Stonebridge’s SharePoint Enterprise Startup is designed to provide organizations with the facts, knowledge and insights needed to make an informed decision about adopting or migrating to SharePoint. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Stonebridge has helped numerous clients assess their SharePoint readiness, plan migrations and upgrades, and develop custom applications built on this powerful platform.
Microsoft SharePoint has become the de facto business collaboration platform for the enterprise, providing a unique set of capabilities within a single unified infrastructure. Its ability to connect the organization, empower information users, establish governance, standardize information management, and integrate with legacy systems can dramatically improve a business’ processes and productivity.
A SharePoint deployment poses significant challenges. In some cases, the platform has overtaken many organizations that were ill-prepared for the rate of growth, the breadth of business user requests, or the requisite support responsibilities that come with an enterprise SharePoint implementation.
The advent of SharePoint 2010 has introduced many new and improved capabilities to users, and the need arises for even more discussion and fact-finding in terms of the “right” way for the platform to work on the organization’s behalf. This issue is not simply that of “Where do we start?” It is “How do we manage SharePoint effectively once we get under way?”
The SharePoint Enterprise Startup engagement enables organizations to improve their SharePoint journey through the applied expertise of Stonebridge, a recognized SharePoint innovator. The result: a comprehensive, client-specific strategic roadmap for the adoption or migration to SharePoint that not only promotes a clear perspective of the possibilities, but also saves time and money in the process.
Tailored to specific client environments
Best practices in information management and systems integration are unquestionably the cornerstones of IT consulting. But Stonebridge also approaches each SharePoint Enterprise Startup engagement with a keen appreciation for the individual client’s unique needs, ongoing challenges, and strategic vision. Our client-centric approach tailors SharePoint 2010 to the needs of your environment, as opposed to employing a generic “prefab” model for companies of all shapes, sizes, and needs.
Stonebridge aligns the SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Startup engagement with a proven consulting methodology that allows clients broad discretion and valuable input into all aspects of the project, including scope definition.
Engagement activities and deliverables
Typical activities and deliverables of a SharePoint Enterprise Startup engagement include:
1. Readiness Assessment – Provides a detailed analysis of the existing business environment, systems landscape, and infrastructure, to identify gaps between the “as is” and the “to be” SharePoint environment.
2. Content Migration Plan – Includes a detailed migration plan for the existing intranet, file shares, and other relevant content repositories onto the SharePoint platform.
3. Systems Integration Plan – Includes integration plans for legacy ECM, ERP, and core line-of-business systems with SharePoint.
4. Infrastructure Plan – Includes a detailed definition and explanation of necessary server, network, and systems management requirements.
5. Complementary Component Recommendations – Includes recommendations for SharePoint-compatible third-party tools and applications to extend SharePoint to the necessary endpoints in the customer’s environment.
6. Deployment Decisions – Explores delivery of SharePoint content and functionality through mobile devices (phone, PDA, tablet), to public audiences (via the Internet), to secured audiences (as an extranet), and as an off-premises resource (via “the Cloud”).
7. Implementation Roadmap & Project Plan – Synthesizes the results of the assessment and related deliverables in order to form a customer-specific step-by-step roadmap for adoption of or migration to SharePoint.
These activities and deliverables are part of the overall enterprise approach for SharePoint adoption and implementation employed by Stonebridge.
For more information about the SharePoint Enterprise Startup and how Stonebridge can help you along your SharePoint journey, please contact us via our Web form or by e-mail at info@sbti.com.