Do you find yourself in a long-term relationship with SharePoint and it’s just not working?In my session I’ll give you a 10 pointer checklist which can be used to mend your relationship. This will enable you to assess and adjust your current situation and rekindle that love affair. Mundane to Meaningful in No Time!!

1. 10 Tips to mend your broken
relationship with
ShareP int
Tracy van der Schyff
10 October 2015
Cape Town, SA

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3. Relationships
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4. Tracy is an energetic,
hyperactive adrenaline
junkie who sees challenges
/ issues as opportunities
and thrives on improving
processes, environments
and the general quality of
life. Always discovering,
always growing. Her values
are most important to her
of which honesty is the
main ingredient of her
character. http
http://tracyvanderschyff.com
@tracyvds
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tracy-van-der-schyff/43/a5/647
https://www.gtconsult.com/
About Me

5. Do you find yourself in a long-term relationship
with SharePoint and it’s just not working?
In my session I’ll give you a 10 pointer checklist
which can be used to mend your relationship.
This will enable you to assess and adjust your
current situation and rekindle that love affair.
Mundane to Meaningful in No Time!!
Session Info

6. Session Index
• Wandering Eye
• Fighting
• Lack of Communication
• Lying
• Familiarity
• Relationships & Partners
• 10 Steps
• #Ikigai
• GT Consult
@tracyvds

7. Relationships
SO WHAT’S
WRONG
CUPCAKE?

8. Wandering eye
Do you find yourself
constantly attracted
to other platforms, or
even fantasizing
about using other
software?
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9. Fighting
Do you
disagree about
everything,
with no
common
ground?
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10. Lack of communication
Have you stopped
communicating and
can’t seem to bridge
the gaps?
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11. Lying
Do you tell lies
about
SharePoint to
cover up your
own insecurities
/ flaws?
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12. Familiarity
Do you miss how you
felt the first time you
opened your
SharePoint Home
Page? Are you tired of
the same Look and
Feel – month after
month? 10 STEPS

13. Relationships
SO WHAT DOES
THIS HAVE TO
DO WITH
SHAREPOINT?

14. Relationship & Partners
re·la·tion·ship [riˈlāSHənˌSHip]
NOUN
the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are
connected, or the state of being connected:
part·ner [ˈpärtnər]
NOUN
a person who takes part in an undertaking with another or others,
especially in a business or company with shared risks and profits.
com·mit·ment [kəˈmitmənt]
NOUN
the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.:
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15. It’s not personal, it’s business
IT IS PERSONAL
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
Nonsense…
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16. Relationships
Maybe it’s time to make
that commitment and
say…
I D
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17. So what now?

18. Relationships
10 STEPS

19. Relationships
BEFORE WE DO
THIS – LETS RECAP
WHAT WE THINK
IS WRONG.

20. 10 Steps
1. Understand the reasons behind the breakup
2. Renew the commitment
3. Forgiveness is important
4. Change yourself
5. Keep your promises
6. Communication is crucial
7. (re)Define the relationship
8. Keep the fire burning
9. Compatibility & Compromise
10. Growing Together

21. Understand the reasons behind the breakup
ships
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Analysis
Feedback
Document findings
Lessons learnt
Procedures to prevent

22. Renew the commitment
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Make the decision
Put the effort in

23. Forgiveness is important
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Forgive the people and
the solution
Don’t look back / move
forward

24. Change yourself
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Skilled users make
better decisions
and less mistakes
– time to
‘upgrade’
Set your goals,
what do you want
to achieve?

25. Keep your promises
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Manage the expectations
and deliver what you say
you will.
Admit when you’re wrong
Don’t “over-promise”

26. Communication is crucial
@tracyvds
Communicate your
successes and failures,
be honest, celebrate
and give recognition
where due
Share the vision with
users

27. Define the relationship
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Governance plan –
document the
connection, association,
or involvement between
all parties, manage the
expectation. What are the
roles and responsibilities?

28. Keep the fire burning
@tracyvds
Quick Wins
Small iterative changes
Roll out something small and
exciting every month
Newsletters
Campaigns
Community
Forums

29. Compatibility & Compromise
@tracyvds
Is SharePoint not performing
as it should due to external
factors, are all the platforms /
software used compatible?
What can or should
SharePoint NOT do? Can you
reach a compromise?

30. Growing together
@tracyvds
No relationship starts out
perfect.
Perfection is achieved over
time and with overtime
Grow the maturity of your
users while the maturity of
the site grows

31. Relationships
LETS RECAP
THE
10 STEPS

32. 10 Steps
1. Understand the reasons behind the breakup
2. Renew the commitment
3. Forgiveness is important
4. Change yourself
5. Keep your promises
6. Communication is crucial
7. (re)Define the relationship
8. Keep the fire burning
9. Compatibility & Compromise
10. Growing Together

33. Relationships
#ikigai

34. #Ikigai
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35. #Ikigai
@tracyvds
Ikigai (生き甲斐, pronounced
[ikiɡai]) is a Japanese
concept meaning
"a reason for being".
Everyone, according to the
Japanese, has an ikigai.
Finding it requires a deep
and often lengthy search of
self. Such a search is
regarded as being very
important, since it is believed that
discovery of one's ikigai brings
satisfaction and
meaning to life.

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37. Questions
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38. CREDITS
Veronique PALMER
Carl STEIJN
David RANDALL
Quinton VENTER
Bart DE VRIEZE
Francois HUNTER
Lucas VILJOEN
Andre CHAPMAN
Alistair PUGIN
Bradley GELDENHUYS
Dinah COETZER
Jaco CAMPHER
Wouter vd MERWE
Thys FOURIE
Kate ELPHICK
Warren MARKS
Craig TARR
Palesa SIKWANE @tracyvds

39. Take Aways
@tracyvds
• Documentation
• Communication
• Upskill the people
• Keep your finger on the pulse
• Measure
• Plan – do – check - act

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41. Questions
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