However, we have crossed the stage of
basic networking and are moving on to an era of content management. Regular use of such
business applications results in thousands of proposal documents, budget spreadsheets, presentations,
and project fi les. Searching for a specifi c document across an enterprise is becoming
a challenge??”often, multiple versions of documents exist without any version control, and
information you are looking for is not available immediately. CIOs consider collaboration
tools and workfl ow in an effort to improve communications among employees and enhance
productivity.
SharePoint helps an organization to set up a powerful intranet built on the Windows Server
platform, the Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server platform, and a front-end comprising
a simple Web interface or any of the popular Microsoft Offi ce productivity tools, such as
Word, Excel, and Project.
A project is defi ned as a set of interrelated activities and tasks required to create a product
or service, or to achieve a specifi c result. Whether it??™s a one-time or a recurring project, or
whether it??™s a short-term or a long-term project, thorough planning and execution result in
decreased costs, enhanced productivity, and higher customer satisfaction. Organizations use
various project management tools to manage their projects and perform activities such as
allocation of tasks, resources, and cost; building and managing teams; and providing project
status reports.
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