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.
