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IBS SharePoint Capabilities
This document provides an overview of IBS' SharePoint capabilities and services. IBS is a $50 million privately held consulting firm with 200+ consultants across the US and development centers. They have extensive experience developing SharePoint solutions for clients across various industries. The document outlines IBS' development process, which uses an iterative approach with client involvement to deliver SharePoint solutions that meet requirements and have user acceptance. Examples of solutions include intranets, portals, task management, and custom applications like inspections. The presentation concludes by inviting the client to next steps in an engagement.
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- 1. SharePoint Capabilities Fall 2013 Karen Adkins M:734-272-5333 KAdkins@ibs.com
- 2. Today’s Agenda • Whois IBS? • The Importance of SharePoint ROI • IBS’ SharePoint Experience • Engagement Process • Next Steps
- 3. Who we are. . . $50 Million Privately Held Company 200+ Consultants in U.S. 5 Business Units and 3 Development Centers Strategic Staffing Solutions Application & Infrastructure Custom Solutions U.S. Headquarters, Oak Brook, Illinois
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- 6. The IBS Advantage Development Expertise Domain Expertise Flexible Engagement Management •Senior SharePoint .Net Professionals skilled at working within the SharePoint Framework • 100+ completed SharePoint projects • Proven development processes that work • Iterative approach that keeps the business involved and seeing results • Expertise in your business and the SharePoint framework • Experienced professionals who know the business and can work with the business users and the team to get results • We have long term relationship with clients that have similar business challenges • Ability to staff up when necessary • Offshore • Onsite • Offsite 6
- 7. Our Solutions TeamMakeup (Development Expertise) Core Staff (On Shore) 4 SharePoint .Net Architect/Leads 6 Developers 1 UI Person 1 QA Person 1 Tester 2 Project Managers We have an offshore bench to draw from as well as our recruiting arm to staff up quickly as needed for projects. 7
- 8. Solution Team Member– Scott Zischerk •Net and SharePoint Architect •15+ Years Experience (6 yrs SharePoint) •Microsoft Certified for Application Development and SharePoint •Strong Infrastructure Knowledge •Industries - Restaurant, Financial Services, Legal •SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013 experience •Major Projects in SharePoint include •Merger and Acquisition SharePoint Application •Store Inspection Application •Product Catalogs •Migrations from 2007 to 2010 and 2013 •Multiple Intranets
- 9. Solution Team Member– Mike Berryman •Net, SharePoint and Mobile •5+ Years Experience (5 yrs SharePoint) •Microsoft Certified for Application Development and SharePoint •Industries – Insurance, Restaurant, Manufacturing •SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013 experience •Major Projects in SharePoint include •Store Inspection Application •Store Opening Checklist •Multiple Intranets •Integration with back end systems. •Knowledge Centers •Automated Expense Reports
- 10. Solution Team Member– Duane Odum •SharePoint Developer and Admin •5+ Years Experience •Strong Business Analyst Skills •Strong Infrastructure background •SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013 experience •Major Projects in SharePoint include •Migrations from 2007 to 2010 and 2013 •Product Catalogs •Multiple Intranets •Knowledge Centers •Project Tracking Sites
- 11. Why worry aboutROI? • 50% of the SharePoint installations go live without a business case & only 23% had financial justification • Business case requirement resulted in improved collaboration, better knowledge sharing and less content chaos – Improved Collaboration 45% (AIIM Strategies and Experience 2010) – Improved Knowledge Sharing 35% – Better Mgmt. of Content 25% – Improved Business Process 22% • Financial and business justification can be the difference between a project getting approved and getting sacked
- 12. SharePoint ROI Benefits •Improved productivity – Each employee spends less time each day: • Looking for documents • Filling out forms/requests – Teams need less meetings to accomplish collaboration – Teams with members in different physical locations can improve communications. – Employees in service roles spend less time fielding requests for documents, forms or information – Speedup processes using automated workflows – More automation, fewer mistakes
- 13. SharePoint ROI Benefits •Cost savings – Reduce printing costs as more documents and memos are distributed electronically internally and externally. – Reduce travel expenses as team can meet and collaborate online – Reduce phone bills – Reduce need for email storage capacity – Less of IT time because users are self-sufficient • Improved visibility into communications and activities in the organization • Improved security and regulatory control
- 14. Big Picture -Intranets
- 15. Intranet Features –Main Page Content on this page is maintained by business users.
- 16. Intranet Features – DepartmentSites Collaborative site with permissions for Department ONLY sections and public sections.
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- 19. Self Service • Forms •HR Benefits • Policy Acknowledgement • Knowledge Centers
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- 28. Development Process IBS usesa Feature Driven Development Approach Dramatic reduction in defects since we implemented this TDD/BDD approach 28
- 29. Development Process (Development Expertise) IterativeApproach • Clients see progress quickly • Changes in scope/requirements can be identified and incorporated quickly • Business users stay engaged and informed • User acceptance is increased • Errors, Bugs, or non-valid assumptions are identified early 29
- 30. Development Process (Development Expertise) Clientinvolvement for successful partnership. • • • • • Business Requirements Iteration review and testing Loading content Final User Acceptance Business User Sponsors 30
- 31. Why IBS? • IBSis committed to long term partnership • IBS has domain knowledge – Long term relationship with similar businesses • IBS has SharePoint and .Net Expertise – Proven successful project delivery – Microsoft certified professionals • Just in time staffing capabilities to meet delivery deadlines 31
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