For a snapshot view, check out this AIIM infographic that provides a top-level summary and key stats from the study. You can read the complete study free from K2.com. http://community.k2.com/t5/Blog/Connecting-and-optimizing-SharePoint-AIIM-study/ba-p/77661#.VQsM5t8G_Dg.twitter

1. THE AIIM 2015
INDUSTRY WATCH SURVEY
The results show that while adoption is high, it is still a challenge
to get maximum value from your SharePoint investment.
AIIM (The Association for Information and Image Management)
recently released its 2015 Industry Watch survey, which polled
over 400 organizations about their adoption and usage of
SharePoint and what challenges and key learnings they’ve had
over the past 14 years.
50%
13%53%
45%
20%
63%
34%
The rise of BYOA makes it difficult
for IT departments to implement
tools that will be used.
Planning to move to SharePoint
Online for at least some of their
content.
Report some dissatisfaction with
their SharePoint implementations.
Of respondents noted users drift-
ing toward cloud-based tools like
Dropbox, Box, Google docs, etc.
Data governance, security and
technical expertise are cited as the
most common issues.
Have connected other line-of-busi-
ness systems to SharePoint but
struggle with implementation.
Of respondents are supporting two
or more live versions.
Making it difficult for support teams
and developers building SharePoint
applications.
45% are struggling with building
SharePoint-based business process
applications.
More than 20% cite mobile
connectivity as a challenge.
Lack of feature parity between
on-premises and cloud-based
SharePoint environments
will mean additional
implementation challenges.
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VISIBILITY AND INSIGHT INTO PROCESSES
ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
Key reasons include:
• lack of buy-in from senior
management
• difficult user interfaces
• lack of clearly defined scopes