Build It and They Will Come:
SharePoint 2013 User Adoption
Stacy L. Deere-Strole
sdeere@focalpointsolutions.co
http://spmindmelt.focalpointsolutions.co
Fun Facts
Yankee Stadium – 1.5B
Great American Ballpark – 290M
Citi Field – 900M
Nationals Park – 611M
Chase Field – 354M
Marlins Park – 550M
Safeco Field – 518M
PNC Park – 216M
Turner Field – 209M
Oakland Coliseum – 25.5M
Angel Stadium – 24M
Dodger Stadium – 23M
Fenway Park – 650K
Wrigley Field – 250K
SharePoint Environment Build Ranges:
12,000 – 150,000
Agenda
• The History
• Where Did We Start?
• Project Kick-off?
• Discovery
• Recommend & Build
• More Statistics
• Following Up
• Initiatives
Where Did We Start?
• Initial Meeting
– Introductions
– Review Scope of Project
– Learn Company Culture
– Learn How They Communicate
– Provide Governance Template
– Agreement to “Step out of your comfort zone”!
Where Did We Start?
Central
Admin,
App &
WFE
SQL
Very lower user
adoption &
understanding
of SharePoint
Where Did We Start?
Project Kick-Off
• Identify & Approve Timelines
• Review Process for Discovery Sessions
– Who to Invite
– Types of Questions
– Ensuring Interaction
– The Promises!!
– Follow-Ups
• Tour the Company
• Formal Communication Plan
• Executive Sponsor MeetingInvolvement
• Getting to know the company & business
Project Team
• Identify Team & Roles
– Executive Sponsor
– Project Manager
– IT Support
– Site Owners
– Consulting Team
Get to know and bond
with team members.
Learn their strengths &
weaknesses…
Discovery
• Getting Honest Responses
• Provide leading questions…
• When they state “I wish it could do x” let them
know it can. If time at end of day I’ll show you.
• Discuss Full Project Involvement
• Executive Sponsor – Step In show support
• Communication
• SDPS Assessment
What Did We Discover
Discoveries
Nobody Trusts The Data Duplication of All Major Processes
Duplication of Data
No Standardizations (Browsers, etc.)
No SLA’s of any kind
Really only use the site for forms…
Graphic Request – Not a true request
No Formal Training
No Governance
No Understanding of AutomationForms
Don’t Trust Reporting
Location inability to utilize tools
Aware there are better ways…
Communication seemed to be a bad word
Contributor Permissions to All Sites
Nobody Aware of Permission Issues
2010 Statistics
78%
38,301
Page Views
SharePoint 2010 Portal
Site Architecture
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Site Architecture
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147
Search Statistics
All Sources Local People Local Sites
Still missing
full AD
Integration
“The historical sense involves a perception, not
only of the pastness of the past, but of its
presence”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
“Disregard for the past will never do us any
good. Without it we cannot know truly who we
are.”
― Syd Moore
Quotes
Keeping Us Moving Forward
I HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION…
NOW WHAT???
Here’s where the fun and the
hard work pays off.
New Architecture
Role Descriptions
Web Front End Servers
Hosts web pages, web services and web parts
necessary to process requests served by the farm
Office Web Apps Server
A separate server product that can serve
SharePoint farms for viewing and editing, and can
provide preview functionality in search results
Service Application Server
Provides the service features of SharePoint such
as Central Administration, Search, User Profiles &
Managed Metadata
SQL 2012 Database Servers
Stores content and service data. Databases can be
clustered or mirrored for failover protection
Service
Application
Server,
Central Admin
SQL 2012 Database Server
Web Front End Server
Office
Web Apps
Workflow Server
DesignDecisions
DesignDecisions
In-Line with Building
a Baseball Stadium
Sites, Navigation, Databases
Oh My!
• Web Applications
• Site Collections
• Navigation
• Content Databases
• Managed Metadata
• Quotas
The Source
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Business Intelligence Cetner
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Business
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Center
Document Centerb6d971fd-
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DocCenter
IT Knowledge Base 39167935-
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IT Knowledge Base
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Report Center b55d5a26-6fcf-
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Resource Centerfdaa6b74-
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Team Sites
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Training
17
Site Architecture & Topology
“This Totally Goes Against
Our Culture!”
