Showcasing Interactive Business Systems' SharePoint projects and capabilities.

1. SharePoint
Capabilities
Fall 2013
Karen Adkins
M: 734-272-5333
KAdkins@ibs.com

2. Today’s Agenda
• Who is IBS?
• The Importance of SharePoint ROI
• IBS’ SharePoint Experience
• Engagement Process
• Next Steps

3. Who we are . . .
$50 Million
Privately Held
Company
200+ Consultants in U.S.
5 Business Units and
3 Development Centers
Strategic Staffing Solutions
Application & Infrastructure
Custom Solutions
U.S. Headquarters,
Oak Brook, Illinois

4. We Provide. . .

5. IBS’ Clients

6. The IBS Advantage
Development
Expertise
Domain
Expertise
Flexible
Engagement
Management
• Senior SharePoint .Net Professionals skilled at working within the
SharePoint Framework
• 100+ completed SharePoint projects
• Proven development processes that work
• Iterative approach that keeps the business involved and seeing results
• Expertise in your business and the SharePoint framework
• Experienced professionals who know the business and can work with the
business users and the team to get results
• We have long term relationship with clients that have similar business
challenges
• Ability to staff up when necessary
• Offshore
• Onsite
• Offsite
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7. Our Solutions Team Makeup
(Development Expertise)
Core Staff (On Shore)
4 SharePoint .Net Architect/Leads
6 Developers
1 UI Person
1 QA Person
1 Tester
2 Project Managers
We have an offshore bench to draw from as well as our
recruiting arm to staff up quickly as needed for projects.
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8. Solution Team Member –
Scott Zischerk
•Net and SharePoint Architect
•15+ Years Experience (6 yrs SharePoint)
•Microsoft Certified for Application
Development and SharePoint
•Strong Infrastructure Knowledge
•Industries - Restaurant, Financial Services, Legal
•SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013 experience
•Major Projects in SharePoint include
•Merger and Acquisition SharePoint Application
•Store Inspection Application
•Product Catalogs
•Migrations from 2007 to 2010 and 2013
•Multiple Intranets

9. Solution Team Member –
Mike Berryman
•Net, SharePoint and Mobile
•5+ Years Experience (5 yrs SharePoint)
•Microsoft Certified for Application
Development and SharePoint
•Industries – Insurance, Restaurant, Manufacturing
•SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013 experience
•Major Projects in SharePoint include
•Store Inspection Application
•Store Opening Checklist
•Multiple Intranets
•Integration with back end systems.
•Knowledge Centers
•Automated Expense Reports

10. Solution Team Member –
Duane Odum
•SharePoint Developer and Admin
•5+ Years Experience
•Strong Business Analyst Skills
•Strong Infrastructure background
•SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013 experience
•Major Projects in SharePoint include
•Migrations from 2007 to 2010 and 2013
•Product Catalogs
•Multiple Intranets
•Knowledge Centers
•Project Tracking Sites

11. Why worry about ROI?
• 50% of the SharePoint installations go live without
a business case & only 23% had financial
justification
• Business case requirement resulted in improved
collaboration, better knowledge sharing and less
content chaos
– Improved Collaboration 45% (AIIM Strategies and
Experience 2010)
– Improved Knowledge Sharing 35%
– Better Mgmt. of Content 25%
– Improved Business Process 22%
• Financial and business justification can be the
difference between a project getting approved and
getting sacked

12. SharePoint ROI Benefits
• Improved productivity
– Each employee spends less time each day:
• Looking for documents
• Filling out forms/requests
– Teams need less meetings to accomplish
collaboration
– Teams with members in different physical locations
can improve communications.
– Employees in service roles spend less time fielding
requests for documents, forms or information
– Speedup processes using automated workflows
– More automation, fewer mistakes

13. SharePoint ROI Benefits
• Cost savings
– Reduce printing costs as more documents and
memos are distributed electronically internally
and externally.
– Reduce travel expenses as team can meet and
collaborate online
– Reduce phone bills
– Reduce need for email storage capacity
– Less of IT time because users are self-sufficient
• Improved visibility into communications and
activities in the organization
• Improved security and regulatory control

14. Big Picture - Intranets

15. Intranet Features – Main
Page
Content on this
page is
maintained by
business users.

16. Intranet Features –
Department Sites
Collaborative site
with permissions
for Department
ONLY sections
and public
sections.

17. Social Features

18. Search

19. Self Service
• Forms
• HR Benefits
• Policy
Acknowledgement
• Knowledge Centers

20. Self Service

21. Client/Agent Portals

22. Client/Agent Portals

23. Client/Agent Portals

24. Task/Project Management

25. Inspections/Applications

26. Enterprise Reporting

27. Enterprise Reporting

28. Development Process
IBS uses a Feature Driven Development Approach
Dramatic reduction in defects since we implemented this TDD/BDD
approach
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29. Development Process
(Development Expertise)
Iterative Approach
• Clients see progress quickly
• Changes in scope/requirements can be identified
and incorporated quickly
• Business users stay engaged
and informed
• User acceptance is increased
• Errors, Bugs, or non-valid
assumptions
are identified early
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30. Development Process
(Development Expertise)
Client involvement for successful partnership.
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Business Requirements
Iteration review and testing
Loading content
Final User Acceptance
Business User Sponsors
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31. Why IBS?
• IBS is committed to long term partnership
• IBS has domain knowledge
– Long term relationship with similar businesses
• IBS has SharePoint and .Net Expertise
– Proven successful project delivery
– Microsoft certified professionals
• Just in time staffing capabilities to meet
delivery deadlines
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32. Next Steps