When I go out and do design and architecture engagements with our customers, I'm routinely asked about staffing levels for their deployment.  Often, I'm asked about what other companies and organizations are doing to staff their SharePoint deployment and support needs.  So, after asking several customers if they would be interested in participating in a staffing survey and getting their consent, I thought I would post this and ask if others would be willing to participate in the same survey. 

The survey will focus on your current SharePoint staff relative to the size and type of your deployment.  In many organizations, SharePoint is "part-timed" within the same staff of those who support other applications. In some, it is full-timed. All you'll be asked to do is to estimate the FTE (Full-time equivalency) of the various SharePoint roles, then report on the number of SharePoint servers, number of site collections and size of content databases as well as if you have MOSS or a WSS-only implementation.  We'll also ask about the number of SharePoint users in your environment and the number of overall desktops too. That will help all of us understand SharePoint penetration in most organizations. We will not ask about salary information.

The survey won't take long if you have the information needed for the survey.  We'll releases the results back to those who complete the survey, but that means they will need to identify themselves in the survey to ensure that they have completed it.  If you want to participate, please respond indicating as much to me (bill@mindsharp.com) and we'll send you the link to take the survey. If you are on our mailing list, an email went out today about this. If you've not received the email, please check your Junk Mail folder and ensure that email from Mindsharp is white listed on your email server.

I trust you've had a great holiday season and that you're on a good track for 2010.  While it has been a difficult time for many businesses, it's also a great time to be thankful for what we have and to work harder to create a better future.  Take care and I hope to hear from you soon.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Bill English
Mindsharp