SharePoint - The Best Collaboration Tool Out There!
May 28, 2018
SharePoint - The Best Collaboration Tool Out There!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with MS SharePoint
SharePoint is being used by my Company as a collaboration tool between individuals, project teams and the company employees at large. In my capacity, I use it for project planning, including resource planning. It is also used to track overall budgets for projects and any of the hours billed to those projects.
- It is a terrific tool for "one-stop shopping". That is, I can get to most of what I need through SP, without searching our Network.
- SP brings efficiency which, at the end of the day, saves time for everyone which helps the company's bottom line.
- Multiple people can be in the same folder at the same time. It does not limit usage to one user at a time.
- Obviously, if your company is having Network issues, then it can bring SP to its knees.
- Scheduled downtime can also be an issue. It is typically scheduled during non-business hours, but I travel frequently and it can impede my work at times.
- It is not the "prettiest" to work with. Tabs, radio buttons, etc. are very plain to look at and work with. I recognize that the User can get creative with their own "content", but I do not have time for that.
- It allows project team members to get their hands on important documents without wasting a lot of time
- Updates are real time. You can get in and out of a document in a matter of minutes and then hand it off to a fellow project team member.
- SP is very robust. There is no limit to what it can store and be used for.
My Company had already selected and had been using SP prior to my hiring in, so I can't speak to why it was selected. But, I can tell you from past work experience, nothing comes close as a collaboration tool. There are many "copycat" software packages out there but none can match SP in what it can do.