Agile Office 365: Successful Project Delivery Practices for an Evolving Platform

ISBN-13: 9781484240809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 272 str.

Haniel Croitoru

Spis treści

Part I: Overview

Chapter 1: Introduction to Office 365

Chapter 2: Agile Project Management

Chapter 3: Office 365 Project Overview

Part II: Project Conception

Chapter 4: Business Outcomes

Chapter 5: Governance

Chapter 6: Legal Considerations

Chapter 7: Building a Winning Team

Part III: Execution

Chapter 8: Designing the Solution

Chapter 9: Developing & Testing Solutions

Part IV: Deployment

Chapter 10: Training

Chapter 11: Release Planning

Chapter 12: Transition to Operations

Part V: Overarching Activities

Chapter 13: Content Migration

Chapter 14: Change Management & Adoption

Chapter 15: Communications

Part VI: Tools for Managing Office 365 Projects

Chapter 16: Information Requirements

Chapter 17: Office 365 as a PMIS

O autorze

Haniel Croitoru is a seasoned SharePoint and Office 365 consultant and Microsoft Office 365 MVP with over 15 years of experience in both public and private sectors, including healthcare, financial services, utilities, not-for-profit organizations, and consulting. Since 2003 he has been focusing on SharePoint, delivering solutions and contributing as a SharePoint consultant, project manager, business analyst, and trainer. In addition to his professional tenure, Haniel has always been a big proponent of sharing knowledge and giving back to the community through presenting at numerous conferences and networking meetings. Haniel holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science with a specialty in Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery from Queen’s University and a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from the prestigious York Schulich School of Business. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2007 and an Agile Certified Practitioner since 2013. When he is not working on client engagement, he is busy (project) managing his household with his wife and three agile daughters.

Blurb

Plan, deploy, and run Office 365 using an agile project management approach. This soup-to-nuts guide teaches you how to apply agile techniques in order to make your Office 365 implementation a success, even as the Microsoft Office 365 platform continues to evolve and introduce new features.

The author's approach to teaching time- and resource-saving concepts mirrors the process a team might typically encounter in delivering software projects. Learning begins with an overview of Office 365 and Agile. From there, you delve into topics correlating to product conception, execution, and deployment. The book wraps up with a comprehensive discussion on how Office 365, straight out of the box, can be used as a tool to manage Office 365 deployments and other types of projects.

What You'll Learn:

• Understand what Office 365 is and why it is the world’s most popular online business app
  
• Adapt your delivery process to work with Office 365 and its regular update schedule
  
• Recognize potential risk areas and develop mitigation strategies
  
• Discover the tools that are available to make your life easier
  
• Manage the transition from deployment to operations
  
• Follow end-to-end guidance packed with useful case studies and tools to make your job easier

This book is for project managers, business analysts, IT managers, and other team members involved in managing Office 365 in order to deliver solutions for their organization. While not required, a basic understanding of Agile methodologies and Office 365 is useful.

Haniel Croitoru is a seasoned SharePoint and Office 365 consultant and Microsoft Office 365 MVP with more than 15 years of experience in public and private sectors, focusing on SharePoint in the roles of consultant, project manager, business analyst, and trainer. Haniel enjoys sharing his expertise and can be found presenting at many conferences and community events. He holds an MS degree in Computer Science, a Master’s Certificate in Project Management, and has been a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2007 and Agile Certified Practitioner since 2013.