A couple of weeks ago, we were doing a bit of market research and started come come up with some interesting SharePoint statistics. According to a ZDNet article in 2011, Microsoft was adding 20,000 new SharePoint users per day…yes, per DAY, and they have been doing this for the last 5 years!
One of the key metrics that keeps coming up, and people cannot seem to agree upon is how many of these users are actually using SharePoint. Some are predicting that 80-90% of of the licenses are being used, and some are quoting that only 40% of the quoted number of users are actually using it. Does not matter which you camp you belong to, there is no debating the numbers of some of the largest SharePoint deployments, including Tyson Foods (104,000+ users), Kraft Foods (98,000+ users) and Coca-Cola Enterprises (72,000+ users), as well as some unnamed oil and pharmaceutical companies with 50,000 to 100,000+ SharePoint users.
What many people do agree upon is that one of the biggest challenges that organizations face when deploying SharePoint is user adoption. The time and effort required to build and implement applications, along with user training requirements seem to be the biggest factors that affect the user adoption rates.
Now…this is where I am drawing a bit of a blank…Someone on the team spoke up and compared the experiences that we have had in deploying and successfully getting users to adopt SharePoint as part of our IMS solution with a saying that their mother used to always say to them when growing up. Once the chuckles stopped, we decided that this would be a great topic for a webinar. Â We have learned a great deal about user adoption and building solutions that help users to accomplish their day to day activities…so, we wanted to share some of what we have learned and experienced….
Mark your calendar for Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 1:00pm EST and join us for a free webinar “Increased SharePoint User Adoption:6 Things Mom Always Said…”. Be sure to RSVP for this fun and interactive session here: Register Now. We have also put together a downloadable paper which we will be offering to everyone who joins us for the webinar…so be sure to mark your calendars and join us for this free event.
