Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance is the first book to offer practical and action-focused SharePoint governance guidance based on consulting experiences with real organizations in the field. It provides the quintessential governance reference guide for SharePoint consultants, administrators, architects, and anyone else looking for actual hands-on governance guidance. This book goes beyond filling in a governance document template and focuses entirely on actions to take and behaviors to adopt for addressing real-world governance challenges. Walks you through how to define what SharePoint offers and who is involved Offers key governance strategies for you to adopt or advise to your customers Provides real-world examples that apply each governance concept to an actual scenario What you’ll learn Define a scope to offer SharePoint as a service to an organization Specify roles and responsibilities involved in a SharePoint service Envision and strategize a SharePoint roadmap Plan for growing and upgrading a SharePoint environment Measure and report on performance metrics Set boundaries for development standards and testing processes Who this book is for Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance is for SharePoint consultants,administrators, architects, and anyone else looking for actual hands-on governance guidance. It is an excellent choice for people who like action-focused concepts or who want to go beyond documentation and theory. This book is a fantastic choice for anyone looking for agile ideas to put into practice without necessarily embarking on a lengthy governance exercise upfront. Table of ContentsPart I: Orientating SharePoint Governance 1. Understanding SharePoint Governance Part II: Defining the SharePoint Service 2. Defining Your SharePoint Service and Service Tiers 3. Determining Your SharePoint Features and Functionality 4. Establishing Your Team's Roles and Responsibilities 5. Shaping Your User Readiness and Training 6. Measuring and Reporting on Your SharePoint Service Performance Part III: Expanding the SharePoint Service 7. Creating Your SharePoint Roadmap 8. Promoting a Feedback Process 9. Managing Your SharePoint Demand Funnel 10. Growing Your SharePoint Service 11. Preparing for SharePoint Upgrades and Patches Part IV: Customizing the SharePoint Service 12. Committing Sponsorship and Ownership of Customizations 13. Facilitating and Isolating End-User Customizations 14. Designing Your Development Standards and Testing Processes 15. Framing Your Information Architecture and UI Standards 16. Coordinating Your Code Promotion and Release Processes 17. Rapid Concepts

Practical SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Content Management is the first book to guide you through planning and designing each phase of your information life cycle with SharePoint 2013. Author and SharePoint expert Steve Goodyear walks you through how to analyze and plan enterprise content management (ECM) solutions for an effective and end-to-end information design based on your organization’s needs and business requirements. Inside, you will develop a full understanding of how SharePoint 2013 manages content including identifying and understanding your organization’s information within SharePoint, collaborating on transitory content, and capturing and controlling your records. You'll get practical advice and best practice instruction for each phase of the information life cycle to guide you on designing your ECM strategy and implementing your own ECM solution. You learn how to: Apply a content life cycle model to analyze and understand your organization's information Design your file plan with content routing rules for your SharePoint records repository Plan and configure your eDiscovery portal and manage discovery cases Design solutions to interface and integrate with external records management systems Identify your organization's information security requirements Design content types and implement an enterprise content type hub to organize your information Practical SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Content Management is for you if you are a SharePoint architect, administrator, consultant, or project manager, and you implement SharePoint solutions that relate to one or more aspects of the information life cycle involved with ECM.

The Only Book That’s 100% Focused on Maximizing the Business Value of SharePoint 2013 Essential SharePoint® 2013 approaches Microsoft SharePoint 2013 from a strict business value perspective, helping you plan and implement solutions that achieve effective business results. Leading SharePoint experts draw on their unsurpassed experience to provide business-focused guidance on strategy, governance, planning, deployment, and more. You’ll find in-depth insights for success with collaboration, knowledge and content management, governance, and user adoption. The authors help you choose features, organize information, define security models, and launch your solution. They present best practices for search, workflow, business intelligence, and integrating information from Office 2013 and beyond. Each chapter includes a section introducing new SharePoint 2013 capabilities, from improved site branding to native iPhone mobile apps. Throughout, the authors identify success factors, intangibles, and “gotchas,” helping you reduce risk and time-to-value. Learn how to • Ask the right questions to craft a plan that maximizes business value • Efficiently deploy either “green field” solutions or upgrades • Integrate web, Office, and mobile devices into a comprehensive collaboration solution • Plan effective governance of content, operations, and applications • Deliver enterprise content management, integrating documents, data, web content, and rich media • Use search to help find the right knowledge and people • Measure and optimize user adoption to increase ROI • Evaluate the cloud-based SharePoint Online option • Use social tools to promote deeper user interaction • Collaborate and communicate with customers, partners, and suppliers • Quickly create agile solutions with mashups and composites Whether you’re a business leader, IT manager, architect, analyst, developer, or consultant, this book will help you tightly align SharePoint projects with business strategy to deliver outstanding results.

