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ALIgNmEnT IS YOUr StRAtEgY FoR A SUCCesSFUl OfFICE 2010 IMpLemEnTAtIOn t YOUr He EfFeCTs tO YoUR ersonal. Place a tory to important d constraints. verage home use ncourage outreach; seek tories. sign and bject matter messengers. “heroes” are in the business, edge that IT ways be your nger. e business redictability fication of d this into your tion plan and comes. y: Adopt social nologies (wikis, blogging) to aring and : Enhance (don’t eservation and personal” settings zations. www.iltanet.org Microsoft 23 9. DO ReGeNerATe YOUr INtErnAL IT EXpeRtISe: YOUr Non- EXpeRtS’ NeEDs ARe ACCEleRAtINg Goal: Your experts need more time, new tasks and a forum. People: Redirect internal staff to knowledge- building, community- building roles. Hire temps for the rest. People: Who are your trusted advisors? If you don’t know or you don’t acknowledge them, neither will the business. Process: Give your IT experts time and exploratory tasks to jumpstart deep learning. Apply “study-buddy” skill acquisition formations, in alignment with our knowledge economy. Warning label: They won’t be expert or enriched enough for your non- experts if you don’t! 10.DO ReCoGnIZe DEpLoYMeNt IS OnLY THe BeGInNIng: ALIgN THe FIrM AND ITs StANDArDS IN EVeRYtHINg Goal: Alignment of IT and business is the new template. Process: Forge and foster processes (and people!) for rich precedent, clause and knowledge repositories. Technology: Build libraries for reusable graphics, slides, data visualizations and findability. Technology: Leverage new document creation, file format, design, automation and electronic workflow methods, rebuilding all your templates to take advantage of Office 2010’s extensibility.