“Sharepoint 2010″ is..
What is “Sharepoint 2010″ for you? For almost each and every stakeholder you asked that question too in your organisation (if you already have sharepoint) you would get a different answer. If you don’t already have it chances are 90% of people would not even know what “sharepoint 2010″ is. My personal definition for 2010 would be different too 2007 or 2003 or 2001 too, they have improved, refined and added so much at the microsoft camp that I could more certainly say, to me “Sharepoint 2010″ is…
A framework for document management, internal and external employee community and an external facing content management system.
In reality though MOSS, WSS, “Sharepoint 2010″ can be so many things to different people. Its like a transformer mixed with a filing cabinet. For the office lady its her CRM software, for the pr front house people its the CMS which powers the front end website, for your techy people its an ICT helpdesk, for your project managers its a globally available project management suite, for your assitants its a time sheet and for you its a performance dashboard. Sharepoint can be all of this, which perhaps makes it a transformer, a foundation or a combination of these.
“Sharepoint 2010″ ..is… like a transformer mixed with a filing cabinet.
So what is “Sharepoint 2010″ to you? Have you thought about what it means to your stakeholders? do you have a plan for consumers and producers? Tell us – What do you envisage when you read “Sharepoint 2010″?