Finally …. after 12 years in the IT industry a course which covers some of the fundamental issues governing project success.   This course is a real eye opener and a must for any IT professional involved in project planning and delivery. Stephen McWilliams Solutions Architect, Auckland SWS WCM Team

When I was asked to attend this course as part of the Elite partner program in New Zealand, I had impressions that we would be covering how to design and use SharePoint features to build and information architecture which would just be a repeat of my daily work but got instead a wealth of information, techniques and knowledge on how to successfully implement a SharePoint project based around Information Architecture …I would recommend attending this course if you are undertaking SharePoint projects in the capacity of a BA, PM, SharePoint Architect or Information architect. Alan Marshall

I just came back from the best technology training I have had in years: a world-first Microsoft SharePoint Elite Information Architecture course designed and delivered by Paul Culmsee. It has taught me a great deal across ALL facets of the day-to-day work that I do as a SharePoint architect. 

I liked the big legible font in the written course material. More importantly, I like the fact that it’s written in a tone that reads like a series of friendly, personal, enlightening advice all the way through and not like a manual or brochureware. It makes me actually want to read it over and over again – and also recommend to other people.  Jess Kim

If you think that the way to a successful SharePoint implementation is applying more best practices and governance to the project, I got the perfect course to recommend you. Through the course, Paul explains why best practices and governance is not the end all of SharePoint implementations and strictly following them might be detrimental to the implementation. The course (in my view) is also beneficial to people who are involved in SharePoint implementations other than Information Architects, as it succinctly points out the cognitive bias each member brings to the project and why the way forward is for everyone to acknowledge and have a shared understanding of the issues that plague SharePoint implementations. Jeff Chionn, Datacom

You can tell that the instructor is a natural as he can adapt to the audience’s needs.  Even though the course is well structured and thought-out, the instructor made sure that we were all on the same page by tailoring the focus of the course to our experience.  There was a healthy balance between the theory and technical modules, as well as the interactive hands-on-labs.  The content was cutting edge, informative, interesting and included real world examples that illustrated concepts and were often humorous, keeping us all engaged throughout the course.  I have recommended this course to many of my work-mates and look forward to using the knowledge and skills I have gained.  Ryan Harte, Intergen

Last week, Paul Culmsee spent 4 days in Wellington, New Zealand delivering the Seven Sigma SharePoint Governance & Information Architecture courseware as part of the NZ SharePoint Elite Training for its Gold Partners. The program was run by 3grow, a New Zealand training company specialising in SharePoint training.

This course went extremely well, with all attendees giving both the course and its trainer (Paul) very positive feedback. Attendees have still to sit the exam (which is scheduled for August 27th) so come exam day, they might be cursing and change their glowing reviews . So get crackin’ on that  780-odd page course manual.

On the last day, Paul was asked by Darryl Burling (NZ Microsoft Product Manager) to give a 15-minute presenting on his SP Governance f-Laws to attendees of the SP End-User Engagement course. This quick impromptu presentation was well received by this group.

Seven Sigma will be presenting this course in New Zealand in the near future, with plans to run this also in Australia and London.

For those who are interested in this course, please contact us.

Welcome home, Paul. Congratulations on a well developed and well run course.

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