Issues with collaboration; Transitioning to SharePoint

I have heard both the praises, sung by many, of the benefits of SharePoint as well as the trials and tribulations that seem to follow after the introduction of the tool.

Now I am hearing about more problems that are arising as firms, who chose to switch from another collaboration application to SharePoint, are finding the transition to be difficult. Some of the underlying reasons would be obvious in cases where firms utilizing robust nesting features of a tool seek to transition to SharePoint with no nesting to speak of. (Nesting is the concept of placing collaborative objects within other collaborative objects to mirror process flow or operating practices.)

Are there other issues? Are there cases in which transition is easy? It would be valuable to uncover and share what people are experiencing and what is happening.

If you have any current accounts of your transition to SharePoint and wish to share them, please feel free to comment, or write. Maybe we can all help each other.

Comments

[FredO]

I would also like to hear what other people are doing. At my company we are beginning to hear a lot about SharePoint and how much better it is. Not sure I want to be involved in a transition if the result doesn't get me much.