SHAREPOINT "BS DETECTOR" QUIZ ...

SharePoint – the best or worst thing that’s happened to content and records management?

There is a great book that has just been published called “True Enough - Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society". It highlights how in the age of information overload we suffice on where we get our information from and in fact what we unconciously choose to believe. It’s a powerful read because after it you start to question how objective you are and how true some of the “facts” you treat as gospel are.

There is an awful lot to know about SharePoint and there is a full range of views on it. We recently attended KMWorld in San Jose, and well, we heard lots there. This ranged from practitioners who are getting huge successes with SharePoint to naysayers of all persuasions – commentators; open source exponents ; KM “gurus” ; non-Microsoft advocates ; recordkeepers.

One thing is certain – Sharepoint has challenged the status quo in quite unexpected ways.
So how do you work out what is “true enough” for you?.

We have put together this resource for you in the form of a quiz.  

If you think because we have SharePoint service offers we are biased, then you should also know that much of our business comes from supporting EDRMS implementations, we are active in exploring open source options and we do alot of strategy. recordkeeping, taxonomy work that is system independent.

ie to us “managing content”; “knowledge sharing” , "business value", and “adoption by users” comes first – not technology.

As you think of each question option - think about how it relates to the following:

KEY

A useful answer that moves you towards compliance

A dodgy answer, with potential problems

A "BS" answer that is misleading and incorrect

1. Can you use SharePoint in large organisations?
2. Are many organisations using SharePoint?
3. Can SharePoint hold document and records metadata and classification?
4. Can SharePoint manage paper record files?
5. Can SharePoint do Document Management?
6. Can SharePoint do retention and disposal?
7. How expensive is SharePoint vs EDRMS?
8. Shouldn’t we just go and buy an EDRMS so we are compliant?
9. Do you need to use software developers to do real things with SharePoint?
10. So, all in all, what should we do with SharePoint?