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ARMY LESSONS LEARNED Kathleen Kirk Vice President Northeast Federal Operations DSA, Inc. Kathleen.kirk@dsainc.com. US ARMY PEO C3T MilTech Solutions. Army Materiel Command (AMC) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) - ASA (ALT)
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ARMY LESSONS LEARNEDKathleen Kirk Vice PresidentNortheast Federal Operations DSA, Inc.Kathleen.kirk@dsainc.com
US ARMY PEO C3T MilTech Solutions • Army Materiel Command (AMC) • Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) - ASA (ALT) • Communications and Electronics Command Lifecycle Management Command (CECOM LCMC) • Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) • Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) • Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC) • Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO CBD) • NETCOM – APG NEC • Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T) • PEO Enterprise Information Systems(PEO EIS) • PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) • PEO Soldier • PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS) • PEO Integration More than 500 sites supporting 20,000 users
LESSONS LEARNEDFOR SUCCESS • THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE IS NOT THE TOOL, OR EVEN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOOL… • IT IS CULTURE AND ADOPTION
ARCHITECTURE • Three distinct environments: • Test/DREN, Staging, and Production • Fully redundant (load balancing and failover) • Integrated SharePoint and Microsoft Office Project Server • Authentication requires a unified active directory • Add-on tools for backup and restore • Add-on tools for virus scanning • Add-on tools and separate architecture for migrations (2003-2007 and 2007-2010)
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION • Focus on IA approved web parts (ex. Bamboo) to limit custom development/costs • Select an effective Search Tool • Tool needed for IA code review for web parts: Fortify • Have a central location for user information: • POCs, Web Parts/App Store, Training, & Lessons Learned https://wiki.kc.us.army.mil/wiki/Sharepoint
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION • Use three main types of SharePoint sites: My Sites, Publishing Sites, and Team Sites MySites Replace Shared Drives and Provide Social Networking/Knowledge Sharing
GOVERNANCE • Development and implementation of formal governance and procedures • Roles & Responsibilities • Automated New Site Request, Review and Approval Process • Baseline Definition (Size, Number of Users) • Information Assurance and PII • PII • Security Scans • Restricted File Types • Spillage Procedures • Metrics: Site Storage Allocation/Usage Statistics