SharePoint is the Magna Cum Laude of Collaboration

When it Comes To Re-designing You Website,

We Can Help SharePoint You In The Right Direction.

What can IMPACT Management and SharePoint do for your organization?

Whether it’s enhancing organization-wide collaboration, providing portals for your students and faculty, or acting as an enterprise search vehicle, SharePoint’s web & enterprise content management, forms-driven business process and workflow can help you.

SharePoint improves business insight through dashboards, analysis and business intelligence.

For more information about this webinar or our Education offerings,

please contact Kevin Roskot at 516-495-1300 x 303 or kevin.roskot@impactmgmt.com.

IMPACT Management has helped education organizations develop and deploy SharePoint technologies to:

• Enable their students & faculty to work more efficiently and effectively — Share class schedules, assignments and lecture notes.
• Create online communities for students, faculty, and administrators to collaborate.
• Allow students, faculty, and administrators to access their institution’s resources anytime.
• Build high traffic websites
• Gain better visibility into business processes such as the faculty tenure process
• Facilitate sharing of best practices among faculty and administrators

This Webinar is for you if your goals are to:

• Use your website to attract new students and faculty
• Deploy a website with easy and flexible deployment, administration and application development – A time and dollars savings
• Have the ability to provide important and relevant information quickly and easily by enabling non-technical staff to become webpage content creators
• Create a Content Management System that meets your requirements for Versioning, Publishing, User Roles and Audience Targeting
• Meet critical governance requirements

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SharePoint Is The Magna Cum Laude of Website CMS

Date: December 2, 2009

Time: 12:00pm-3:45pm
(12:00 registration, 12:30 start)

Microsoft Waltham
6th Floor
201 Jones Road
Waltham, MA 02451
*Picture ID is required for entry.

Bamboo + Impact Management = SharePoint Miracles

There’s a big story brewing at Bamboo.  We are in the process of finalizing a large in kind donation of software and services to the American Red Cross.  I can’t wait to share the details about what we’ve been doing with the Red Cross and how this donation will help save lives and facilitate disaster relief efforts around the world.

But with all of the preparation leading up to SharePoint Conference 2009, and then the travel from DC to Las Vegas, I haven’t had the time to give this story the full treatment it deserves.

However, there is one chapter of this story that has to be told now.

Last week, just a few days before SharePoint Conference 2009, I got a somewhat panicked call from my primary contact at the American Red Cross.  The details of his situation were a little complicated, but the short version was that his team had planned to attend the SharePoint Conference but did not have conference passes (which were completely sold out) and had no budget available even if we could come up with spots for them.  Donors had provided travel for the team, the team was prepared to pay for lodging out of their own pockets, and yet they would be turned away when they arrived if we couldn’t find some way to help them.

My first call was to a contact at Microsoft who will for the moment remain nameless.  I dumped this mess on his lap at the eleventh hour and he came through almost immediately.  He was able to secure tickets, despite being forced to turn away many other parties, and provided half of the budget for the passes.  I hope I will be permitted to recognize this angel by name very soon, I am deeply, humbly grateful to you for your instant and unquestioning support.

My second call was to Dux Raymond Sy, our friend, business partner, and co-presenter at the big show in Vegas.  I reached Dux through Twitter… too late to be calling on a weeknight.  Dux called me back instantly and promised to make some calls and help me raise funds.

But by Friday morning, I was still well short of funding the passes for the Red Cross.  Down to just a few hours, I turned to Jill Kunkel, Director of Bamboo’s Partner Advantage Program.  I asked Jill to reach out to Bamboo’s top partners and see if there was anyone who could step up and help make a little SharePoint miracle happen.

One of Jill’s first calls was to Pat Esposito at Impact Management.  With little more than an assurance that this was all in support of a good cause, Pat promptly volunteered to donate the full balance of the needed funding.

I had the opportunity to meet Pat at the Bamboo booth the first night of the conference.  He was quick to dismiss my gushing thanks for his support of Bamboo and the American Red Cross.  Pat explained to me that while his first priority was the health and success of Impact Management, that it is critically important to him and his team to “do the right thing” and be a good citizen of the world.  That’s exactly how we try to do business at Bamboo, and probably why our teams work so well together.

I’ve told this story as best I can from the hallway of the conference room here at SharePoint Conference 2009.  There are more individuals to thank, and much more justification for the effort to get the Red Cross to this event.  I will be posting plenty of follow-ups throughout the week.

For the moment, please join me in thanking and celebrating the timely generosity of Pat Esposito at Impact Management.  If you are looking for a company to help you deploy Bamboo products and technologies, there is no one better than the team at Impact Management.  Character and values make a difference when choosing a vendor or a business partner.   Impact Management is a partner you can choose with confidence.  Thank you, Pat!

