Solving internal business communication problem is a vital part of all businesses. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single, integrated location where employees can efficiently collaborate with team members, find organizational resources, search for experts and corporate information, manage content and workflow, and leverage business insight to make better-informed decisions. SharePoint helps deliver the above solutions through the following capabilities.
- Collaboration allow teams to work together effectively, collaborate on and publish documents, maintain task lists, implement workflows, and share information through the use of wikis and blogs.
- Portals Create a personal MySite portal to share information with others and personalize the user experience and content of an enterprise Web site based on the user's profile.
- Enterprise Search Quickly and easily find people, expertise, and content in business applications.
- Enterprise Content Management Create and manage documents, records, and Web content.
- Business Process and Forms Create workflows and electronic forms to automate and streamline your business processes.
- Business Intelligence allow information workers to easily access critical business information, analyze and view data, and publish reports to make more informed decisions.
SharePoint meets the three critical success factors of any knowledge management solution:
- Make it easy for business users to post content for use in the enterprise
- Make it easy for business users to navigate throughout the system to find what they are looking for via a topical structure
- Make it easy to find information via search
SP does not produce a direct financial return, it does allow for your team to work in a much more clear and effective manner. This means less human errors, less mistakes, less time spent on things that do not make you money. So, what this means is that in effect SP actually does provide a great ROI (return on investment). |