By releasing a portal pilot to a subset of the user community, we gain critical feedback to maximize the impact of the full-scale release.

With web-based software, it is fairly simple to release new versions on a weekly or even daily basis. This rapid iteration allows us to deploy a portal pilot to a subset of users in order to gain critical feedback more quickly. In addition to deploying to a subset of users, a portal pilot can be utilized to test a limited set of end-user functionality to validate the planned approach.

One of the clear advantages of Microsoft SharePoint as a portal technology is that it comes with an extensive array of functionality "out of the box."  This base functionality enables Northridge to more rapidly design and develop portal pilots when compared to leveraging other portal frameworks.

The proper execution of a portal pilot can help better define solution requirements, reduce future rework, decrease overall project cost, drive higher solution quality, and generate early user "buy in" which is critical to broad end-user adoption.

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