I manage a team of business analysts that support users and power users.
We are slammed on a regular basis of requests that fit neatly in between support calls and software development projects.
Out-of-the-box Solutions in SharePoint do not need the lengthy Software Development Life Cycle process. But having managed software projects in the past, I recognize the importance of the governance that such a process brings.
Below are not some theoretical, in-a-perfect-world approach that we pretend to adhere to. Rather, they are actual steps that I oversee to manage the sanity levels of the short-staffed team I have in place.
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Came across your site after having been told that my estimate of hours for developing an Intranet SharePoint solution for Petty Cash was way overblown (minimum of 200 hours). I did not use an Agile methodogy and must confess that my knowledge of SharePoint is quite limited, but knowing that the Director wanted several layers of Automation including look-ups for Dept, Employee, GL accounts from GP, Cyber Signatures and email notifications, I added additional time for UAT reworks and documentation. OOTB in-house developers believe it can be done in a matter of about 30 hours! Am I that far off in estimations of SharePoint solution development?
I would have to agree with the OOTB in-house developers. To be safe, I’d say a little more than 30 hours to provide documentation/training materials and UAT. The only thing I’d throw caution in the wind about would be for maybe a loss of fidelity in the look & feel but overall it sounds like most of what you’re looking for can be thrown together using look-up tables, filters/views, site columns and permission assignments.
Best of luck!
I would have to agree with the OOTB in-house developers. To be safe, I’d say a little more than 30 hours to provide documentation/training materials and UAT. The only thing I’d throw caution in the wind about would be for maybe a loss of fidelity in the look & feel but overall it sounds like most of what you’re looking for can be thrown together using look-up tables, filters/views, site columns and permission assignments.
Best of luck!