Working in a small company makes it hard to blog about the things people do. You have to be careful when complementing people, so you don’t steer too much credit in any one direction, and you generally have to avoid complaining about people. The exception is when the person in question is...
It was a class targeting desktop developers, aimed at getting us to develop with the iPhone user experience in mind
Sometimes the “user effort” challenge interferes when proposing a metadata approach and it hinders us from trying something new because we think the users won’t go for it. And in reality, users don’t always go for folder structures either
Actual experience teaches us that our systems cater to an energized user-base when our efforts favor the same outcomes our colleagues are paid to bring about. How do we transition them from idle users to engaged producers? What does it mean for information architects, intranet designers, and community managers that we build systems around the needs of producers instead of users? And if success boils down to producability, how do we define this goal or measure up to it in credible ways?
Now I have not read the new records retention users guide but
User Adoption in Context Getting people to use your system cannot be an afterthought...There is no sense in delivering a new solution that fails to handle users’ needs. Operation How do we support users and drive adoption?
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Here’s my top 10 SharePoint automation list: Self-service granting/removing access – The most common task a container will go through is the granting of permissions and removing of permissions to that container so users can be part of the collaboration. Self-service transferring/cloning access – The ability to transfer permissions from one individual to another or give someone the same permissions as another user is a very common scenario
At the same time, the concept of complete user freedom and BYOD—any device, anytime, anywhere—is liberating yet also scary...Is it even possible to balance user productivity with enterprise control?
2 Comments - :-P My snarkiness to one side, I do appreciate your article -- particularly the idea of finding a cloud solution that addresses user desire. Users rush to cloud solutions on their personal phones and tablets
Most popular SharePoint websites try to categorize their content based on the type of SharePoint user that comes to the website...There are the 3 little boxes of "End Users, IT Pros & Developers"
Increasingly, users are asking for access to content repositories from mobile devices, such as phones and iPads...It’s a purpose-built application for a mobile-access device, designed around an optimized user experience for locating and viewing content