Lessons Learned By Melinda Douglas

Introduced to SharePoint as Site Admin/User in 2007 SharePoint Farm Admin /Designer/ Power-User /Trainer SharePoint Farm Admin /Designer/ Power-User /Trainer Mother of 5 Wife of 1 Mother of 5 Wife of Years of IT Experience Loves Yoga, Zumba, Social Networking and Family

Migrated Sites to Common Platform: SharePoint 2010 Varied Platforms: HTML, Proprietary CMS, SharePoint Intranet Migration

Facility Buy-In Limited Resources Competing project priorities Communication and Training Challenges

Initiation More communication needed during initiation; Buy-in from the top Perceived as not high priority at the Facilities Scope Scope Creep: Researched using Liferay as the front end ( 4 months of research) Researched Migration path to SharePoint 2013 (3 months of research) Planning Multiple communication, education and project plans abandoned due to complexity Plan changed to treat Project as program and make each facility as it’s own project Execution Initial plans did not include the numerous meetings required for training( ~400 meetings); Competing project priorities and scheduling conflicts increased the duration of the migration

Quarterly Lunch and Learn Demo’s Local HCA SharePoint User Group One-on-One Training

More Resources More Communication More Training Before, During and After Project Implementation