KAVI When Collaboration Isn’t Enough SharePoint and Standards Development September 3, 2009
About Kavi Questions Answers What is SharePoint? Why collaboration isn’t enough Business vs standards Standards-specific applications (Kavi) Agenda
About Kavi 75+ organizations 2,500+ committees 40,000+ member companies 300,000+ users Founded in 1997, Kavi is the leading provider of development and management solutions for standards organizations
Questions: In terms of technology, what does an organization need to effectively develop and manage standards? How might these needs be different than those of non-standards organizations or companies?
A secure, password- protected space for member interaction Answers:
A means of communication with and between members Answers:
Records and archives for audits or legal questions Answers:
A comprehensive voting/balloting component Answers:
A commenting mechanism, with comment resolution indicators Answers:
Meeting attendance tracking and quorum calculations Answers:
Incorporation of organizational policies and procedures Answers:
SharePoint: A Business Solution You can quickly create SharePoint sites that support specific content publishing, content management, records management, or business intelligence needs. You can also conduct effective searches for people, documents, and data, participate in forms-driven business processes, and access and analyze large amounts of business data. From “What is Microsoft SharePoint Server” at
What is SharePoint?: Documents
What is SharePoint?: Groups
What is SharePoint?: Possibilities
What is SharePoint?: Surveys
What is SharePoint?: Workflows
What is SharePoint?: Feedback
What is SharePoint?: Tasks
Why “Collaboration Isn’t Enough” Loopholes in SharePoint for Standards Development
BusinessvsStandards
Which solution is right for you? Individuals within a companyCompanies within an organization Management-drivenConsensus-driven Built on processesBuilt on policies Singular IT infrastructureGlobal IT compatible Focused on the presentMaintenance of the historical BusinessvsStandards
If you answered “Business”...
If you answered “Standards”... Kavi Workspace: Standards Development & Management Solicit and facilitate collaboration Promote and establish consensus Organize and track progress
Kavi Workspace: Documents
Kavi Workspace: Commenting
Kavi Workspace: Balloting
Kavi Workspace: Ballot Archives
Technical (but important!) Differences Best SharePoint features require Microsoft products Software stack and server requirements Deployment and configuration issues Server maintenance and IT overhead No standards-educated support staff
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