It’s a busy event here in Las Vegas.  Look for more updates soon.  Thank you to all of our friends and partners who helped ensure that the team from the American Red Cross could be here to benefit from all of the learning and networking opportunities this week.



The Future of SharePoint Project Management

One of the immediate values SharePoint can deliver to an organization is the ability to address project management challenges, such as inefficient communication among stakeholders, poor information management practices and undefined project collaboration standards that compromises project success.

I had the privilege of presenting at the SharePoint Conference 2009 with Julie Auletta and Daisy Anand of Bamboo Solutions on the topic of “The Future of SharePoint Project Management”. The changes coming with SharePoint 2010 combined with the advancement of desktop tools like Microsoft Project are ushering in a new era of SharePoint project management.

SharePoint 2010 for Project Management Success

I kick started the session by discussing the importance of having a well defined project management process in place before relying on tools like SharePoint. A common mistake organizations make is to invest in a Project Management Information System (PMIS) before fundamental project management practices are in place. Relying on technology to make projects successful is as good as believing Penn & Tellers’ magic tricks are real.

Once I had made the case for sound project management practices, I demonstrated how a project manager could leverage out of the box SharePoint to:

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• Centralize project information and communication in a SharePoint site
• Automate project processes like change control process by utilizing built in SharePoint workflows
• Efficiently interact with project information on a SharePoint site by integrating it with common Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Enable alerts to send automated reminders to project stakeholders
• Define and monitor project tasks in the enhanced project task list which now shows task dependencies and a “Microsoft Project-like” Gantt view interface

 

Example SharePoint Project Management Communication Site

Microsoft Project 2010 Synchronization with SharePoint

A common need of project managers is to publish Microsoft Project schedules to a SharePoint project task list. Once published, project resources can update their task status on the SharePoint project task list and have the information synchronize with the project manager’s Microsoft Project plan. This capability is not available in the current and prior versions of Microsoft Project.

However, this need has been addressed in Microsoft Project 2010. During my session I demonstrated how to synchronize a Microsoft Project 2010 project plan to a SharePoint 2010 project tasks list. In addition, this capability can also be used with existing WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007.

Create Project Dashboard, Get Promoted

Another great benefit of SharePoint 2010 is the out of the box charting capabilities. I showed everyone how to take custom list information in SharePoint and display it as a management dashboard. Smart project managers can use SharePoint 2010’s charting tools to produce the ooh ah moment you need to get the next leg up.

Extending SharePoint Project Management with PM Central

Julie carried on with the presentation and demonstrated Bamboo Solutions’s Project Management Central. It is a SharePoint application that addresses project management needs that’s not available out of the box in SharePoint.

These include:

• data aggregation across
• multiple project sites
• portfolio dashboards
• resource management
• advanced reminder alerts

Project Management Central is a turnkey project management solution that can standardize project sites, permissions and navigation consistency throughout projects in the enterprise. Julie demonstrated a PM Central portfolio site displaying rolled up information from various project sites.
Project Management Central from Bamboo Solutions

Daisy took the stage to cap off our presentation and showcased Bamboo Solution’s Guide Services offering which can help organizations to expedite PM Central configuration to align with specific business needs. She demonstrated case studies one of which is customizing PM Central to support an Agile/Scrum project environment.

Keep your eyes on this space. The new integration features of SharePoint 2010 are going to empower project managers via already familiar tools. As the space develops so will the templates and add-ons available. SharePoint-based project management is entering a new phase of viability.

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Got Policies & Procedures? We’ve Got a Webinar for You!

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm EST
Location: Online

Click Here To Register Now!

Does you organization need a way to structure the management and distribution of its policies and procedures?

For a long time, its been a Herculean task to:

� Keep policies and procedures up-to-date
Got Emergency/Evacuation procedures — Employee Handbook policies, Regulatory Agency policies & procedures — S.E.C., FDA, HIPPA, or any regulatory bodies that govern your organization

� Control multiple versions of policies & procedures
Got multiple facilities? Multiple versions of policies?

� Search Effectively and efficiently
Got the right documents when you need them most � Audits, in emergencies? Got hours of time to kill searching for these documents?

IMPACT Management has helped numerous companies develop and deploy SharePoint technologies to:

�      Enable their employees to work more efficiently
�      Gain better visibility into their business
�      More reliably search and find business documents

The day of the event please sign on to the Live Meeting link and call the conference number provided to you in the invitation. If you don�t have Live Meeting, please download it ahead of time.

Who should attend?

