Every organization has its own unique goals. For example, a business might have a yearly revenue goal while a school may focus on their graduation rate. Whatever the scenario, it’s important you have an analysis tool in place to help you reach the goals you set each day, month, and year. Key Performance Indicators, also known as KPI, help an organization define and measure progress toward organizational goals in a structured and timely way. Microsoft SharePoint makes goals much easier to reach through browser-based...

Trying to meet pre-defined objectives of upper management and making sure each team member is accountable for specific tasks can be tiring. Services within Microsoft SharePoint can help everyone in your organization make complete and informed decisions that align with company wide objectives. As you already know, scorecards, dashboards, and KPIs can help drive accountability. Integrated analytics also help employees move quickly from monitoring information to analyzing it and, when appropriate, sharing it throughout...

A saying I like to live by is “Don’t recreate the wheel”. This is a reminder for me not to make other’s mistakes if they’ve already been made. So in order to streamline your learning process for Microsoft SharePoint, we’ve combined a few of the most frequently asked questions about SharePoint Server 2010: Question: I don’t want all my users to create mysites and/or use social features. How can I accomplish this? Answer: The “Manage User Permissions” link (under “People” category)...

Streamline Project Management with SharePoint 2010 Management of any project requires a few basic fundamentals, such as organization, proper timelines, and accurate documentation. Document Sets within SharePoint 2010 help ensure organized document management, reducing the chance of error and ultimately streamlining every step of your project. Document Sets are like folders that enable collaboration on related documents without having to create a new document library or site. Let’s take a look at two features of Document...

  The capabilities of SharePoint 2010 work together to help your company quickly respond to changing business needs. With SharePoint 2010, you can share ideas and expertise, create custom solutions for specific needs, and find the right business information to make better decisions. Many of you may still be working with 2007, and do not have insight into the new enhancements of 2010. Let’s take a look at 5 of the top new features of SharePoint 2010: 1. Enhanced SharePoint Designer—Microsoft SharePoint Designer...