templates that are helpful and meaningful to project managers and their teams.
Quality
The quality criteria for the project management framework, processes and documents.
1. Create the Vision and Strategies
One approach to creating a vision for the Centre of Excellence is to brainstorm ideas that focus on what the future will look like. Start by creating scenarios that describe what the Centre will be doing 5 years into the future. What are some of the things that they will be doing that reflect a successful Centre of Excellence? What will employees and customers be saying about them? How did they get there?
The outcome of this process is the creation of a vision statement for the Project Management Centre of Excellence. Determine how this vision aligns and supports the organization’s strategic direction.
The alignment of the Centre of Excellence to the goals of the organization is key to driving strategy implementation. Strategies translate this vision into reality. They close the gap between the present and the “ideal” future described in the vision scenarios. These strategies must be described clearly so that the organization understands and accepts them.
Now that you've sold it how do you build it - XMPie Users Conference XUG 202...Jeffrey Stewart
Hello, I’m Jeff Stewart, XMPie Services Director
Today I will present the new service offering from XMPie started last year.
The motivation is to help customers succeed using the XMPie suite of platforms and tools
We Can Help You Get Started Fast, Do It Well The First Time, Learn While We Build It Together
Our Microsoft Cloud Adoption Champion, Ruth Morton, will provide you with the strategies you need to ensure your Office 365 deployment is not only a technical success, but improves business processes, stakeholder satisfaction, and your bottom line.
You'll leave armed with a completed self-assessment designed to give you insights into your potential gaps and risks, and how to overcome them.
What You'll Learn:
• Business drivers, pitfalls and success criteria gathered from hundreds of successful projects
• Creating alignment with your lines of business to ensure a requirements-driven project
• Methods for developing a successful adoption plan and why this is so important
• How to set yourself up to execute with confidence.
When introducing Workday into your organization, how you manage change is critical to a successful transition. While change is most often driven from a technology perspective, a successful change management program should be focused on the impact to strategy, business processes, and people. Increasing user adoption of Workday and improving how work gets done within an organization requires an intentional investment of effort.
Project Management CoE (Centre of Excellence)’ is an initiative led by seasoned project management leaders with an objective to establish a culture of excellence in project execution. Our Services range from taking ownership of end to end Project Management to staffing for Project Management requirements. PMCoE is one stop solution for all Project management/Transformation requirements.
Hallmark's Process Journey and Center of Excellence for IntegrationBrad Power
In 2007, Hallmark embarked on Project Horizon, an implementation of a software package for most core systems (SAP) and Lean. Twenty-five major end-to-end processes were identified, and 'process owners' and other roles were assigned to each process, and a Process Council organized to coordinate activities and prioritize improvement projects. Three years later (in 2010), as the major system deployments were winding down, Tony Marolt brought forward the idea of creating a Center of Excellence to keep these hybrid (business process and technical) experts together.
Richard Niver Resume - Independent Workday Solutions Architect.
Contact Richard for Workday Payroll consultation and ongoing support.
Offering complete Workday Payroll support services. Maximize the value of your Workday system!
Business requirements gathering and analysis, design, configuration, user and data security, custom reporting, EIB integrations, business process improvement, and full production support.
Lauren Technologies have been in IT industry for more than 20 years, being specialized in business applications and catering to hardware and software requirements of customers. Right from creating mobile applications to providing dashboards and reporting, we have been delivering value to the customers !
Loughridge Transformations' Webinar: Data Science - Enabling Finance Transfor...Jennifer Loughridge
Data has become the fuel of industry – it is the new electricity. Organisations require data to function, grow and improve – to remain competitive. However, a data-driven approach deriving insight from data and then driving meaningful and impactful decision-making is not a new phenomenon.
So, what is new? It is all about how the organisations churn the available data for decision-making. Industry has named it as Data Science….
Do you Want to Learn How to Apply Data Science in Your Organisation to Derive Insights and Create Value?
Data Science, in simple terms, is an interdisciplinary field of study that uses data for various research and reporting purposes. Specifically, it derives insights and meaning from that data and uses it to make value visible in the eyes of the customer.
Loughridge Transformations is delighted to announce that Jennifer will be joined by guest speaker, Tushar Belapurkar, for a dialogue where they will share how they apply Data Science in the Finance organisation (and beyond) to enable Finance Transformation further.
