Wakati wa mwisho siku mbili, 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. kutoka masoko, kadhaa wakurugenzi anayewakilisha Utumishi, Vifaa, Viwanda, Capital Miradi, Ubora, Ununuzi, Kampuni ya maendeleo na idara nyingine za (ambao baadhi yao walikuwa hata moja kwa moja kushiriki katika awamu ya sasa). That’s a mighty wide audience.

Katika maisha yangu kabla ya, 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 (ambayo ni namna fulani akageuka juu ya kichwa chake hapa 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.

Kama kitu chochote, siyo kamilifu, lakini ni damned mema mahali pa kuwa.