The newly released, AIIM 2010 SharePoint report, underwritten by Allyis, shows that one third of organizations implementing SharePoint have no plans on how or where (or where not) to use SharePoint, clearly indicating a lack of upfront strategic direction and planning in many SharePoint implementations.

Figure 12: AIIM 2010 SharePoint Report

This information, coupled with 23% of respondents claiming SharePoint implementations have been implemented by individual departments without overarching coordination and another 26% saying their SharePoint implementations have been driven by IT, with little information management input, begs the question “Why is there such a lack of strategic business oversight and alignment in SharePoint strategy, planning and implementation?”  The business issues organizations are attempting to address through SharePoint are more than likely spread across multiple lines-of-business, and so too, should be the planning and strategy for its implementation and use.