See how 3D Results helped Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores with their Recruiting business challenges and solutions using the SuccessFactors Recruiting platform.
Change Lessons Learned - Implementing a Kanban System for Enterprise AgilityShoaib Shaukat
Continuous Improvements is the goal dear to everyone however traditionally governed organisations struggle to achieve meaningful enterprise wide improvement due to cultural and structural constraints. Often top down change initiatives and projects are launched with grand improvement goals without understanding the constraints of the existing system and implications for the wider organisation.
In this case study based presentation I want to share the experience of designing and implementing a Continuous Improvements program at one of the major utility company within Melbourne. This program has disrupted the way people do their work.
Eight business units and 7 IT delivery groups linked to this new system to do their work in a collaborative and transparent manner, thus increasing the trust between business and IT. Within first 4 months of introduction, this program reduced a growing backlog of IT wide system change requests by 70%.
This program is now being operationalised within the organisation while providing many learnings for the management and opening new management possibilities for future.
Exceptionally well qualified Senior IT Executive with PROVEN TRACK RECORD . Twenty (20) years’ experience, successfully leading programs, practices and business development as large as $60 million. Accustomed to large, complex initiatives, responsible for a hundred plus resources and multi-million dollar budgets. Proven track record of using varied business processes and technologies enabling clients to achieve their overall strategic, tactical goals and business cases. Strong ability to provide valued leadership and build effective, high energy teams needed to support the development of effective, complex global solutions for companies across matrixed management environments
Presentation to Dallas-area non profit organizations regarding social media and possible legal issues. Discussed: The value of a Social Media Policy; potential liability of no policy: exposure!; thinking critically about who has your Social Media Voice; Anticipating crises online and how to respond...
Si tienes pensado viajar a uno de los países con más color de Sudámerica, te proponemos la lectura de esta guía gratuita, creada por el blog Travel and Exchange, en la que encontrarás todo lo necesario para este viaje.
Lifelines at the National Library of New Zealand: A massive multi-touch table...Zef Fugaz
As part of the National Library’s redevelopment, they wanted to create more ways for the general public to connect with their many collections. Working with the Library, Click Suite developed a brief to present the content, using digital interactivity, to make it personally relevant to visitors, in order to first get their attention through triggering memories and then making connections with the content.
PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 is here! A whole new user experienceEmtec Inc.
Emtec hosted this webinar, which highlights many of the new features, functions and enhancements in PeopleSoft HCM 9.2. Discover how Oracle has simplified processing and increased analytics within the application, leading to increased productivity and an overall improved user experience.
This fall, C/D/H presented to a group of IT professionals and leaders on best practices for optimizing and branding the user experience of SharePoint 2010 public websites and portals.
Attendees learned how SharePoint 2010 solutions can generate measurable business results from improvements in SharePoint information architecture, usability, visual design, and data visualization/integration. Real world projects were used to demonstrate how adhering to best practices drives adoption and provides valuable user feedback for continuous improvement.
Download the slide deck (PDF, 1 MB).
And for more information on this or other SharePoint topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
Allied Consulting slide deck presenting opportunities for collaboration between technology and consulting firms. The deck talks about opportunities in Marketing, Sales, Supply chain optimization, HCM, and technology management.
More details on
http://www.alliedc.com/partnerships
Better Business Outcomes with SharePoint TechnologiesDave Healey
Microsoft SharePoint Server’s rich technology set and robust capabilities make it the perfect toolset for organizing, integrating and automating business processes and systems to drive improved organizational performance and with over 65,000 customers and 125 million licenses in market, it’s likely that you already own it. Yet it remains poorly understood and significantly underutilized by business owners as an enabler of business strategy, value creation and ongoing process improvement.
Is your organization looking to move your email to the cloud in order to get more space, better access and improved uptime? There are two big players the cloud space: Office 365 and Google Apps. Both are enterprise level systems with a range of features and benefits, but which one is the right for your organization?
Matthew Eshleman, Director of Professional Services at Community IT Innovators, provided an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of Office 365 and Google Apps. He will also share case studies of organizations that have moved to both platforms, issues they faced in the transition, and costs involved with moving to these cloud platforms.
This webinar covered the following topics.
