WorkShares has gained a lot of experience of working with many well known organisations across the UK, from small businesses, start-ups, to larger enterprises; all of whom have had a common need to provide collaborative solutions for their staff, suppliers or clients alike.

We have provided a few case study samples of our work in amongst the below as examples of the scope and scale of work we are involved with and hope you find them useful.

2010

WorkShares provided both project management and SharePoint developer expertise to Thomson Reuters. We lead the development of an interactive global user community based content management application, for use in conjunction with Thomson Reuters market leading suite of news service offerings and its thousands of customers. 

Liaising with offshore development and QA resources, we helped scope, design, build and manage the introduction of the new application. This included regular application enhancements from an evolving set of business requirements.

Building on top off an existing global SharePoint infrastructure supporting many tens of thousands of users, our experience in design and developing within the enterprise SharePoint environment, was paramount in securing and delivering this work on time and to budget.

 

WorkShares provided SharePoint administrative resource to help maintain and provide support to an existing internally facing SharePoint 2007 environment at Soni. 

During this time we provided wider SharePoint architectural guidance and delivery expertise to help introduce a secure business application, delivered on to an enhanced multi-farm environment, which supports collaborating working for an externally facing internet presence environment. 

One to one mentoring and support for existing IT staff including ad-hoc training also took place.

2009

In early 2009 we provide ad-hoc SharePoint 2007 architecture, licensing and wider design guidance for the creation of an intranet and extranet portal.  The solution needed to provide access to sensitive corporate information from outside of the organisation, with trusted 3rd parties in a secure and robust manner but affordable manner.

In late 2009, we were asked to review an existing disaster recovery configuration and associated documentation, before updating and testing the new recovery processes for a MOSS 2007 extranet and intranet farm deployment.

We then provided advice on wider best practice with patching, introducing new features, optimisation and end user support and adoption of SharePoint environments.

In the summer of 2009 we provided MOSS Architecture, design and configuration expertise to build a internal MOSS platform for testing custom client solutions and provide a base for the company Intranet “Bluepeople”. We also provided trouble shooting skills for Excel Services and general knowledge transfer.

2008

Capita Business Services - SharePoint Project Management & Shared WorkSpace Solution

WorkShares provided Capita Business Services with a combined Project Management Office & Shared Workspace solution to help manage their multi-million pound Business Transformation Programme of work with a key local government client.

Utilising Microsoft’s latest SharePoint® technology, the solution provides Capita Business Services and its client, the London Borough of Harrow, with access to a collaborative areas for the creation, storage and retrieval of key documents and information.

WorkShares provided SharePoint advice, design & build consultancy on the solution, which is hosted on a robust, dedicated server environment.

For the complete case study click on the below link.
Capita Business Services Case Study

Kingston Communications - Project Management WorkSpace Solution

WorkShares assisted Kingston Communications with the delivery of a Project Management Workspace Solution, to help them better manage their large programme of work underway within the organisation, affecting several of its businesses in the UK.

The solution utilised the Microsoft® SharePoint® collaborative platform, via a hosted arrangement from Mistral Internet (owned by Kingston Communications). WorkShares provided the design & build consultancy and included knowledge transfer & training prior to making the service live.

Based around their bespoke deployment of the PRINCE 2 methodology, the reusable nature of the solution allows Kingston Communications to provide a central ‘Programme’ workspace in which to then manage the projects, each with its own workspace, but also utilising a consistent set of features and functions.

For the complete case study click on the below link.
Kingston Communications Case Study

In the spring of 2008, WorkShares provided knowledge transfer and training sessions to Ernst & Young on Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

A subsequent proof of concept platform was then designed, built, hosted and supported by WorkShares, which looked into evaluating the platform as a strategic application framework for the global accounting organisation.

In the summer of 2008, WorkShares provided development advice, guidance and updates to a custom financial application based on Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

In the summer of 2008 and in partnership Paralogic, WorkShares designed a Microsoft SharePoint® based shared document workspaces solution for Ultimate Holdings. It provided a powerful collaborative document management environment across its three main European offices in the UK, Montenegro and Serbia in which to collaborate and store key working documents for its real estate investments.

2007

CJColeman - SharePoint Extranet Solution

WorkShares assisted C J Coleman with a project to introduce an extranet web presence for its a specialist group of clients across the UK. The solution utilised Microsoft® Windows SharePoint® Services, via a hosted service arrangement from Mistral Internet.  WorkShares provided the design & build consultancy and included knowledge transfer & training, prior to making the service live in March 2007.

The reusable nature of the solution will allow C J Coleman to maximise their investment in the hosted SharePoint platform and provide not only a collaborative platform for its this initial group of clients but also a platform they can re-use for other client markets in the future.

For the complete case study click on the below link.
C J Coleman Case Study 
 

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