― Anonymous
Quotes
Killing a Project Before it Starts
The Source
Usage Statistics (8 Months)
The Source Usage
Month Hits Unique Users
2014-02 55 2
2014-03 3695 416
2014-04 7243 1077
2014-05 7115 1317
2014-06 7950 1320
2014-07 384 56
2014 -08 0 0
2014 – 09 21468 859
Design Usage
Month Hits Unique Users
2014-02 50 6
2014-03 117 24
2014-04 170 52
2014-05 171 72
2014-06 220 84
2014-07 3 2
Marketing Usage
Month Hits Unique Users
2014-02 21 2
2014-03 86 26
2014-04 100 50
2014-05 206 67
2014-06 294 99
2014-07 8 4
2014 -08 0 0
2014 – 09 166 46
Resource Center Usage
Month Hits Unique Users
2014-09 4453 454
2014-10 2082 231
2014-11 596 68
2014-12 961 143
2015-01 930 119
2015-02 553 78
2015-03 1802 150
2015-04 9366 666
Usage Statistics (1Year)
Resource Center Usage
Month Hits Unique Users
2014-09 4453 454
2014-10 2082 231
2014-11 596 68
2014-12 961 143
2015-01 930 119
2015-02 553 78
2015-03 1802 150
2015-04 9366 666
2015-05 6121 557
2015-06 9345 722
2015-07 14266 867
2015-08 18741 903
2015-09 5916 490
2014-09 4453 454
Marketing Usage
Month Hits Unique Users
2014-09 166 46
2014-10 113 29
2014-11 41 7
2014-12 92 20
2015-01 50 17
2015-02 21 7
2015-03 68 19
2015-04 173 67
2015-05 161 53
2015-06 191 66
2015-07 187 72
2015-08 259 74
2015-09 165 52
2014-09 166 46
Usage Statistics (1Year)
The Source Usage
Month Hits Unique Users
2014-09 4453 454
2014-10 2082 231
2014-11 596 68
2014-12 961 143
2015-01 930 119
2015-02 553 78
2015-03 1802 150
2015-04 9366 666
2015-05 6121 557
2015-06 9345 722
2015-07 14266 867
2015-08 18741 903
2015-09 5916 490
2014-09 4453 454
Never Forget to Follow-Up
• Training
• Developers, End Users & Site Administrators
• Governance
• Phase 2 (Backlog)
• Communication
• Responsibilities & Roles
• Provide Tools
Now What?
Automation is a Directive Internet Site Convertion to SharePoint
Technology Standardization Selling Product Online!!
Governance All Locations are Equal
Going Mobile Additional Environments
Feedback
• Training Still Needed
• Accessing & Getting too Information much easier.
• Navigation
• Has Elevated Communication
• Has Elevated Performance
• Excited about Automation
• IT & Strategic Planning are more plugged into the Organization
& our needs
• Critical Date Calendar has really drawn departments closer
together.
Great American Ballpark
User Adoption Quick Win
Corporate Directory
 Skill Searching
 Specialize for your organization
 Get to know your co-works
 Meeting Preparation
 Company & Team Bonding
 System Integration (HR Systems, AD, CRM, etc.)
Out of the Box
By Default
• Full Name
• Title
• Department
Customized
Corporate
Directory!
Template Includes:
• Extension
• Mobile Phone
• Position
• Location
• Email Address
My Thank You
Building a Corporate Directory in Under 10
Minutes
– http://spmindmelt.focalpointsolutions.co/sharepo
int-corporate-directory-in-under-10-minutes-
woot/
– Item_Person_Updated:
– Item_Person_Updated2:
Different View
Want this too?
• HTML & CSS File
• Insert the .html file in
– /catalogs/masterpage/Display
Templates/Search
• On People Search Page, Edit the Core
Results Web Part
• Change Default Template to People Item
(Custom)
• Upload .css file to the Style Library (Must
have publishing enabled).
• Site Settings, Look & Feel, Master Page,
Alternate Stylesheet and attach .css file
uploaded.
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/corporate-directory-sharepoint-search
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@sldeere www.linkedin.com/in/stacydeere/
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SPFest DC Build It and They Will Come Share-Point 2013 User Adoption

  • 1. Build It and They Will Come: SharePoint 2013 User Adoption Stacy L. Deere-Strole
  • 3. Fun Facts Yankee Stadium – 1.5B Great American Ballpark – 290M Citi Field – 900M Nationals Park – 611M Chase Field – 354M Marlins Park – 550M Safeco Field – 518M PNC Park – 216M Turner Field – 209M Oakland Coliseum – 25.5M Angel Stadium – 24M Dodger Stadium – 23M Fenway Park – 650K Wrigley Field – 250K SharePoint Environment Build Ranges: 12,000 – 150,000
  • 4. Agenda • The History • Where Did We Start? • Project Kick-off? • Discovery • Recommend & Build • More Statistics • Following Up • Initiatives
  • 5. Where Did We Start? • Initial Meeting – Introductions – Review Scope of Project – Learn Company Culture – Learn How They Communicate – Provide Governance Template – Agreement to “Step out of your comfort zone”!
  • 6. Where Did We Start? Central Admin, App & WFE SQL Very lower user adoption & understanding of SharePoint
  • 7. Where Did We Start?
