Then, as a group, I would view this as an opportunity to that this "poor tool" and turn it into something useful. That, my friends, is a consulting opportunity, not a "this tool sucks, don't use it" opportunity.
Content Management Systems in general are misunderstood, and contain way too many disparate features for people to use. That gives the end users a lot of tools, but like any tool, if you use a hammer wrong, it won't work. Blaming it on the tool isn't effective - it's an implementation issue (like any website). What SharePoint works well is as a portal or CMS that replaces some very pricey solutions (Notes, Documentum) with the same features, and a fraction of the cost. Like open source, there will always be added (read: consulting services), so instead of spending it on licensing fees, they can spend it on consulting fees, which means they can spend it on developing an effective information architecture and design. If any of you want to know some of the issues we found, and how we use SharePoint effectively, send me a note. We've skinned it so it looks nothing like SharePoint, and have done it in days and not weeks on some projects. Patrick Patrick Neeman -- speakTECH: Strategize, Design, Deliver Practice Manager, User Experience Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Todd Zaki Warfel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:47 AM To: Patrick Neeman Cc: Loren Baxter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sharepoint When there's no information architecture, it's a poor tool. There's always information architecture and it gets done w/ or w/o us. It's just that in this case, the IA is typically poor. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. ---------------------------------- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Blog: http://toddwarfel<http://toddwarfel/>.com ---------------------------------- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
