“Projectline did a fantastic job in really over-delivering…We were ready to go well ahead of time, and were able to make additional enhancements to the site prior to launch.” Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

SharePoint Site Design and Deployment

Situation: With a pivotal sales and marketing event just a couple of weeks away, the Senior Product Manager in the Microsoft SharePoint Group was challenged with creating a high-quality intranet presence for scorecard data that would drive sales performance for the rest of the fiscal year. The SharePoint Group wanted a strong presentation of geographical and customer-segmented performance metrics in order to establish month-to-month sales goals for the field, and an on-time rollout was critical for getting the necessary attention of SharePoint marketers worldwide. With the fixed deadline looming, the group needed a resource with the agility and expertise to not only launch the site in time, but to equip the group for all post-launch site maintenance and extensibility.

Solution: Establishing transparency and trust right from the start, business intelligence specialists from the SharePoint Solutions division at Projectline owned the commitment to make the deadline. By having the foresight to identify and address project risks early, Projectline’s experienced team was able to guarantee baseline objectives. Using rapid prototyping, Projectline specialists confirmed the project vision with the SharePoint Group, and ensured alignment along the tight timeline as Projectline modeled, tested, revised, and launched the SharePoint Units site. Projectline conducted focused training sessions to prepare the SharePoint Group to further extend and maintain the site after initial completion. Because Projectline skillfully managed the project details, the Senior Product Manager was free to focus on big-picture project optimization and his team’s learning.

Benefits: Due to the concentrated efforts of Projectline specialists, the SharePoint Group was able to bring the site to completion ahead of schedule, allowing time for additional enhancements prior to launch. The site’s timely unveiling drew the necessary attention to the online scorecard, effectively sharing sales metrics with the field and serving as an ongoing forum to communicate the group’s priorities to SharePoint personnel around the globe. The project was a clear success for the SharePoint Group, and has led to plans for further collaboration with Projectline’s business intelligence team.

Results:

• On-time delivery of SharePoint Units site under a tight deadline.
• A high-quality intranet presence for scorecard data with a fully trained in-house staff for site management.
• An internal online forum for communicating sales priorities to SharePoint marketers around the world.

In our client’s words: “We were able to get on the same page very early on, and that led to me not having to worry at all about the execution.”

“I formally launched the SharePoint Units site today to rave reviews. Folks are VERY pleased! That is, everyone except the other metric owners, who now have a higher bar to reach. Thanks again for making the delivery of this so smooth!”