This online class runs Monday through Friday for 3.5 hours each day from 12:00pm until 3:30pm Eastern Time (GMT -0500). Each day consists of two lectures with follow up Q/A time. Each day we provide students with take-away lab exercises which we expect students to complete on their own time before the next day of class.

Daily Schedule

All times Eastern Time (GMT -0500)

Lecture: 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Q/A time: 1:15pm - 1:30pm
Break: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Lecture: 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Q/A time: 3:15pm - 3:30pm

Class Detailed Agenda

Module 1 - Beginning Your SharePoint Project

How a typical SharePoint project normally goes
Unique challenges for SharePoint projects
Introduction to SharePoint Project Planning and Governance

Module 2 - Key SharePoint Concepts

Lists
Sites vs Site Collection
What is SharePoint?
Business Examples
Commonly-used Terms

Module 3 - Introduction to Governance

What is governance?
Why is governance important?
Creating a governance plan
Defining goals and success criteria

Module 4 - Building the SharePoint Team

Roles of the SharePoint Team
Mapping roles to responsibilities
Building the governance committee
Governance committee responsibilities

Module 5 - Building Information Architecture

What is information architecture?
Taxonomy
Searching vs. Navigating
Governance for IA

Module 6 - Planning for Servers

Server topologies
Development environments
Authentication
Disaster Recovery
Migration
Governance for servers

Module 7 - Planning for Branding

What is branding?
Anatomy of a page
Master Pages vs Themes
Layouts
Branding Considerations
Governance for branding

Module 8 - Setting Expectations

Whose expectations?
What expectations?
Controlling scope
Adding functionality: Customization vs. Development

Module 9 - Planning for Training, Migration, and Post Implementation

Rollout ideas
Training
Role of IT
Transfer of information
Reporting

Module 10 - SharePoint Project and Governance Plan Discussion

General Q & A for SharePoint Project and Governance topics
Applying concepts to your organization
Role of IT
Discuss specific project planning concerns
Share project experiences

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