- Understanding the fine print in the service level agreement
- Staff training and buy-in required
- Costs involved in setting it up
- Moving data in and how to move data out in the future
On June 13th, Jeff Kinnelly presented on one of today's hottest SharePoint topics: SharePoint Internet design and branding.
View Jeff’s designing for basics slide deck to learn more about user experience, UX in SharePoint, design best practices, and development and web analytics tools.
And for more information on this or other SharePoint topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
SugarCRM Integrated Solutions: A Recipe for SuccessSugarCRM
OSSCube is a global solutions provider and SugarCRM Platinum Partner. We’ll discuss ways to solve your business problems, lower total cost of ownership and improve productivity using Sugaras the hub of a seamlessly integrated Business operations solution.
Fishbowl Solutions Webinar: A Path, Package, and Promise for WebCenter Conten...Fishbowl Solutions
Has your organization upgraded to Oracle WebCenter Content 11g? If not, why not? Perhaps the process seems daunting, you aren't sure where to begin, or the benefits are unclear. Whatever the reason, Fishbowl Solutions invites you to learn about its packaged offering for WebCenter 11g upgrades. This offering promises to remove any doubts or confusion regarding upgrades, and will set your organization on a path to further leverage its WebCenter investment.
Please join Fishbowl's WebCenter consulting experts on Thursday, March 21st as they discuss this comprehensive upgrade offering. Attendees of this webinar will learn the following:
Future impacts of not upgrading to the latest version
The benefits of WebCenter Content 11g
Upgrade successes at other companies
Package details and price
In this webinar, Toby Ward, President and CEO of Prescient Digital Media describes our process for creating an intuitive, visually-appealing intranet design that employees will actually want to use.
View the webinar recording: http://www.prescientdigital.com/articles/view-how-to-undertake-an-intranet-redesign
SUMMARY:
Undertaking an intranet redesign can be a complicated but rewarding experience. With so many stakeholders to appease, many intranet professionals find themselves in over their heads when trying to take on projects of this size and complexity on their own.
Success at redesigning your intranet is as much about preparation and planning as it is execution. Often, the most successful intranet projects are those that involve key stakeholders from the get-go, as employees are much more likely to use something they help create. This can work wonders for long-term adoption and participation.
Having the right plan is essential to getting the end result you desire - an intuitive, visually-appealing intranet design that employees will actually want to use.
DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Key considerations and best practices for every intranet redesign project (getting executive support, gathering business requirements, and establishing your strategic direction).
- What makes a great intranet design, and how do you get there?
- Strategies for getting buy-in from your colleagues.
- Lessons from some of the world's best intranet designs.
AUDIENCE:
This webinar is perfect for all internal communications professionals, including those that are considering (or are in the middle of) an intranet redesign project.
View the webinar recording: http://www.prescientdigital.com/articles/view-how-to-undertake-an-intranet-redesign
Rainhopes is a relaible IT Company delivering valuable solutions for Customers across the globe. Our Expertise in Customised software development, Web Application Development, Web design and CMS system development, Branding and design dervices etc helps you to gain the edge over ocompetion. We are happy tobring you online presence perfect. Our corporate profile gives you an idea about why and waht we do
2. Introductions
• Ascendum overview
• Macy’s/Ascendum current projects
• Ascendum SharePoint expertise
Macy’s SharePoint
• Team overview
• Projects for 2012-13
• Guidance
Schedule Production & Operations Project Discussion
3. Global IT services firm
• Cincinnati, Bangalore, Ahmedabad
• Minority-owned
• 1,500 families
Results-oriented
• Built on values
• Process-driven (5Ds)
4. • IT Assessments
• SISP
• Software Selection
• Business Intelligence Strategy
• ROI Analysis • SharePoint
• Social Media Strategy • Magento
• Custom App Dev
• Quality Assurance
• Creative Services
• SharePoint On-DemandTM
• Testing On-DemandTM
• Project Management
On-DemandTM
• Hosting and Cloud
• Contract Services
• Contract to Hire • Security
• Permanent Placement • Microsoft Core Infra
• Dedicated Development • Virtualization
Center • Desktop and Server
• Internship Development Support
Program
6. Idea Bank
• Branding/design
• Business Intelligence
