Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 is Microsoft newest contribution to the ECM arena. The key Microsoft marketing message is that they now have many of the capabilities needed to offer ECM and Portal projects. Microsoft also claims that MOSS includes a "out of the box" development platform for developing rich collaborative web-applications.
Is MOSS a viable ECM alterative, or just a sales and marketing message from Redmond. Before reading further please look at CMSWatch 12 predictions for 2008, regarding MOSS (http://www.cmswatch.com/Feature/172-2008-Predictions). CMSWatch claim that MOSS now enters the valley of disappointment because there is a mismatch between marketing and sales message and customer ECM-project reality. I’m currently studying the MOSS platform, trying to gain knowledge and experience for so to help organisations to implement MOSS with a high success rate.
My opinion is that the success criteria for MOSS are the same as for any ECM-projects, and organisations disappointment (claimed in CMSWatch) could well be that the project group fail to specify the project, manage level of expectations and build viable business cases. Advice: DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE BUSINESS SIDE OF AN ECM-PROJCET. How to build a ECM-business case
I would also be happy to start discussions and knowledge sharing with other ECM/MOSS professionals or communities.
In one of my next blog-spots I will try to describe MOSS from my personal ECM-point of View.
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