In times of tight budgets, investments in the infrastructure be reset like, and this concerns investment in the software environment, often only after a long time count is. But right now, it may be worthwhile, to consider an introduction of SharePoint, After all, promises the platform productivity boosts cooperation in teams. Below you will find some food for thought, wie Sie mit SharePoint sehr schnell einen Return on Investment realisieren können.

Why introduce SharePoint now?

• Solutions, which can be used to automate business processes, help companies, the same results with less effort to achieve. This is particularly true, If divorced from employees at this stage cannot be replaced. If a company or an organization is already in SharePoint available (Insert Windows Server? -then you can SharePoint u.U. royalty-free use), is how to configure an automation solution based on the SharePoint platform typically easier to justify as a comprehensive investment in a special software for business process automation.
• Solutions to simplify the collaboration within teams can help, Travel to minimize. Almost all organizations cut their travel budgets. If teams in different locations work together in your organization, must work well with reduced travel budgets. For this, these teams must better organize their cooperation. With SharePoint team sites, WIKIs and blogs can support collaboration across distributed sites effectively.
• Right now companies must deal with the loss of productivity, which is caused by the non-location-relevant information. Depending on the look you can tell, that staff – in particular in the management – between 20 and 35 % Working with the search spend for the right information. Can it really afford you, not to invest in technology, that facilitates the retrieval of information and increased transparency of information? Wouldn't it be nice, the time required to search for information through active Knowledge management to replace, so all of the shared corporate knowledge benefit?

If you have decided in principle, to try it with SharePoint, should consider some aspects in the implementation, you are even more important in times of tight budgets as in the stages of growth:

• Not just install SharePoint and expect, that the user with enthusiasm on the train jump. Create sample solutions and sample workspaces, the teams can quickly recognize where the added value of a well thought out SharePoint solution.
• Skip the information analysis and description of one never “Information architecture”. Just as quickly, How to create a nested directory structure with impossible wiederauffindbaren content, can you develop a user-unfriendly SharePoint solution. A small investment in the information architecture (with an advisor in your organization or a consulting firm) helps to ensure, that your SharePoint investment is a success.
• From the outset plan a monitoring and observation of your solution, so she don't explode without structure. Only if the entered content in addition to the findability are also valid and up to date, created a solution, the generieret real value in challenging economic times, and although in the short term as well as long term.

(This article is a free translation and addition of English Contribution by Susan Hanley)