Matul l-aħħar jumejn, 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. mill-marketing, diversi diretturi jirrappreżentaw HR, Loġistika, Manifattura, Proġetti kapitali, Kwalità, Purchasing, Iżvilupp Korporattiva u dipartimenti oħra (wħud minnhom ma kinux involuti anki direttament fil-fażi attwali). That’s a mighty wide audience.

Fil-ħajja tiegħi qabel, 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 (li huwa b'xi mod mdawwar fuq kap tagħha hawn 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.

Bħal kull ħaġa, mhuwiex perfett, iżda huwa post tajjeb damned li jkun.