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UAT – Why?
I’ve been working on projects over the years and approaches to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) has varied massively. It’s made me think, why do we UAT?
You’ve purchased a product or selected some well respected partners to help you implement your system so it doesn’t really neeed testing right? After all we don’t test Word or Excel when we upgrade do we, we just assume it works.
Well in some cases this is true, but UAT pays a really large part in making sure your system isn’t just bug free but your processes and training plans are correct. Too many people spend their time UAT’ing a system from a technical perspective, which is vital, but in reality it’s more important to UAT your new business processes too. How do you know they will work, how can you ensure your training plans will deliver what you want them too?
Your system could be perfect but unusable, it could have all the features you thought you needed but be too complex to use.
So next time you tee up your team of UAT testers be sure to focus on more than just tying to break the system.
If this post has prompted any thoughts please do get in touch.
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#SPSUK slides: Transitioning from #SP2013 to #PS2013 for #EPM #MSProject #SharePoint
Thank to all those who attend my presentation yesterday at SharePoint Saturday UK 2012. There were lots of questions throughout and a thoroughly engaged audience.
Presentation Slides
The slides are now uploaded here: http://www.slideshare.net/Ghamson/cps-transitioning-from-sharepoint-to-project-server-2013-for-enterprise-project-management
Via PowerPoint (Office Web Apps / SkyDrive)
Video Demonstration
I also created a video of the demonstration of the day. This is embedded as part of the presentation and is also available here:
Transitioning from #SP2013 to #PS2013 for Enterprise Project Management #SPSUK #MSProject #SharePoint
Just a quick note to say that I will be presenting at SharePoint Saturday UK on December 8th 2012 on:
Project Site to Project Management
Transitioning from SharePoint to Project Server for Enterprise Project Management
Session Objectives:
After attending this session you will understand the different tools for Project Management offered with SharePoint and Project Server, including the advantages / disadvantages of each method.
In addition you will also takeaway:
- A high level understanding of how SharePoint / Project Server work together
- The benefits of enterprise project management
- Project management maturity expectations as solutions become more complex
Agenda:
- What’s Project Server / Project Online
- Understanding Project Maturity
- Supporting Tools
- Transition – Simple to Complex
- Demo
- Decisions – Where to start?
- Conclusion
Where, When, How?
- Conference: SharePoint Saturday UK 2012
- Location: Nottingham
- Date: Saturday, 8 December 2012
- Conference Times: 09:00 to 17:00 (GMT)
- Presentation Time: 13:30 to 14:30
- Presenter: Giles Hamson
- Full Address:
East Midlands Conference Centre
University Park
NG7 2RJ Nottingham
United Kingdom
If you see me during the day, say hello and I hope you all enjoy the conference.
#SharePoint Conference 2012 Opening Keynote #SP2013 #PS2013 #MSProject #ProjectServer
Just a quick email to say that the Opening Keynote from the SharePoint Conference 2012 is now available online.
Office 2013 Preview Client Requirement #Office365 #MSProject #PS2013 #SP2013
As we gear up further here at CPS with the Office 2013 Preview and what it means for our clients, we started to look client requirements.
Now many of our larger clients are still running Windows XP and looking at the confirmed clients requirements for the Office 2013 Preview, it would appear Windows 7 and higher now the new standard with Internet Explorer 8 or above.
In Microsoft’s defence, Windows XP is a very old operating system and we can’t expect them to support it forever.
To work out when mainstream support ends for your versions of Office and Windows, you and go to the Microsoft Product Lifecycle – Support Home:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx
Anyway, on with some of the details I came across:
Office 2013 Preview App-V (Streaming) Client Requirements
For those of you using the Office 365 Preview, the Office 2013 / Project 2013 clients that stream down via App-V (Application Virtualisation). The preview also uses a new version of App-V, version 5.0 beta 2 of which the minimum requirements is also Windows 7 or higher.
App-V 5.0 Beta 2
Supported operating systems:
- Windows 7
- Windows 8 Release Preview
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate
App-V Packages + Requirements: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30423
Office 2013 Preview Client Requirements
Details of the requirements are below. Specific details by product are at the MSDN link below:
| Component | Requirement |
| Computer and Processor | 1 gigahertz or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set |
| Memory (RAM) | 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32 bit); 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (64 bit) |
| Hard disk | 3.0 gigabytes (GB) available |
| Display | Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX10 graphics card and 1024 x 576 resolution |
| Operating System | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 |
| Browser | Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, or 10; Mozilla Firefox 10.x or a later version; Apple Safari 5; or Google Chrome 17.x |
| .NET version | 3.5, 4.0, or 4.5 |
| Multi-touch | A touch-enabled device is required for any multi-touch functionality. However, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that new touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8. |
System Requirements:
#PS2013 #MSProject Online CSOM documentation links #ProjectServer #Office365
So as I continue my investigations into the CSOM for Project Server 2013 and Project Online (Office 365), I came across the following articles on MSDN.
Hopefully others will find these articles useful also:
High level project CSOM details
What’s new for developers in Project 2013 – CSOM
Client-side object model (CSOM) for Project Server 2013
Project Server CSOM – Sample Code – JavaScript and .NET
Getting started with the Project Server 2013 JavaScript object model
Getting started with the Project Server CSOM and .NET
How to: Create, retrieve, update, and delete projects by using the Project Server 2013 JavaScript object model
Project Professional 2013 CSOM – Sample Code – JavaScript
Project 2013 client programming
Task pane apps for Project Professional 2013
Task pane apps for Project
How to: Create your first task pane app for Project 2013 by using a text editor
SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans 