| Planning a SharePoint Portal Server implementation involves much more than simply setting up a production-ready server and clicking your way through File-Run-Setup. Before a server is ever pulled out of a shipping box, before any software is ever removed from its plastic wrapper, a comprehensive project plan must be crafted. The solutions architecture must be laid out. Additionally, a systemwide approach to managing change must be developed and followed. In this chapter, we cover laying a foundation for a secure and well-performing SharePoint implementation in terms of the following: -
Business goals and requirements -
Building the technical support organization -
Hardware vendor selection -
Solutions architecture -
Security plan development -
Developing the workspace(s) -
Preparing the dashboard site(s) -
Addressing change management -
Preparing for go-live -
Planning for post go-live support To make the application of the following more meaningful, we have approached this chapter in such a way as to walk the Finance Department of ABC Company (the "company," or "ABC," a fictional entity) through planning their own SharePoint Portal Server deployment. |