Information worker jhb april 2012
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About me…
• Make every second count
• Love the people you do it for
• Love what you do
• Your values in life needs to equal your values in business
• There are no problems / issues, only challenges
THE CHALLENGE
THE BATTLE
AND WHY?
BUSINESS Efficiency Effectiveness
Doing things right • Saving time • Saving money • Saving effort
Measure speed & cost Example: Getting someone in here right away is more important than getting the right person later
Doing the right things • Getting the job done
Measure quality Hiring the right person is more important than hiring someone right away
IT
It’s easier to teach a business user the necessary IT skill to ‘build’ a solution than to teach an IT person the business skill to do so… Their focus is different – therefore the application of their skill will be different.
THE STATEMENT
EMPOWER YOUR USERS!!
THE SOLUTION
Changing the ‘face’ of IT and Business
TIMES ARE CHANGING
HOW?
•Ask the users what they want - feedback •Build Solutions that add value •Build Solutions that save time •Build Solutions that empower users
•Build User Interfaces that creates “happy environments” •Build User Interfaces that simplify
navigation •Build User Interfaces that delivers a
message •Build User Interfaces that deal with
training and induction as well
Infrastructure > Good server
Strong foundation
DRP / Backups
Input > utilizing the
system to it’s full potential
Output > Automatic
Reporting / Dashboards /
Graphical User Interfaces
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1st Example: Wireframe > Information Worker Site
HOW DID I DO THAT?
WIREFRAMES (THE EASY / CHEAP WAY)
1. TAKE SHAPSHOTS OF SITE 2. PASTE IN POWERPOINT 3. REMEMBER RESOLUTION
– divide by 37.80 to get cm’s 4. ADD HOTSPOTS (HYPERLINKS) 5. PLAY
ADVANTAGE: Present ideas to business without actually building something / wasting money.
2nd Example: Live
Demonstration > SharePoint and
SharePoint Designer
REMEMBER:
THE END