SharePoint 2007 Fails the 7 Pillars Framework: Marketplace Opportunities for ISVs; Next Actions for Microsoft

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This White Paper outlines the opportunities for ISVs to build add-on products and services to enhance the team collaboration capabilities of Microsoft SharePoint 2007. It builds on our The 7 Pillars of IT-Enabled Team Productivity: The Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Analysis white paper (February 2008).

"This is an ideas paper. It documents our vision of what needs to happen with Microsoft SharePoint to make it a productive and effective place of work for teams in businesses and organizations. The ideas are written for those who can do something about covering over the gaping holes in the collaboration capabilities of SharePoint 2007—that being independent software vendors (ISVs) that work with Microsoft and Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

This ideas paper came about as a result of our recent CIO and IT Organization-facing research into the efficacy of SharePoint to support team collaboration. While working on that research, we developed a set of ideas as to where SharePoint needs to get better in order to meet the needs of collaborative teams. This paper documents all of those."

This paper is for Microsoft ISVs wanting to develop for-fee add-on products for Microsoft SharePoint 2007. The paper also offers strategic direction to Microsoft Product Groups.

The paper is 24-pages in length. Download and review the Summary Document (Registration Required) ... which contains the first 6 pages (Table of Contents, Executive Summary and Introduction) and page 24 (PDF, 228KB)

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What Others Say About Michael's Ideas on Collaboration Software
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"Over the past few years, Michael has consulted for several businesses I’ve been involved in. I have always found Michael’s comments insightful, honest and constructive, enabling us  - as a software company – to benefit from his experience and direct our efforts into areas that matter. Michael is deservedly called an authority in the collaboration area, and his breadth of experience and knowledge is obviously significant, enabling his customers, such as ourselves, to get a focused insight into what is happening in a rapidly evolving industry."
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