If your organisation uses SharePoint, then you have access to a very powerful platform for the development and management of bespoke workforce processes. Did you realise that you can use SharePoint to host your own databases, lists, forms and processes and then give your staff instant access to record, update, approve and report on information? SharePoint is already being used across the NHS for:

• Appraisal processes.
• Medical supervision processes.
• Balanced scorecards and organisational objective setting.

Best of all, most NHS organisations already have SharePoint licences and local servers, meaning that the technology is, in effect, free. This is still the case even now the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement has come to an end.

Employees, managers and organisational leaders like SharePoint because:

• It’s low cost.
• It’s very robust (being backed up by Microsoft).
• It’s very customisable to the organisation’s exact needs.
• It’s very easy to access from your intranet or Outlook with no additional passwords to remember.
• It provides powerful audit trail information and reporting tools.

If you can describe a workforce process, SharePoint can be customised to run that process. So where do we add value? Think Associates can:

• Help you to understand and document your processes.
• Analyse and improve your processes (including forms, accountabilities and sign offs) so that they are effective and lean.
• Transfer these optimised processes to SharePoint – we can often create first working versions within days of you signing off a process.
• Link existing free or low-cost third party tools to add specific advanced functionality to the SharePoint system.
• Help you embed these processes via internal communications and training programmes, backed up with robust stakeholder, change and project management.

For more information on SharePoint based Performance Management and Appraisal systems please contact us.