  • 8. Project Kick-Off • Identify & Approve Timelines • Review Process for Discovery Sessions – Who to Invite – Types of Questions – Ensuring Interaction – The Promises!! – Follow-Ups • Tour the Company • Formal Communication Plan • Executive Sponsor MeetingInvolvement • Getting to know the company & business
  • 9. Project Team • Identify Team & Roles – Executive Sponsor – Project Manager – IT Support – Site Owners – Consulting Team Get to know and bond with team members. Learn their strengths & weaknesses…
  • 10. Discovery • Getting Honest Responses • Provide leading questions… • When they state “I wish it could do x” let them know it can. If time at end of day I’ll show you. • Discuss Full Project Involvement • Executive Sponsor – Step In show support • Communication • SDPS Assessment
  • 11. What Did We Discover
  • 12. Discoveries Nobody Trusts The Data Duplication of All Major Processes Duplication of Data No Standardizations (Browsers, etc.) No SLA’s of any kind Really only use the site for forms… Graphic Request – Not a true request No Formal Training No Governance No Understanding of AutomationForms Don’t Trust Reporting Location inability to utilize tools Aware there are better ways… Communication seemed to be a bad word Contributor Permissions to All Sites Nobody Aware of Permission Issues
  • 16. Site Architecture http://portal.domain.com/sites/budgets 973a1a1b-7721-4ad3-83a0-1a36a191359f http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget 2010 Budget Notes 5e5068f4-f632-4773-b46d- 5afe6e2135aa 2010 Budget Notes http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/2010 Notes Accounting 1af8a936-550b-4ad5-b78f- 6eec29e80acf Accounting http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/ACCTG Creative 6b2752dd-8df8-45ec-b685- 52d286466864 Creative http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/Creative Design 8594a909-db46-46df-8789- bbfaab8bf00d Design http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/Design Executive e88cded3-edf8-416b-b862- 8efb216d7517 Executive http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/Executive HR 5b823e2c-38b5-427e-83f3-037261821774 HR http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/HR International OPS 0628a2d3-2c08-4315-80d6- 7e480da066fc International OPS http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/IntlOPS IT 29352108-c8cd-4dbd-befd-db6912e86590 IT http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/IT Licensing 5d1dfbcb-312d-40a6-bf19- d248da0dede7 Licensing http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/licensing Marketing a4a5692b-f9dd-414d-97ce- b147a5095aa2 Marketing http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/marketing Marketing2 204cd067-181f-4fe7-ab92- db1239be604c Marketing2 http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/Marketing2 MEXICO 51130554-b6c5-46d7-b2ff- 01c513ccada2 MEXICO http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/MEXICO Outlet Store c653b893-673f-4434-995a- c2550d81eae5 Outlet Store http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/ OutletStore PD 01cdf263-d893-4f84-96e4-1686860fa575 PD http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/PD PD Exec 57d12236-7a9d-419f-bf91- 87093eb7a27b PD Exec http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/PDExec Sales ec1e6feb-fc23-4abc-af24-576d023ebae7 Sales http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/Sales Executive 191612fa-b2dc-4cbc-85e1- e566b39bd061 Executive http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/Sales/ Executive Mass df28d52b-99a9-4953-afd6-46496d525af1 Mass http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/Sales/Mass Specialty 46550f71-db79-43ae-bc7a- 112df00082bb Specialty http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/Sales/ Specialty Target 11bb8547-663b-4ca9-bdca- 509c00ac910f Target http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/Sales/ Target Wal-Mart 8fcb6e8f-aa41-48ce-b1dc- 52de7f8c8c49 Wal-Mart http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/Sales/ walmart Sample Room f8325088-f8ca-409f-8d83- 2b9a9d2cbbf8 Sample Room http://portal.g-a- c.com/sites/ budget/Sample WHSE / Production c4da495a-f3a9-449a-a0a2- 425bb44512e8 WHSE / Production http://portal.g-a-c.com/ sites/budget/WHSE
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  • 19. Search Statistics All Sources Local People Local Sites Still missing full AD Integration
  • 20. “The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence” ― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets “Disregard for the past will never do us any good. Without it we cannot know truly who we are.” ― Syd Moore Quotes Keeping Us Moving Forward
  • 21. I HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION… NOW WHAT???
  • 22. Here’s where the fun and the hard work pays off.
