Empowered by SharePoint

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A key point I stressed throughout the seminar is the ability of SharePoint to empower individuals in any organization to take charge in creating collaborative platforms. An example I shared that most of everybody in the room was able to relate with is collaboration in project environments. Typically, if a project manager wanted a collaborative platform (other than email) to facilitate sharing of project documents, schedule, contacts, and status updates, he or she would need the IT/IS departments' intervention and assistance to set it up. In addition to this, IT/IS would need to define the appropriate access privileges to limit who has access to these project information. Now, realistically, do you think IT/IS will get it done ASAP?

By using SharePoint, with minimal technical skill requirements (familiarity with Windows, Microsoft Office and web surfing), a project manager can setup a web-based project collaboration platform that can store all project information (documents, templates, reports), enable document management capabilities (versioning, check-in/check-out), define access privileges, and generate automated reports. All this without IT/IS support. Think about the possibilities. In the next few weeks, I will be discuss specific steps in creating a collaborative project environment in SharePoint.

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