Deliver a successful SharePoint solution to your organization Take control of the complex requirements for delivering a SharePoint 2013 solution to your organization. Led by a SharePoint MVP specializing in SharePoint service delivery, you’ll learn proven methods to help you prepare for a smooth adoption and governance process throughout the enterprise. This guide is ideal for IT professionals, including service delivery managers, project and program managers, and business analysts. Discover how to: Align your SharePoint solution with organizational goals and business priorities Engage executive sponsors, stakeholders, and SharePoint champions Provide detailed plans and schedules for an effective, structured delivery Build a team with appropriate roles to match delivery requirements Prepare user adoption, training, and communication plans, with clear business rules and policies Plan ongoing platform governance, service releases, and solution maintenance Build effective customer service models and provide SharePoint support

Mass Customization examines the business opportunities, considerations, and challenges manufacturers in various industries must weigh before committing to the significant investment in machinery and software needed to go to mass customization. For manufacturers who decide that it’s time to take the plunge, the author describes the proven methods and latest technologies for making mass customization work seamlessly and profitably on the factory floor. Mass customization—the automated manufacturing bespoke products, profitably combining the low unit costs of mass production with the flexibility of building custom products to order—has been touted as the next big thing for more than a quarter of a century. Until recently, however, mass customization made only modest inroads in a few industries. Now, the convergence of new ICT and manufacturing technologies with traditional CNC technologies means that mass customization’s moment has arrived for breaking out into a wide range of industries. Hans Kull is an engineer and mathematician who applies his expertise in combinatorial optimization, programming, and engineering to devising end-to-end automated solutions for mass customization, automating and optimizing all processes—from bespoke parts supply, order processing, production, and waste minimization to packing and delivery. He shares with his readers practical lessons for making mass customization succeed, case studies from various industries, and an insider’s vision of the business implications of mass customization’s coming of age.

Productive SharePoint Collaboration is the first book to focus on helping end-users thrive using their SharePoint team site to collaborate and share information. This book takes you through the different features available in your team site, including the best ways to share and collaborate on documents, team calendars, blog posts, and other SharePoint site features. Throughout this book, you will receive expert guidance on planning and enabling your team to collaborate by leveraging the capabilities available in your SharePoint team site. This book walks you through each primary site feature to guide you and build your skills, ultimately so you and your team can thrive collaborating together. After reading this book, you will know how to: • Collaborate effectively with your team using SharePoint sites • Share and manage documents, images, and other file types • Communicate with your team using blogs, wikis, and announcements • Apply branding to your site and edit your site’s welcome page • Manage security and permissions for your site’s users

Productive SharePoint Collaboration is the first book to focus on helping end-users thrive using their SharePoint team site to collaborate and share information. This book takes you through the different features available in your team site, including the best ways to share and collaborate on documents, team calendars, blog posts, and other SharePoint site features. Throughout this book, you will receive expert guidance on planning and enabling your team to collaborate by leveraging the capabilities available in your SharePoint team site. This book walks you through each primary site feature to guide you and build your skills, ultimately so you and your team can thrive collaborating together.

With 85% new and revamped content from a team of long-time enterprise SharePoint consultants, this book will help the reader focus on the SharePoint features, capabilities, and applications that offer the most real-world value.The authors give practical advice for succeeding with content management, business intelligence, and process improvement, and for deriving value from SharePoint 2013's most significant new innovations.

Solve your content management problems efficiently with Microsoft SharePoint Meet the challenges of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) head on, using rich ECM features in SharePoint 2013. Led by two ECM experts, you’ll learn how to build a solid information architecture (IA) for managing documents, knowledge, web content, digital assets, records, and user-generated content throughout your organization. With examples and case studies based on the authors’ real-world experience, this practical book is ideal for CIOs, marketing executives, project managers, and enterprise architects. Discover how to: Design a scalable, easy-to-use content management repository Build an ECM team with specific project governance roles Gain stakeholder support for project and change management Foster user adoption by clarifying general IA concepts Organize content using SharePoint records management tools Configure content types, managed metadata, and site settings Examine processes for managing paper-driven vs. digital content Apply best practices for deploying SharePoint ECM features Support risk management and compliance regulations

Get to grips with Office 365 through in-depth tutorials and insights from leading experts. Topics covered include Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Skype Online, and more. This deeply technical book tackles key aspects of online collaboration and business productivity within Office 365. Expert Office 365 is written by a dedicated team of Microsoft Premier Field Engineers (PFEs), and captures advice, best practices, and insights from their experience in the field. What You’ll Learn Develop client Web Parts with the new SharePoint Framework Create a recovery plan for SharePoint Online Configure SharePoint Online Hybrid Search and Portals Configure and optimize Exchange Online Optimize collaboration in your organization through analytics insights Who This Book Is For Senior IT pros and developers who wish to master business productivity within Office 365. This book is aimed at organizations that are already on Office 365 or that are currently planning their migration to the cloud.