• Workflow
JRQ Scheduling
• Manage seasonal hiring crunch
• Design, workflow, and InfoPath forms
• Integrate with PeopleSoft
• Reporting and analytics
QA
• Bundled into each SP project
• On-shore delivery at off-shore rates
• Reduces client support expense
(100% of clients saved 25-50% of projected budget)
CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY, ASCENDUM SOLUTIONS, LLC
7. Challenge
• Global employee base; call center-skilled
little engagement
• Rolled out SharePoint with limited plan
and limited budget
• All projects subject to ROI scrutiny
Solution
• Facilitated strategic planning session
(MSFT); demos, discussions, options
Results
• Created a roadmap for initiatives
• Visual hierarchy of priorities and
milestones
CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY, ASCENDUM SOLUTIONS, LLC
8. Challenge
• Team was on outdated, unsupported
version of SharePoint
• Dissatisfaction with lack of functionality
and internal resource constraints to fix
Solution
• Migrated to SP 2010
• Cleaned up site structure and IA
Results
• Increase in user adoption
• Reduction in wasteful storage and
redundancy
CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY, ASCENDUM SOLUTIONS, LLC
9. Challenge
• Board wanted integrated, dashboard
view of data
• Budget and staff limitations
Solution
• Prioritized 14 KPI
• Used SP 2010 and Performance Point, SSAS
cubes, Excel, and SSRSs
Results
• Improved communication efficiency
and collaboration
• Quicker, more-informed decisions
CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY, ASCENDUM SOLUTIONS, LLC
10. Challenge
• Onboard thousands of employees/month all
over the country
• Hundreds of documents, forms, badges, etc.
Solution
• Built a workflow automating tasks and
approval processes
• Integrated 3rd party tool with SP to provide
enhanced functionality
Results
• Fewer errors, quicker ramp-up; increased
new hire engagement (lower attrition)
• HR efficiency
CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY, ASCENDUM SOLUTIONS, LLC
11. Challenge
• Needed structure on player evaluation
during draft process
• Myriad data points; no cohesion
Solution
• Leverage SharePoint as a portal
• Information architecture
Results
• Easier, quicker access for decision makers
• Super Bowl 2013?
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12. Challenge
• Knowledge gap
• Maternity leave causing stress and
business impact
Solution
• Scalable, on-demand resources
• Roadmap to provide organization;
hosting and virtual admin
Results
• Resolved workflow issues
• Improved internal service levels
and efficiency
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13. Challenge
• Needed new digital presence
• Stay within Kroger ‘banner’ site criteria
Solution
• Migrate from closed CMS to SP 2010
• Work with internal teams on new
content, location finder, etc.
Results
• Launching end of 2012!
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14. Challenge
• Bring discipline to 64 disparate plants
• Leverage and spread best practices
enterprise-wide
• History of failed shared-services model
Solution
• Mapped out business processes
• Established strategy to share resources
and successes
Results
• Better plant production reporting
• Document management system focused
on safety and ISO-compliance
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15. Challenge
• Multi-site (150+) governance and
management
• Weren’t maintaining the brand across
disparate geographic regions
Solution
• Provided expertise in the areas where they
were lacking (SP admin, dev, arch)
• Leveraged a central data ‘store’ of content
Results
• Reduced support costs – easier to manage
• Internal customer satisfaction
• Brand consistency maintained – more
efficient (and quicker) results
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16. Challenge
• Safety and environmental documents
needed to be better organized
• Out of compliance and generally just an
unsafe practice
Solution
• Use SharePoint’s inherent document
repository and governance features
• Develop a process to update and
maintain lists and libraries; utilize meta
data and enterprise search
Results
• Phase I underway
• Correct forms and data being pushed out
to 300+ end-users
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17. Organizational structure
• How organized?
• SharePoint roadmap/vision
How are projects planned (FY13)
• Scope
90 days
2 year plan
Working with external vendors
• What’s worked well
• What hasn’t worked well
Projects that need help
• “One view of the customer”
Wishlist
• Internal ‘craigslist’
• Jive/Yammer social collab
• Enterprise search (internal and external)
• Real-time customer promotions (mobile)
Built on solid values with global talent and world-class infrastructure, based on industry-standard processes, Ascendum delivers solutions from Consulting -> ADM -> Infra Mgmt -> Resources -> On-Demand Services