EPMS SharePoint Services primarily focuses on the following areas:
SharePoint Deployment Consulting
EPM Solutions consultants have vast experience in planning, designing and implementing effective SharePoint solutions. Without the right plan and execution, the creation and maintenance of SharePoint Solutions can drain valuable resources away. We begins with business analysis, then install and configure SharePoint Server(WSS 2/3, Portal 2003 or MOSS 2007) and SQL Server 2000/2005 in a development environment before developing SharePoint solution, including the high-level taxonomy and look & feel customizations. End user and administrator training as well as documentation will be provided to help clients with the development of good governance and management practices.
SharePoint Envisioning Workshop
SharePoint Envisioning Workshop is a one-day interactive roundtable session with an EPMS SharePoint Consultant. The session is focused on helping you understand if and how SharePoint technology can meet your business needs. The session also provides a case study in your industry or vertical market on how SharePoint and EPMS helped other organizations and the measurable benefits those organizations have received.
Deliverables:
 |
Interactive presentation in a casual environment to transfer knowledge of SharePoint technologies capabilities, functionality, configuration and development |
|
Case Study sharing and presentation |
|
Mapping of your organizational content, workflow and collaboration needs via automated discovery tools and interviews with key personnel |
|
Identification of key business processes necessary to ensure your SharePoint solution will provide sustainable and measurable value to your organization |
|
Evaluation and mitigation of risks of deployment |
SharePoint Need Assessment
EPMS will review and assess the current business and technical landscapes conducting a high level assessment of key areas such as current knowledge management processes, collaboration practices, workflow, and the technical infrastructure.
Assessments are designed to help you make informed decisions to maximize the benefits of SharePoint in your unique environment. At the conclusion of the assessment engagement, EPMS experts will have identified the full scope of solution options and will provide recommendations for maximizing value.
A critical component to deploying a successful SharePoint solution is defining the information architecture or "taxonomy". To help determine a high level taxonomy, EPMS will review the current business landscape with focus around the intranet presence, current document management handling and storage procedures, as well as any other relevant material such as an overall document management strategy, business vision, and business goals/objectives.
Additionally, and just as important, EPMS will assess the current technical landscape including technical infrastructure, directory services, email/messaging, client desktops, and current resource capabilities. This review will allow EPMS to map SharePoint capabilities with your business needs and technical environment.
Deliverables:
|
Comprehensive report which outlines key findings, overall vision of the SharePoint environment, and a recommended path forward strategy |
|
A high-level SharePoint infrastructure design diagram based on the assessment report. |
|
Detailed report of operational and technical risks associated with your current information structure |
|
Risk mitigation recommendations based on EPMS’ proven methodology, expertise and experience |
Information Analysis
An information model establishes the folder structure, naming conventions, categories, attributes, and permissions for storing your information. We can help you adequately analyze your information to implement a model that provides a strategic framework for the storing and retrieving it. We can do all this with the performance of your system in mind.
SharePoint Architecture Design
There are several steps to determining the proper configuring architecture. There are always trade-offs to designing a configuration. It is important to understand what the important criteria are for the organization, including user response time, budgets, growth, short and long term plans, and more.
The successful deployment depends on thorough planning and configuring and creating an accurate set of community, permission and information models. Our deployment services create a framework for organizing, categorizing, and securing information required to manage all aspects of your users’ experience.
Design services lay the path for success by providing a comprehensive and detailed architecture and implementation plan - based on our experienced-driven best practices. At the conclusion of the design engagement you will have a complete understanding of how the solution can be implemented successfully in your environment with minimal end-user disruption.
Pilot Implementation
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 brings together a solid platform for implementation of collaboration, portal, workflow web-forms and content management. Our goal is to improve the way your organization shares information.
Deliverables:
|
A high level report which outlines key findings, overall vision of the SharePoint environment |
|
Content Assessment and Architecture Review – An assessment is conducted of your identified content and collaboration needs. We develop a hierarchy that facilitates information management – this is customized to your business objectives and is flexible to accommodate growth. |
|
Portal Development – A basic portal is developed providing a practical foundation to address the business and technology issues identified during the Content Assessment and Architecture Review. |
|
Portal Pilot – SharePoint server is installed and the solution is implemented and tested in your environment. |
|
SharePoint Portal is operational – An overview of our recommendations and best practices for portal management and governance is provided. |
|
A pilot SharePoint infrastructure design diagram including "As Built" documentation |
SharePoint Server Farm Architecture Consulting
Expanding your SharePoint installation to a server farm can be a daunting task. Making sure your portal is available and responsive to local and remote users should be a primary concern to any organization. Take advantage of our experience in this area and avoid the many pitfalls in this type of project.
SharePoint Consolidation
SharePoint Server can be deployed on a single server or on multiple servers. Teams and departments can install additional SharePoint Server computers and workspaces as required. However, most organizations will want to develop a strategy for integrating, and perhaps consolidating, SharePoint Server computers.
Some companies which have implemented SharePoint found their implementation were not tied into an overall IT strategy. As a result, they have experienced "SharePoint sprawl" - the proliferation of SharePoint throughout the environment as disconnected islands.
SharePoint Consolidation engagement discovers the SharePoint sites and servers within your environment and analyzes the function of each instance. Based on the data collected, combined with your overall requirements and IT strategy, EPMS will design an enterprise-wide SharePoint solution for your organization.
Deliverables:
|
An assessment report which details the SharePoint sites and servers within your environment. |
|
A high level, enterprise-wide SharePoint architecture design |
|
A recommended approach for moving forward. |
|
