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Can IC work without SharePoint savvy?
I've seen a few posts on LI recently around the use of SharePoint in IC and associated frustrations. Full disclosure, I'm a diehard advocate of SharePoint but would be the first to admit what it ...
Hi Annette, lovely to see you here, and hi to everyone else too!
Having got my hands dirty with a variety of intranet platforms, I think it is the overall user experience, information architecture and content design savvy that is more important than, say, SharePoint savvy. The ability to critically analyse what's going into a page, why it's there, who it's going to work for, and how it interacts with other content is going to contribute more significantly to the success of SharePoint or any other platform.
Yes, there's a lot more to be gained from a deeper understanding of SharePoint (probably the greatest advantage it has over other platforms), and therefore IC needs to have a mindset that embraces this. I still feel it's better to start well with a universally useful tool that can be built-on and refined over time.
Having got my hands dirty with a variety of intranet platforms, I think it is the overall user experience, information architecture and content design savvy that is more important than, say, SharePoint savvy. The ability to critically analyse what's going into a page, why it's there, who it's going to work for, and how it interacts with other content is going to contribute more significantly to the success of SharePoint or any other platform.
Yes, there's a lot more to be gained from a deeper understanding of SharePoint (probably the greatest advantage it has over other platforms), and therefore IC needs to have a mindset that embraces this. I still feel it's better to start well with a universally useful tool that can be built-on and refined over time.
Hi Simon, completely agree on that second para, especially given the extent to which you can tinker with things like navigation with sufficient access. Your point actually adds another layer of potentially "ubiquitous learning" for the IC professional which I hadn't considered in the original post. The plot thickens...