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Author Croitoru, Haniel, author

Title Agile Office 365 : successful project delivery practices for an evolving platform / Haniel Croitoru
Published [Berkeley, CA] : Apress, 2018

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Contents Intro; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Overview; Chapter 1: Introduction to Office 365; Moving to the Cloud; A New Service is Born; Subscription Models; Office 365 for Individual Use; Office 365 for Businesses to Enterprises; Office 365 for Educational Institutions; Office 365 for Nonprofit Organizations; Office 365 for Governments; The Apps Family; Productivity; Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Visio, Publisher, and Access; Outlook (Mail, Calendar, Tasks, People, Groups); OneNote; OneDrive for Business; Project Online
PlannerCommunication; Skype for Business; Yammer; Newsfeed; Teams; Collaboration; SharePoint Online; Office 365 Groups; Business Process Automation and Analysis; Forms; PowerApps; Flow; Power BI; NextGen Portals; Delve; Microsoft Stream; Sway; Summary; Chapter 2: Agile Project Management; What Is Agile Project Management?; Scrum; Scrum Overview; Roles; Product Owner; Scrum Master; Scrum Team; Product Backlog, User Stories, and Requirements; Minimal Shippable Product (MSP); Sprints; Sprint Planning Meeting; Sprint Execution; Sprint Review; Sprint Retrospective; Agile vs. Waterfall
Disadvantages of the Agile MethodologyAdvantages of the Waterfall Methodology; Disadvantages of the Waterfall Methodology; Choosing the Correct Methodology; Summary; Chapter 3: Office 365 Project Overview; Process, Process, Process; The Office 365 Agile Process; The End Mounts; Starting Activities; Closing Activities; The Coil; The Piston; Office 365 Project Overview, Revisited; Welcome to Happy People; Summary; Part II: Project Conception; Chapter 4: Business Outcomes; Working with the Right Information; Diverging Approach: User Needs; Gaps and Pain Points; Persona; Building a Roadmap
Converging Approach: The BacklogUser Stories, Epics, and Themes; From Roadmap to Release; Summary; Chapter 5: Governance; Office 365 Governance; Vision Statement; Roles and Responsibilities; Strategy Group; Support Group; Operations Group; Group Roles and Responsibilities; Guiding Principles; Content Principles; Publishing Principles; Collaboration Principles; Security Principles; Creative Design Principles; Business Process Principles; Business Intelligence Principles; Training Principles; General Principles; Summary; Chapter 6: Legal Considerations; Data Security
Multi-Factor AuthenticationData Loss Prevention; Mobile Device Management; Data Location; Data Access; Lockbox; Site Collection Auditing; Data Transparency; Data Compliance; eDiscovery; Summary; Chapter 7: Building a Winning Team; Roles, Responsibilities, and Capabilities; Your Agile Team; Project Sponsors and Key Stakeholders; Product Owner; Business Analyst; Scrum Master; Solution Architect; Developer; Citizen Developer; UX/Creative Designer; Content Authors; Quality Tester; User Acceptance Tester; Summary; Part III: Execution; Chapter 8: Designing the Solution; Just-in-Time Design
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 7, 2018)
SUBJECT Microsoft Office. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94101591
Microsoft Office fast
Subject Business -- Computer programs.
Agile software development.
Information technology: general issues.
Microsoft programming.
Project management.
COMPUTERS -- Desktop Applications -- Suites.
Agile software development
Business -- Computer programs
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781484240816
1484240812