• Policy & Procedure Committee Members
• Audit Committee Members
• Compliance Department Staff
• Technical Decision Makers (CIO, CTO, VP of IT, Director of IT)
• Human Resource department Staff

Agenda:                                                               Location: Online

2:00pm-2:15pm �  Introduction

2:15pm-2:45pm –   IMPACT Management presentation

2:45pm 3:00pm –   Wrap-Up, Q&A

About IMPACT Management
In business since 1998, IMPACT Management specializes in creating innovative SharePoint solutions for their customers — Commercial accounts, Healthcare organizations and Higher Education institutions. A premier Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, IMPACT Management embraced Microsoft’s Office SharePoint Server technology when it was introduced to the marketplace in 2001. Every SharePoint solution IMPACT Management develops reflects their expertise and provides the highest-performing SharePoint technology solutions you can buy. IMPACT Management is comprised of motivated, high performance professionals who deliver what they promise and never underestimate the importance of keeping a commitment.

Introducing SharePoint Task Master

 

Keep your tasks, dependencies, constraints and schedules within a project  or between projects in sync. No more guessing when your projects will deliver. Managing multiple projects and the resources spread across these projects can be difficult when the project is complex and contains tasks that depend on the successful completion of other tasks or projects. An important aspect of the project schedule is the ability to identify the overall schedule impact when the due date of any one task is changed. SharePoint out of the box offers a basic Project Tasks list with a Gantt view, but it is lacking in the real world application of effectively communicating project task status, priority, milestones, and dependencies. The SharePoint Task Master offers a Gantt view with drag and drop functionality where you can quickly create and edit tasks, color code tasks by priority or status, and the ability to set up task dependencies. Identify milestones, configure which columns are displayed along with the Gantt chart, and set whether task information is displayed next to the Gantt bar. Create parent and child tasks and configure them so that the parent task start and due dates change based on any changes made in the start or due dates of its child tasks.           SharePoint Task Master includes these features: Drag and drop Gantt bar interface to move tasks from one parent task to another. Assign Finish-to-Start dependencies between tasks. Show Work Break Down structure of project tasks. Zoom in or out on the Gantt timeline to see more or less tasks in the Gantt chart. Dynamically view tasks by Day, Week, Month or Year. Create, edit or delete a project task directly from the Gantt view. Show the color coding legend at the bottom of the Gantt chart. Automatically creates the Bamboo Project Task List when you add the Web Part to a page. This list allows you to begin setting up your project tasks immediately after configuring the Web Part. Use an existing Task or Project Task List instead of the Bamboo Project Task List. Edit an item using the standard SharePoint context menu in the Title column. Print your Gantt chart. Configure which columns display with the Gantt chart (i.e. WBS, Title, Due Date, Assigned To, etc.) Color code any choice column available in the Bamboo Project Task List or your own existing list. Set the progress bar color and indicate which column contains the progress bar information. Configure the color of the project milestones. Customize the language used in the Web Part interface and the tool pane. Set the default Gantt view timeline and dynamically change the scale from the Web Part toolbar (i.e. Day, Week, Month, Quarter, Year). Show the week number and days in the Week, Month and Quarter views. Enforce working hours for tasks to ensure accurate timelines for projects. Set task constraints such as Must Start On, Start No Earlier Than, Start No Later Than and As Soon As Possible. Select the related task information to display next to the Milestone icon in the Gantt chart. Set to auto detect client monitor resolution by adjusting the size of the Gantt chart accordingly, or set a fixed width in pixels. View a particular date of your project with the Go to Date button on the Web Part toolbar. Set Task Master to automatically expand or collapse tasks with subtasks. New! Return to the default Task Master view by clicking the Default button on the toolbar. New! Added Work column to calculate the amount of work the task requires. Select the column that contains your task assigned team members to automatically calculate the required work. New! Change the font size, style and color of the different task levels. New! Set the Duration column to be displayed in minutes, hours or days. New! Set the font color, size and style for the Milestone label. New! Calculate the percent complete by totalling, then averaging the percentage of the tasks in the Web Part. New! Supported by our new Web License Manager. New!

Sneak Peak of Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010

Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009

 

 

 

 

The SharePoint Conference 2009 will be the first time Microsoft will publically share all of what SharePoint 2010 has to offer.  We know you want to know what you can expect to see and hear about during the conference – so here’s your SharePoint Conference 2009 session sneak peek!

We have almost 250 sessions planned, and over 80% of them will be brand new 2010 content. That’s 15,000 minutes of SharePoint, SharePoint and more SharePoint that you’re simply not going to get anywhere else!

You’ll get to listen, talk and network with Microsoft Product experts, SharePoint MVPs, Customers, top Industry Analysts and over 140 SharePoint Partners.  There won’t be anywhere else on the planet with this concentration of SharePoint knowledge and experience in one place and at one time.

