How to become the perfect SharePoint / Office 365 Business Analyst

Matthew J. Bailey

The session for the SharePoint / Office 365 guy or gal who doesn’t quite fit in anywhere else in the world of SharePoint & Office 365. You may work with end users, manage sites, help others or meet with users discussing their business needs and documenting how to build a project that fulfils their needs. Perhaps you have to test, assist others with figuring out what they want from SharePoint or help manage a project move along and coordinate everything happening among all stakeholders. Requirements, improvements, architecting, possibilities, UAT, support, governance, security, basic administration, support, power-user development and light administration all seem to fall into this new “job title” that is one step short of a “SharePoint / Office 365 jack of all trades”. After working with SharePoint for 10 years and Office 365 for over 4 years, I am happy to share a remarkable accumulation of tips that will give you a jump start in making every project SharePoint / Office 365 project or site you work on a success.

Nate’s Take :

Matthew has a new book, The SharePoint Business Analyst Guide, which contains much of the info shared in this session. It’s currently the #1 new release in Microsoft Project Guides on Amazon. As a SharePoint Business Analyst myself, I was interested in seeing what methods I could employ to improve my performance. Matthew defines success and the role of a SharePoint Business Analyst which is basically “the job of 5 people”. He shares great advice like making sure you have a test environment, adhering to a structured methodology, having a full toolbox (and recommends 24 tools from his own), and illustrating your project requirements and status to stakeholders with compelling visualizations and data..

Nate Chamberlain, SharePoint Business Analyst.

I’ve also written a book:

I’ve recently published a book on how to become a competent SharePoint Business Analyst. This drills into many of the topics I covered in this very session. To find out how to purchase the book on Kindle. PDF or paperback please go here.

You will learn:

  • The importance of knowing your SharePoint / Office 365 environment.
  • Requirement documents of all types to assist you in having successful project outcomes.
  • The importance of spending time up-front prototyping and meeting with users instead of just “diving in” and trying to repair it all later.
  • Real-world examples of having to be a person wearing many different hats with SharePoint & Office 365.
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