Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Surprise Revisited

Remember a little more than a month ago I posted a thought about surprising IT? Well, back then I offered some advise to help streamline the development process and deliver value to the business. It wasn't a difficult project, and I can really prove it.

A person had been working on that project for 2 months before I ever found out about it. I made some suggestions and gave them space and time to develop the solution. That all ended last night when I was called into a meeting and asked to put my money where my mouth was. I told them last night that what they needed was two hours of work. The previous developer worked for more than 3 months.

I met with the Subject Matter Expert at 7:30 this morning. We spent 30 minutes discussing and gowing over the requirement. I asked her two questions between 8 and 9:00. At 9:30 am. I sat with the SME to demo the completed product. Two hours I met the requirement and gave the business exactly what they wanted and needed.

SharePoint is so easy it is dangerous. If you aren't good at developing webparts, you need to learn it. It is the new foundation upon which processes are built.

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