בעת די לעצטע צוויי טעג, I have participated in two meetings during which we presented the results of a SharePoint project. The CIO and his team joined the first meeting. That’s standard and not especially notable. The IT department is obviously involved in an enterprise rollout of any technology project. The second meeting expanded to include a V.P. פון פֿאַרקויף, עטלעכע דירעקטאָרס רעפּריזענטינג הר, לאָגיסטיקס, מאַנופאַקטורינג, הויפּט - שטאָט פּראַדזשעקס, קוואַליטעט, פּערטשאַסינג, פֿירמע אַנטוויקלונג און אנדערע דיפּאַרטמאַנץ (עטלעכע פון וועמען האבן נישט אַפֿילו גלייַך ינוואַלווד אין די קראַנט פאַסע). That’s a mighty wide audience.
אין מיין פריערדיק לעבן, I primarily worked on ERP and CRM projects. They both have a fairly wide solution domain but not as wide as SharePoint. To be fully realized, SharePoint projects legitimately and necessarily reach into every nook and cranny of an organization. How many other enterprise solutions have that kind of reach? Not many.
SharePoint clearly represents an enormous opportunity for those of us fortunate enough to be in this space. It provides a great technical opportunity (וואָס איז עפעס פארקערט אויף זייַן קאָפּ דאָ under "Technologies You Must Master"). But even better, SharePoint exposes us to an extensive and wide range of business processes through these engagements. How many CRM specialists work with the manufacturing side of the company? How many ERP consultants work with human resources on talent acquisition? SharePoint exceeds them both.
ווי עפּעס, עס ס 'נישט גאנץ, אָבער עס ס אַ דאַמד גוט פּלאַץ צו זייַן.
