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Dive into creating a robust site structure to enable seamless collaboration among Sales, Marketing, and Bid Management teams under new management. Explore user-centric design, technical considerations, and key takeaways.
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Newcastle SharePoint User Group Information Architecture and Governance Jeremy Hancock (@ozippy) November 2011
Focus for today • Navigation • Site structure for collaboration • Technical considerations
An the problem is? I CAN’T FIND ANYTHING
Site Structure for collaboration • Group task • 10 minutes • Design a site structure
Scenario • “Three previously independent teams (Sales, Marketing and Bid Management) have now come under a new manager named Sue. Sue wants these teams to collaborate together more closely and have better visibility of the activities they are each undertaking. Sue also wants to ensure that she can easily communicate to all team members easily and be confident that they read those communications. Lastly, Sue would like to be easily see everything that is happening across the three teams.”
Considerations that drive site structure • Security • Ownership and Management • Content volume • Content Types • Audience
Technical Considerations • Number of items per view/list • Content Databases • Site Collection Limitations • Types of content • SharePoint 2010 features • Backup and Restore
Key takeaways • Two clicks to anything? • Think like a user (personas) • Involve real users • Undertake user testing • Don’t default to organisational structure • Balance business and technical considerations
Sponsors Welcome http://www.movember.com/m/206149
Links • http://blog.ozippy.com • http://www.shareconference.com/au/ • http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Australia/Tech-Ed-Australia-2011/VOC201 • http://mindjet.com/