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Why ShareVis?
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ShareVis is a user friendly point-and-click solution that sits on top of (and integrates with) SharePoint for organizations who are serious about operating Faster, Better, Smarter, Cheaper.
Why ShareVis?
| IT’S FASTER… |
- Automate your most complex business processes in hours vs. weeks and months
- Define successful repeatable steps that deliver consistent positive outcomes vs. reinventing each and every time and hoping for the best
- Provide easy access to forms and documents that everyone can leverage vs. wasting time searching for and/or recreating documents
| IT’S BETTER… |
- Create pipeline transparency for high-value processes vs. operating in ‘a black hole’ (as an example, it’s a great project pipeline intake, management and delivery solution)
- Establish and measure against targeted outcomes and clear accountabilities vs. manage against subjective, evasive and nebulous expectations
- Optimize your existing SharePoint investment in a value-add, cost-effective, goal-attainment way vs. sinking more programming code dollars into a hard-to-use base product
| IT’S SMARTER… |
- Manage ‘by exception’ through automated alerts and dashboarding vs. trying to manage everything through information overload
- Become self sufficient where business/non technical people can easily create workflows, dashboards, alerts, forms and document management and collaboration communities
- Increase IT”s value proposition by offering a high impact, easy-to-use business solution that is not IT programming dependent
| IT’S CHEAPER… |
- Significantly reduce your future SharePoint development costs (low/no code)
- Reduce your programming rework expenses as you upgrade to future SharePoint versions
- Take advantage of ShareVis’ ’licensed per server’ vs. ‘licensed per user’ model
Why aren’t more consulting companies advertising ShareVis?
Many consulting/contracting companies are not pushing ShareVis like we are because ShareVis significantly lessens an organization’s reliance on SharePoint developers – which is the ‘bread and butter’ for many consulting/contracting companies. We’re introducing our clients to this product because our goal is to provide our clients with faster, better, cheaper, smarter solutions that materially accelerate business goal attainment. At the conclusion of virtual or on-site ShareVis Training (which we offer), the Business and IT can be 100% productive in ShareVis/SharePoint Day 1. Eric Hutchinson, our SharePoint/ShareVis expert plus certified trainer, is credited with many accomplishments including his recent SharePoint-as-a-business-solution/ShareVis Training roll-out to Kaiser Permanente’s 13 regions/2,600 users.
Who uses ShareVis?
ShareVis’ client list includes American Airlines, Lockheed Martin, Heinz, Sony, Pfizer, US Bank, Fujifilm, The Library of Congress, United States Special Operations Command, Edwards Airforce Base, Elgin Airforce Base plus many more large, mid size plus small businesses across a variety of industries.
Want to learn more about ShareVis?
Please contact us if you’d like to schedule a ShareVis demo plus allow us the opportunity to automate one of your complex business processes so you can experience ShareVis’ easy-to-use and quick-to-implement feature-rich capabilities. Contact us at 440.248.7488.
Featured Leader: Brandon Davis
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Excerpt from A-CHIEVE! (May 2011)
BRANDON DAVIS’ responsibilities cover a wide swath of territory, both literally and figuratively. Within URS Corporation’s Industrial Process Business Group, he manages accounting, financial reporting, human resources and all back office functions, as well as strategic business planning, so their group of highly talented, tightly integrated engineering, construction and technical teams that span the US and more than 40 countries, can do what they do best – service their clients across the globe.
Dividing his time between his Cleveland and Houston offices plus traveling to multi-country construction sites on an ‘as needed’ basis, Brandon operates in a borderless world. We asked Brandon: “What does it take to be a creative leader in today’s global marketplace?”
“When you go international, you must adapt to the other culture’s style and respect each person’s position and country. For example, in Latin America, it’s a different business culture. In order for your team to succeed, you must recognize that the local people know the process and how to get things done – rely on your local experts. As you tap into their culture, engage them in a friendly manner, be open to and actively listen to their ideas and opinions, build strong relationships, be patient and be acutely ‘communication aware’. By that I’m referring to ‘high context’ and ‘low context’ cultures. In a high context culture, many things are left unsaid, letting the culture explain. A few words can communicate a complex message. You have to read into what people mean plus sometimes ask a question several different ways to truly understand the messaging. As an example, in those cultures where it is improper to say “no”, even if you’ve given the team approval to say “no” if they can’t accomplish something within an ultra aggressive timeline, you must dig deeper to understand the reality behind their spoken words. You might also ask open-ended questions such as : “What are we doing right?” and “What are we doing wrong?” – then actively listen. In a low context culture, the communicator is very explicit. They tell you like it is. Most of these aspects apply to both international and domestic relations. Although not as pronounced, there are even cultural subtleties across the U.S. As a creative leader you must recognize it’s not ‘one size fits all’ and adapt accordingly.”
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ShareVis Training – May Launch
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Attention all ShareVis users – sign up now for “Workflow Development for Non Developers” virtual and on-site training starting in May. Our course is designed to shorten your learning curve, increase your productivity and accelerate your business results delivery through ShareVis.
Course content includes instruction, best practices, tips, techniques plus relevant hands-on exercises to help you become ShareVis self-sufficient. Topics include:
- Introduction to ShareVis
- Exploring ShareVis Designer
- Anatomy of a Workflow
- Document-Based Workflows with automatic document updates, DocEx
- Form-Based Workflows with role based Web views, FormEx
- Extending Workflows with Plug-Ins
- Connecting Workflows to Lists and Libraries
- Connecting Workflows to External Data Sources
- ShareVis for Ninjas – Advanced Features
- Putting it All Together
- ShareVis and PowerShell
Contact TechEdge at 440.248.7488 or email ShareVis Course Instructor Eric Hutchinson at ehutchinson@techedgellc.com.
