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Event Overview

Microsoft SharePoint is one the fastest growing software products. If your organization uses SharePoint, you need a strategy for it. With a vast array of functions for collaboration, content management, Web applications and portals, and workflows, SharePoint is a potentially powerful new development platform. However, with its high potential come risks, ranging from information chaos to security breaches to new budget-busting requirements for IT. The difference between success and failure is proper positioning of SharePoint within your existing software fabric, as well as strategies for collaboration and application development.

In this workshop, benefit from the latest research on best practices for deploying, managing, and leveraging SharePoint within your organization. Forrester analysts focus on helping you learn how to position this new class of middleware into your application and collaboration platform. Use cases describing successful adoption are highlighted.

During this full day of presentations, hands-on exercises, and discussions, Forrester analysts will teach you how to:

• Prepare for a new type of support organization. Achieving business value with SharePoint investments requires methodical strategic planning to minimize risk and maximize potential benefits; and also requires you to reach out and work with numerous roles within your organization. Learn the key roles needed on your team for successful SharePoint deployment, development, configuration, and governance.
   
• Position SharePoint within your overall application strategy. SharePoint supports two development methods: development in SharePoint, and development for SharePoint. Understand the pros and cons of each method and the gaps in the product that your SharePoint strategy must address.
   
• Develop a user-generated applications policy. SharePoint's multilevel development environment holds appeal and opportunity for everyone, which puts I&KM professionals at risk for a chaotic environment that compromises the reliability of critical applications. We will teach you how to avoid these risks by developing policies that empower users, reduce the burden on IT, and respect the larger computing environment.
   
• Plan your governance regime. Many application development groups use informal governance that will be insufficient for managing SharePoint development. And as SharePoint collaboration sites spread, they pose a risk to information security and decorum. Learn best practices for defining and implementing an information governance policy in a SharePoint environment.
   
• Maximize your return on investment. With SharePoint's variety of applications, it can be difficult to reach a consensus within your organization on which features to use. Discuss with your peers your experiences in utilizing SharePoints features and its potential uses in the future.
   

Who Should Attend?

• Information & Knowledge Management professionals looking to leverage SharePoint as a core component for collaboration and business content services
• Application Development & Program Management professionals interested in using SharePoint as a higher-level development and application deployment platform
• Enterprise Architecture professionals looking to fit SharePoint into the architecture strategy for the enterprise and understand the best practices for its architecture

Why Attend?

• Work closely with Forrester analysts. Attendance is limited to maximize client-analyst interaction.
• Understand the trends and technologies that matter most to your role, so you'll be able to make informed decisions and gain a competitive advantage.
• Complete hands-on exercises applying the same methodologies that Forrester analysts use for their own research.
• Network with peers facing similar goals and challenges.
• Leave with an action plan and strategy that will generate new growth for your company.