Posts tagged Adoption
Building a SharePoint Intranet... Not So Fast
Building a SharePoint Intranet... Not So Fast

Building a SharePoint Intranet is like rubbing Aladdin's lamp…

People know it’s powerful but they rub it before they've formulated their wish. And just like all the stories you hear, the results are funny, unless you are the one holding the lamp.

The analogy really holds true. Most organizations fail to adequately plan their SharePoint projects and so they fail. But while only about 10% of SharePoint projects (on average) are considered initially successful by their project teams, less than 1% of customers switch to a different platform.

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Office 365, Portals, SharePoint AdoptionJon FrostSharePoint, Adoption, Project Planning, SharePoint Interventions
There's Real SharePoint Adoption and Just Adding "Social"
There's Real SharePoint Adoption and Just Adding "Social"

People are doing some pretty crazy things…

in order to try to drive much higher rates of adoption for SharePoint in the enterprise.  Over the last year an enormous amount of attention has been given to weaving various types of social communication systems into the SharePoint environment.  The theory seems to be that since these types of communication systems are popular as stand-alone systems, blending them into a SharePoint environment will provide a reason for more employees to enter the SharePoint environment.

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SharePoint AdoptionJon FrostAdoption, SharePoint