Here’s a little session sneak peek to give you taste of what’s coming…

• SharePoint 2010 Overview and What’s New
• Upgrading to SharePoint 2010
• SharePoint 2010 Capacity and Performance Planning
• SharePoint 2010 Security and Identity Management: What’s New.
• Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Development
• SharePoint 2010 Ribbon, ECMAScript and Dialog Framework Development
• Developing with REST and LINQ in SharePoint 2010
• Upgrading SharePoint Server 2007 Code to SharePoint 2010
• Building SharePoint Composite Applications with the Microsoft Application Platform
• What’s New in Business Connectivity Services (The Business Data Catalog Evolves!)
• FAST Search for SharePoint – Capabilities Deep-Dive
• Advanced Dashboard Creation with PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint 2010
• Overview of Visio 2010 and Visio Services for SharePoint 2010
• SharePoint 2010 Web Content Management Deep-Dive
• If You Build It, They Will Come: Driving End User Adoption

To help you get maximum value from the conference, we will be recording every session and publishing the files within 48 hours for registered attendees to watch, on demand, through the SharePoint Conference 2009 web site. Almost 250 sessions and you won’t miss a thing!

For more information visit www.mssharepointconference.com

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Got Policies & Procedures? Learn how to Easily & Effectively keep them Up-to-date, Accurate &Accessible with Microsoft SharePoint!

|| Policies & Procedures Solution ||

→ The P2 System

 ♦ Managing your policies and procedures has never been easier than with the P2 system. P2 is a document management system that uses Microsoft Office SharePoint technology. It offers a proven system for organizing, approving and updating policies and procedures throughout your organization – across departments and facilities and at multiple locations.

P2 Benefits Include→

• Quicker access to important policies & procedures – Improved efficiency
• Document management with version control
• Increased quality of patient care
• Easier and less time consuming to find, review and approve new policies
• Ability to manage and update policies & procedures across multiple locations and multiple policy writers – regardless of policy & procedure ownership
• Improved speed & ability to prove compliance with The Joint Commission, HIPPA, and other compliance agencies
• Savings through reduced paper costs and employee time

◊Call Lisa Lam at 516-495-1300 x316 for more information about IMPACT’s P2 system.

Upcoming SharePoint Webinars You Should Not Miss!

IMPACT Management brings to you Two Upcoming Webinars…

→Unlocking the BI Power in Office Webinar

♦In this webinar, you’ll discover how Microsoft Office system products provide:

• A powerful, pervasive BI platform that can support every BI function and drive business performance.
• A flexible, customizable, and user-centric BI client that utilizes familiar technologies.
• The tools needed to gain insight and enable decisions at every level of an organization.
• The ability to embed BI features into applications, forms, documents, and Web sites.

♦Event Date: Wednesday, September 16

♦Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm

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→Emerge Stronger with Total BI Webinar

♦In this webinar you’ll discover proven strategies to help you:

• Discover how the Microsoft total business intelligence solution can help you to emerge stronger from the economic downturn
• Understand how to take advantage of your existing technologies to identify cost cutting opportunities, streamline operations, and strengthen and grow your customer base.

♦Event Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

♦Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm

♦Click HERE to Register Now!

Microsoft Case Study On Impact Management

 

♦Earlier this summer Microsoft released a new case study that highlights IMPACT’s utilization of Microsoft’s Front Runner Innovate On early adopter program to develop its Patient Safety Portal.  IMPACT Management was recognized in the front Runner Innovate On program because they leverage the top tier technologies available on the market.  As a result, IMPACT received the technical and marketing support it needed to bring the Patient Safety Portal to the marketplace quickly and successfully.  

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Impact Management

ISV Speeds Design, Development 35%; Gains Marketing Aid for First Healthcare Product

“With Front Runner Innovate On, we created a user interface that met the specific needs of a new market—and we’re getting Microsoft’s help in reaching that market.” —Pat Esposito, CEO, Impact Management

 

→Business Needs

IMPACT Management is an expert in applying Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 to real-world business problems. When the company wanted to enter a new market—healthcare— it recognized that time to market was crucial, and that it needed to come to market with the right product the first time. That product is the Patient Safety Portal, designed to meet industry requirements to monitor and manage patient safety programs. For it to succeed, healthcare professionals would have to find it compelling to use.

→Solution

By joining the Front Runner for Innovate On early adopter program, IMPACT Management gained the technical and marketing support it needed to succeed with the Patient Safety Portal. The program gave the company special access to resources and expertise. IMPACT Management received discounted licenses for the Microsoft Expression® Studio design tool, and training for that software, plus Windows® Presentation Foundation, XML Application Markup Language (XAML), and more.

To help boost marketing, the company is taking advantage of participation on the Microsoft PinPoint Web site to drive customers to the company, and it’s using the Microsoft program logo to boost credibility. Impact Management even gains higher visibility with Microsoft field sales, increasing the potential for referrals and joint sales calls.

→Benefits

 

• Developed product 35 percent faster, saving three months and becoming the first to market
  
• Received no-charge technical consulting support
  
• Created a streamlined user interface tailored to needs of healthcare professionals
  
• Increases product and company credibility with new market, facilitating market entry

 

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