What's Your Flavor? A SharePoint Suitable for Every Taste

The ubiquity of SharePoint® is a given. Its functionality and ease of deployment guarantee its popularity. But which flavor of “SharePoint” does your organization have? Has the same version been implemented throughout your company? Is it possible to govern SharePoint deployments company-wide? Without a strategic information architecture, implementations result in site sprawl, a lack of governance, misalignment with business processes and requirements, and content duplication.

This session will tackle how to avoid these pitfalls in SharePoint implementation and deployment. The presenters will guide you through these challenges by helping you understand where your company lies on the SharePoint maturity model, as well as reviewing various deployment methods that helps you make sense of your various work phases. You will also be introduced to the Access Sciences PertempoTM framework within the SharePoint ecosystem that helps some of the world’s largest companies maintain proper governance across their enterprise.

Anne is President and CEO of Access Sciences Corporation. Anne has more than 20 years of experience improving how organizations use information and technology. She has worked domestically and internationally, serving a variety of industries including energy, chemicals, utilities, financial services, health care, manufacturing, retail, and consumer products. In addition to guiding and advising on information management and technology programs for clients, Anne spent many years implementing ERP programs, data warehousing technology, and early generation company portals. Anne is a member of several industry organizations and also serves on the board for AIIM International, Southwest Chapter. She has been published numerous times and routinely speaks at industry events on information management, technology, and organization change topics. Anne received her bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Glen is a Managing Director at Access Sciences Corporation with more than 20 years experience as an information technology professional helping clients solve business problems at both enterprise and departmental levels. Glen has extensive experience with project and account management, requirements analysis, business process analysis, and systems architecture design and reengineering. He is skilled at working with application integration and interface specification while achieving cost reduction and operational optimization. Glen has extensive experience in the petrochemical, transportation, utility, e-commerce, and government fields. Glen holds a bachelor of science degree in Computer Sciences from the University of Houston.