#spsdc transitioning into sharepoint careers (sharepoint saturday dc)

SharePoint Saturday

Charlotte

Topic: Transitioning into SharePoint Careers

Presented by:

Shadeed Eleazer, MCTS

6:00pm – 7:00pm             Networking Ho7:00pm – 7:15pm             Group Overview/ Introductions 7:15pm – 7:30pm Group Sign-Ups/ Open Discussion    7:30pm – 8:15pm             Craig Jester  – Content Types 8:15pm – 8:30pm             Closing Remarks

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SharePoint Saturday DCTopic:

Transitioning Into SharePoint Careers

Presented by:

Shadeed Eleazer, MCTS

6:00pm – 7:00pm             Networking Ho7:00pm – 7:15pm             Group Overview/ Introductions 7:15pm – 7:30pm Group Sign-Ups/ Open Discussion    7:30pm – 8:15pm             Craig Jester  – Content Types 8:15pm – 8:30pm             Closing Remarks

Sponsors:Emagination (Food/Location)Corasworks (Site Resources)

Meet the Speaker

US Navy Veteran Co-founder Baltimore SharePoint User Group • Build, Test, Configure, and Deploy SharePoint

Solutions • Extensive enterprise SharePoint backup and

recovery experience• SharePoint Cloud Services support • Configuration management and SharePoint

policy, process and procedure implementation

Introduction (Continued)

Baltimore SharePoint User’s Group Documenting Science of Collaboration www.baltimoresug.org http://collaborpedia.com/blogs

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Transitioning into SharePoint Careers

What You Should Know

What You Don’t Know

What You Do Know

Objectives

How’d You Get Started in SharePoint?

Tag……….You’re “It”

•SharePoint pilot rolled out and you’re the “guy/gal”

•Required to manage SharePoint in addition to multiple roles in your org

•Introduced to a platform and technology that you are not familiar with. •The learning curve begins

My Story

RF Engineer Ship to Shore Communications HF/UHF/SHF freq rangesTech Control

From Tasks to Career Mastery

•Discovery •Research •Implementation•Professionalism

If I could re-learn SharePointWhere would I start?

Understanding SharePoint Perspectives

What are the perspectives of the following roles?

Administrators Developers Project Managers

Understanding SharePoint Perspectives

Understanding SharePoint Perspectives

Developer:

• Must understand SharePoint platform overall• Has the greatest understanding of SP Platform• Must leverage framework to deliver new solutions

Understanding SharePoint Perspectives

Understanding SharePoint Perspectives

Administrator: • Views SharePoint from “Platform – Up”• Often has the most difficulty adapting to additional roles

due to viewing SharePoint in similar view as traditional IT roles. • What key areas does a SP Admin actually administer?

Understanding SharePoint Perspectives

Understanding SharePoint Perspectives

Project Manager:

• Suffers the most in the SharePoint learning curve• Must understand roles and responsibilities in order to

successfully manage tasks and resources• Do Project Managers need to know SharePoint at a

minimum to successfully manage projects?

Understanding SharePoint Perspectives0-60 Getting Up to Speed (Strategies):

• Case studies and use cases leveraging SharePoint • Set up virtual environment w/“bells and whistles”• Clearly communicate roles and responsibilities of each

team member • Clearly communicate timelines on expected deliverables• Meet after completion of each project. Discuss lessons

learned on deliverables

Understanding Roles/Responsibilities

Managing Gray Areas

SharePoint Role Most Needed Improvement

Project Manager Understanding of SP from Power User Perspective

Administrator Understanding of .NET framework, connections, and development tools

Developer Increase transparency in coding process, coordinate with admins, create user friendly documentation

Mapping Skillsets to Career PathsJob Title Entry Point Career Path

Network Administrator

Administrator SP Engineer Infrastructure Architect

Web Developer Developer SP Designer Senior Developer

Business Analysts

AdministratorSP Business Analyst

Project Management Account Management

SharePoint Tomorrow

• New challenges require new approaches and thought processes

• Social Networking fundamentals in the enterprise

• Business Intelligence and the SharePoint Administrator?

• Roles / positions re-defined. Expectations raised for Senior SharePoint professionals

• SharePoint Administrator will continue to merge with designer/junior Dev roles

SharePoint Certifications

Certifications: The Double Edged Sword

•Are they a requirement for employment?•Should I get certified without having the actual platform knowledge?•How are companies viewing certifications?•Will the release of SharePoint 2010 make MOSS/WSS certs “outdated”?

SharePoint Certifications Impact

Fact: Higher end certified consultants can command higher $$$ based on several factors•Certs display initiative and drive towards being top-notch professional•In consulting world, clients feel confident in hiring consultants w/ certs

SharePoint Certifications Impact•Certs are a plus, and are the exception not norm or standard (yet)•SharePoint practices are pushing professionals to obtain certs as performance metrics •If working in small workcenters/teams – great way to set yourself apart

SharePoint Certifications Impact•Certs are a plus, and are the exception not norm or standard (yet)•SharePoint practices are pushing professionals to obtain certs as performance metrics •If working in small workcenters/teams – great way to set yourself apart

The Base SharePoint 2007 Certs

•70-630 – TS Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Configuring •70-631 – TS Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring •70-541 – Microsoft WSS 3.0 Application Development •70-542 – Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 •Application Development

Transitioning from Good to Great

What separates those who are good from those who are great?

Good Professional Great SP Professional

I don’t know I will find out

This is beyond my skillset Based on your requirements, I can solve business need A, B, C, and coordinate to complete D, E, F

Reacts to new changes and releases

Actively implementing new releases and sharing results with community

Mastering the SharePoint Platform

•There are no experts. Only specialists•The more you learn, the more you realize what you don’t know •Review case studies of SP Deployment•Get involved in your local SP community

Sources

For more information:

Shadeed Eleazer

mr.shadeed@gmail.com

To join Knowledge Base:

knowledge@baltimoresug.org

Sources

www.microsoft.com

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