What happened to SharePoint?

Our friend SharePoint, a very hot topic in the intranet space 12 months ago, was hardly mentioned in the 2009 Quick Poll.

I did not put it on the list, and there were only 10 comments in the open question suggesting to include it (out of the 50 people who commented, out of the 165 total who took the Poll).

Their suggestions for issues concerning SharePoint:

1. When to use SharePoint, when to use the intranet

• "Amazingly, people are using the word Sharepoint as if it were generic for I don’t know what. I’ve never seen a commercial brand name gain such traction so fast in the intranet world. It’s scary."
• "Secured content: intranet or SharePoint?"
• "SharePoint or intranet: appropriate identification of when to use either"

2. Governance

• "Governance intranet / SharePoint"
• "Governance/control of SharePoint Designer, now that it's 'free.' "
• "SharePoint Issues."

3. Numbers & stories around SharePoint

• "Would be interested to know how many organizations have or are intending to roll out Sharepoint MOSS as their portal platform."
• "Another focus on Sharepoint would be interesting."
• "I'd be interested to hear real-life stories of Sharepoint for intranet."
• ".... I deal with SharePoint in an intranet environment not intended for collaboration. I wonder about the experience of others with the same or other systems."

What do you make of this relatively low level of interest in a topic that was so hot just 12 months ago?

Comments

[Samuel]

Interesting point! For us I think we're successfully implementing Sharepoint as a collaboration platform. Due to cost cutting intranet development in general and migration to Sharepoint is very slow. So, we're not focusing on migration, but how to keep improving the intranet and maintain management commitment in these hard times.

[Anne_W]

I wonder if Sharepoint users are not going through some kind of "Trough of Disillusion" and would like to go further.

We are trying to launch a virtual community and use Sharepoint as a real collaboration platform and it looks like a nightmare to me.

[Jane McConnell]

Thanks Samuel - sounds like your experience is better than most! I enjoyed my time with you and your colleagues and hope to see you all again one day.

Hi Anne - and Bonjour ! Are you France - based? I think you are right, but we'll have more information about what people have experienced when the current Global Intranet Strategies survey closes this year. One of the 4 open questions investigates peoples' experiences with SP as a collaboration solution. If you manage an intranet, get in touch, you can join the survey and get a free copy of the Global Intranet Trends for 2010.
Let me know!