In “Presenting SharePoint 2010 – To Pie or Not To Pie,” the author provides another perspective on the recent SharePoint governance discussion about the pie graphic often used by the community to explain the collaboration software. Some of the author’s ideas:

The SharePoint 2010 pie makes sense to talk to technical people who have worked with previous versions of SharePoint…It is probably not the pie that matters but the story behind it – the translation to the business context of a specific customer which makes a difference.

A survey follows the article polling users if they are using the SharePoint 2010 pie in presentations. Right now, most use the graphic judiciously depending on the audience. A graphic is a good approach to explaining the breadth and depth of the SharePoint platform, but as the author points out, there really isn’t another comparable compelling graphic out there besides the pie.

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Ken Toth, January 3, 2012

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