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Jared Spool and his funny, accurate description of a problem with SharePoint.

Implementing SharePoint is a lot like building a house. It’s like a friend of yours says, “I know exactly what to do.” And, he drives you to a Home Depot, drops you off at the front door and says, “Everything you need is here.” Then, drives off.

- Jared Spool (paraphrased from his closing keynote at Web Directions North by Joanna)

I think the important thing to take away from this is that installing SharePoint is not a enterprise strategy. Using SharePoint as the tool to enable you Enterprise Strategy Vision is a much better approach.

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