What does everyone think of there SharePoint?

SPC Matthew Eccles — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:39:14 -0400

Here is a list of common reasons why people hate SharePoint:

Deployment time takes too long – According to a Forrester survey over 40% of respondents reported that deployments ran over the allotted time and approximately 60% of these respondents claimed it was due to technical difficulties. Delays in IT projects such as SharePoint deployments can cause organizations to lose valuable time and money.

SharePoint can’t be used “out-of-the-box” – Organizations learn that it is very hard to use SharePoint “as is.” They quickly discover that third-party tools are needed to augment SharePoint to address their business requirements. According to AIIM, the biggest on-going technical issue with SharePoint implementation is governance, specifically the management of metadata and taxonomies, and over 54% of organizations are either using or planning to use a third-party add-on product.

“The proverbial Swiss army knife solution to every content”- From document management, project management, blog, wiki and even corporate intranet; SharePoint promises to delivers on a wide variety of needs, yet the end result is often “nothing more than a landfill for documents.”

Poor user experience- In a Forrester survey, when enterprises were asked “In what way is SharePoint not meeting your expectations?” over 30% said that their users don't like the SharePoint experience. 30% said that their end users prefer other tools such as email. This isn’t surprising since the typical business users revert back to their original business workflow once they encounter difficulties with a newly introduced platform.

Poor mobile device access to SharePoint- In a study done by AIIM, 90% of survey respondents expressed some level of dissatisfaction from SharePoint’s Mobile device access. The business users want to stay productive in the office or on the go.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Sep 6 at 2014 9:34 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 21:34:50 -0400

It's so-so

Based on my experiences it is not end user friendly w/o a good amount of training. Neither is it developer or admin friendly w/o a good amount of training. If you're the one tasked to support it and expand it, it needs to be your only job and again, its not as easy as googling a few tips and ticks to keep it going. Good idea, not so good implementation, but hey, its Microsoft. Do we expect anything less?

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 8 at 2014 9:22 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:22:19 -0400

I cannot stand Sharepoint. The UI is poorly configured and it is extremely difficult to navigate to things you need to find.

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Sep 8 at 2014 9:32 AM

TSgt Joshua Copeland — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:32:26 -0400

Sharepoint is a great product, but like many things it is rarely implemented to its full capabilities.

The AF has implemented some really great Sharepoint based products with our Evaluation and Decoration routing system being chief among them. The catch is that all the truly great implementations are from contractors that specialize in it. The unit run Sharepoint sites tend to be epically misconfigured and mismanaged. This have everything to do with the shear lack of real training provided to end users.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2015 10:00 PM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 22:00:17 -0400

SharePoint is awesome! We have managed to automate just about every paper trail from the companh to the Battalion. We no longer worry about S1 loosing our stuff or the status of our submision. We simply submit via SharePoint and get automated updates every time the staus changes or updates are made.