Forrester report on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010

A Microsoft sponsored study by Forrester claims that a 5,000 strong business can achieve a return on investment with around 7 months for installing both SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, and other Microsoft collaboration tools MCTS Training.

The paper argues that collaboration tools can make a huge difference to the productivity of an organisation. Giving someone even five minutes more productive time a day means a 1% increase in their overall productivity. For a company with 3,000 information workers, it says, that is equivalent to having 30 more fully-ramped people without increasing the headcount.

Forrester calculates that a 5,000 strong business could achieve a timesaving of 3.96% of each employee’s time, equivalent to $7 million in benefits over 3 years. The study is based on an organisation that deploys Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Exchange 2010 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 together MCITP Certification.

Productivity gains come from:

(1) Less switching between applications

(2) Being able to check whether team members are available through “presence” features

(3) Making it easier to find documents, skills and knowledge.

(4) Better email management

(5) Applications and features can be accessed more easily

(6) Improved reporting for business intelligence users.