CAPE TOWN13 SEPTEMBER 2014
Is SharePoint more about Business than IT?
Menke Bonnema
About Me
o Menke Bonnema
o Senior Business Analyst at bSOLVeo Claremont, Cape Towno Riding mountain bikes…
o Why I got into SharePoint
SharePoint
A Business System Implemented by IT
SharePoint
A Business System Implemented by ITITCo.
Where is SharePoint taking IT?
We need to build a house in the desert
“This isn’t what I expected…”Many a Customer
“Well, it wasn’t in the requirements doc…”
Many a Developer
The challenges for IT
IT Consensus across the entire organisation
TrainingChange Management
Governance
Requirements Gathering
The changing role of IT
Effecting Business Change
Implementing Systems &
Effecting Business Change
What can we focus on:
A. Business Consulting
B. Closer Solution Discovery
Business Consulting
“People don’t know what they don’t know.”
Closer Solution Discovery
ITCo.Requirements
?
Closer Solution Discovery
ITCo.
Requirements
Co.
Closer Solution Discovery
$ More expensive in the beginning
BUT…
Development is quicker and smoother
Less Refinements
Greater buy in from leaders & staff
More accurate fit
Closer Solution Discovery
What is the price of failure?