  • 23. New Architecture Role Descriptions Web Front End Servers Hosts web pages, web services and web parts necessary to process requests served by the farm Office Web Apps Server A separate server product that can serve SharePoint farms for viewing and editing, and can provide preview functionality in search results Service Application Server Provides the service features of SharePoint such as Central Administration, Search, User Profiles & Managed Metadata SQL 2012 Database Servers Stores content and service data. Databases can be clustered or mirrored for failover protection Service Application Server, Central Admin SQL 2012 Database Server Web Front End Server Office Web Apps Workflow Server
  • 26. In-Line with Building a Baseball Stadium
  • 27. Sites, Navigation, Databases Oh My! • Web Applications • Site Collections • Navigation • Content Databases • Managed Metadata • Quotas
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  • 32. “This Totally Goes Against Our Culture!” ― Anonymous Quotes Killing a Project Before it Starts
  • 34. Usage Statistics (8 Months) The Source Usage Month Hits Unique Users 2014-02 55 2 2014-03 3695 416 2014-04 7243 1077 2014-05 7115 1317 2014-06 7950 1320 2014-07 384 56 2014 -08 0 0 2014 – 09 21468 859 Design Usage Month Hits Unique Users 2014-02 50 6 2014-03 117 24 2014-04 170 52 2014-05 171 72 2014-06 220 84 2014-07 3 2 Marketing Usage Month Hits Unique Users 2014-02 21 2 2014-03 86 26 2014-04 100 50 2014-05 206 67 2014-06 294 99 2014-07 8 4 2014 -08 0 0 2014 – 09 166 46 Resource Center Usage Month Hits Unique Users 2014-09 4453 454 2014-10 2082 231 2014-11 596 68 2014-12 961 143 2015-01 930 119 2015-02 553 78 2015-03 1802 150 2015-04 9366 666
  • 35. Usage Statistics (1Year) Resource Center Usage Month Hits Unique Users 2014-09 4453 454 2014-10 2082 231 2014-11 596 68 2014-12 961 143 2015-01 930 119 2015-02 553 78 2015-03 1802 150 2015-04 9366 666 2015-05 6121 557 2015-06 9345 722 2015-07 14266 867 2015-08 18741 903 2015-09 5916 490 2014-09 4453 454 Marketing Usage Month Hits Unique Users 2014-09 166 46 2014-10 113 29 2014-11 41 7 2014-12 92 20 2015-01 50 17 2015-02 21 7 2015-03 68 19 2015-04 173 67 2015-05 161 53 2015-06 191 66 2015-07 187 72 2015-08 259 74 2015-09 165 52 2014-09 166 46
  • 36. Usage Statistics (1Year) The Source Usage Month Hits Unique Users 2014-09 4453 454 2014-10 2082 231 2014-11 596 68 2014-12 961 143 2015-01 930 119 2015-02 553 78 2015-03 1802 150 2015-04 9366 666 2015-05 6121 557 2015-06 9345 722 2015-07 14266 867 2015-08 18741 903 2015-09 5916 490 2014-09 4453 454
  • 37. Never Forget to Follow-Up • Training • Developers, End Users & Site Administrators • Governance • Phase 2 (Backlog) • Communication • Responsibilities & Roles • Provide Tools
  • 38. Now What? Automation is a Directive Internet Site Convertion to SharePoint Technology Standardization Selling Product Online!! Governance All Locations are Equal Going Mobile Additional Environments
  • 39. Feedback • Training Still Needed • Accessing & Getting too Information much easier. • Navigation • Has Elevated Communication • Has Elevated Performance • Excited about Automation • IT & Strategic Planning are more plugged into the Organization & our needs • Critical Date Calendar has really drawn departments closer together.
  • 41. User Adoption Quick Win Corporate Directory  Skill Searching  Specialize for your organization  Get to know your co-works  Meeting Preparation  Company & Team Bonding  System Integration (HR Systems, AD, CRM, etc.)
  • 42. Out of the Box By Default • Full Name • Title • Department
  • 43. Customized Corporate Directory! Template Includes: • Extension • Mobile Phone • Position • Location • Email Address
  • 44. My Thank You Building a Corporate Directory in Under 10 Minutes – http://spmindmelt.focalpointsolutions.co/sharepo int-corporate-directory-in-under-10-minutes- woot/ – Item_Person_Updated: – Item_Person_Updated2:
  • 46. Want this too? • HTML & CSS File • Insert the .html file in – /catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Search • On People Search Page, Edit the Core Results Web Part • Change Default Template to People Item (Custom) • Upload .css file to the Style Library (Must have publishing enabled). • Site Settings, Look & Feel, Master Page, Alternate Stylesheet and attach .css file uploaded. http://en.share-gate.com/blog/corporate-directory-sharepoint-search
  • 47. 47 Stacy Deere-Strole @sldeere www.linkedin.com/in/stacydeere/ BLOG: http://spmindmelt.focalpointsolutions.co COMPANY: http://focalpointsolutions.co [email protected]://www.facebook.com/focalpointsolutions

Editor's Notes

  • #8: Riverfront Stadium
  • #14: 78% - Portal Site and Graphic Request
  • #29: Business Intelligence Center Resource Center IT Knowledgebase Report Center Search Center
  • #42: Free up that Administrative Assistant!!