Síðustu tvo daga, I have participated in two meetings during which we presented the results of a SharePoint project. The CIO and his team joined the first meeting. That’s standard and not especially notable. The IT department is obviously involved in an enterprise rollout of any technology project. The second meeting expanded to include a V.P. frá markaðssetningu, nokkrir stjórnendur fulltrúi HR, Logistics, Framleiðsla, Capital Verkefni, Gæði, Innkaupastjóri, Þróunarsvið og aðrar deildir (sumir hverjir voru ekki einu sinni beinan þátt í núverandi áfanga). That’s a mighty wide audience.

Í fyrri líf mitt, I primarily worked on ERP and CRM projects. They both have a fairly wide solution domain but not as wide as SharePoint. To be fully realized, SharePoint projects legitimately and necessarily reach into every nook and cranny of an organization. How many other enterprise solutions have that kind of reach? Not many.

SharePoint clearly represents an enormous opportunity for those of us fortunate enough to be in this space. It provides a great technical opportunity (sem er einhvern veginn snúið á haus hér under "Technologies You Must Master"). But even better, SharePoint exposes us to an extensive and wide range of business processes through these engagements. How many CRM specialists work with the manufacturing side of the company? How many ERP consultants work with human resources on talent acquisition? SharePoint exceeds them both.

Eins og ekkert, það er ekki fullkominn, en það er fordæmdur góður staður til að vera.