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Richard Harbridge

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Senior SharePoint Evangelist, Consultant, Business Analyst, Allin Consulting

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"Know what you know, know what you don't know, and never confuse the two." - The MCM Motto

Over the past 7 years I have had the pleasure of working extensively with SharePoint as an end user, developer, administrator, architect ...

"Know what you know, know what you don't know, and never confuse the two." - The MCM Motto

Over the past 7 years I have had the pleasure of working extensively with SharePoint as an end user, developer, administrator, architect, business analyst, and consultant. In this time I defined, architected, developed, and implemented well over a hundred SharePoint solutions from small implementations of WSS on a single server, to 80,000+ user implementations in international organizations.

Technology, challenges, and business are the things I am most passionate about. These passions have resulted in me working with truly fantastic people who I admire, and respect for their dedication, intelligence, and generosity. I absolutely love learning, and have found that people seem to love teaching, sharing, and helping as much as I do. As a result I have a habit of getting involved in a great many community events (organizing and presenting) which always leave me a bit smarter, stronger, more humbled and better off.

Here are some of the topics I have spoken about (with great love and passion):
* SharePoint as an Innovation Platform
* SharePoint Success (How To Be Successful with SharePoint)
* SharePoint Governance
* Managing SharePoint
* Social in SharePoint 2010
* Leveraging Social Concepts within the Enterprise
* ROI, TCO, and Measurement
* User Adoption, Training and Support
* Career Development (how to stand out creatively)
* And many more…

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July 25, 2011

Richard Harbridge and 3 other people answered this question at this roundtable

SharePoint in the Cloud: Evaluating Impact, Pros and Cons [7/21 @ 11 am]

K-12 Enterprise -- need to set up Sharepoint (fast/cheap) -- in house or Office 365?

Depends on the purpose of your implementation. Many School Boards we work with in the k-12 space actually integrate SharePoint heavily with other student reporting systems to surface information to School Board staff, School staff, Teachers, Students, or Parents. How much integration is involved typically ... more

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July 21, 2011

Richard Harbridge and 3 other people commented on a roundtable

SharePoint in the Cloud: Evaluating Impact, Pros and Cons

Awesome Panel! Thanks again to speakers and attendees! Hope you found it valuable - feel free to request other topics! more

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July 20, 2011

Richard Harbridge and 3 other people answered this question

Some elements of “dream jobs” are universal (e.g: pay). What are some of your unique elements?

1. Flexibility. So that it can change as you change and your interests/passions evolve or mature.
2. Support. Getting support to do whatever it is you are passionately pursuing in your dream job. The more support, the more you can accomplish. This can be both from ... more

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July 20, 2011

Richard Harbridge and 4 other people answered this question

What are the top 3 mistakes often made when managing SharePoint?

1. No clear business objectives, goals, or benefits being achieved as a result of using SharePoint.
If you can't easily prove (or clearly show) that SharePoint is providing business benefit it will not be possible to get the resources you need to manage and make SharePoint ... more

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July 5, 2011

Richard Harbridge and 2 other people answered this question

What are the benefits of using Sharepoint's Managed Metadata Service?

Totally the opposite but there has been a bit of effort on consolidating the limitations (potential cons) of using Managed Metadata Service here: http://www.sharepointanalysthq.com/2011/06/managed-metadata-column-limitations/
Hope this helps add value to the conversation. more

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July 5, 2011

Richard Harbridge recommends this answer by Rene Modery

What factors did/will you consider on your FY12 SharePoint budget for your org?

As we're just upgrading to SharePoint 2010, I will recommend to have a training budget for administrators as well as power users and "normal" end users included.
And as we will probably also want to do some design improvements, some money for that as well.
The third ... more

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July 5, 2011

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July 5, 2011

Richard Harbridge and 7 other people answered this question

How do you prevent scope creep on a complicated IT project?

I think the key here is that it is a 'complicated' IT project. In a simple IT project the two techniques Mark and John outline would be effective in handling most scope creep challenges.
To recap:
1. Mark outlines the project management “triple constraint” methodology. Certainly it’s ... more

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