Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an easy-to-use integrated server application that organisations can use to improve collaboration across internal and external boundaries. It can enable better content management, implement enhanced business processes, and offer greater shared access to information that is essential to any organisation’s goals.
SharePoint sites can be created quickly to support publication of specific content, content management, records management, or business intelligence needs. They can also be used conduct fast, effective searches for people, documents and data - as well as handling forms-driven business processes, and accessing and analysing business data.
SharePoint Server 2007 helps organisations as a team work more easily and more efficiently. What’s more SharePoint Server 2007 is the only program approved for use by Government Agencies.
Miura have developed a highly successful approach to website design using SharePoint Server 2007. This revolves around the release of small, controlled phases, so the users see the system early and can get involved, on subsequent releases through feedback.
At Miura, the way we introduce a SharePoint project gives users a reason to keep coming back to see what has been added. And, by choosing highly visible and useful functionality in early phases, the new website design immediately becomes part of the culture.
In addition, Miura have found that organisations that understand their SharePoint systems and are comfortable with the day-to-day running of them can make informed decisions about how to extend their capability to provide increased benefit.
Where SharePoint functionality does not exactly meet the client requirements, Miura can carry out customisation which will often solve the problem. Where this isn’t enough, SharePoint APIs custom components can be developed. This is another reason Miura favour a releasing the web design for a new SharePoint project in a serious of small controlled phases. This ensures that that internal staff are experienced in the day-to-day maintenance of SharePoint Server.
In the early phases Miura concentrate on basics, including the overall graphic design of the website and those highly visible, quick win, aspects of functionality that will give immediate reason for users to adopt the system such as consistent report interfaces, digital dashboards, document management.
But, throughout we keep a close eye on these features which will ensure SEO. At Miura we believe that the constant introduction of new phases in a SharePoint project plan could become a perpetual feature as the website grows to meet new needs within any organisation.
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