It's been said before that in technology, the only constant is change. Many organizations struggle with concepts of change management, especially when dealing with such highly integrated pieces of technology, such as SharePoint and document management platforms.
Whether embarking on a SharePoint Online migration internally, using partner resources, or engaging with the Microsoft FastTrack center, developing an adoption plan is key to getting value out of your migration effort.
Microsoft's adoption and change management framework can be separated into three key areas, each of which has multiple components:
- Envision: In the envisioning stage, you identify key stakeholders in the business and determine particular business scenarios to enable. For example, a key stakeholder may be the CTO's office and their business scenario might be enabling access to resources currently stored on-premises in the event of a disaster that requires people to work from home...