Reviews written by bpulliam
Templates
Effective, Cost Effective, With some limitations
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Was deploying a company intranet solution using SharePoint.
Wanted to make a splash, and have an enhanced look and feel. This product fit the bill.
Many folks that were familiar with SharePoint from previous experiences we blown away.
Deploys in about an hour's work. Have had no admin issues related to the product whatsoever...
However...
If you are piling on 3rd party web parts or other customizations, bear in mind they are written with the base SharePoint templates in mind, test them first you may be surpised what this thing will do to them in terms of how they display.
The nintex workflow build screen definately does not get along at all with these skins...I don't really hold it against them however...Just an observation.
Overall I am pleased, and would do it again, and likely will...
Product Reviews
| Pros | - Many choices to choose from
- Compared to what it would cost us to do it ourselves, was a steal.
- Instructions we clear and well thought out. |
| Cons | - People picker doesn't quite line up right...
- Does not get along well with others such as Nintex Workflow.
- If you call MS Support on a SharePoint issue - They will immediately bail because this represents a customization to them. (Just switch the site to a normal template b4 they see it) |
| Version Reviewed | Blues |
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Platforms & Workflows
Performs as advertised...Good stuff...However
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Nintex installs, and sets up very easily. Their documentation and support is good. Overall my experience has been very good.
The previous review talked about how the end users can do all sorts of sophisticated workflows with this thing...Well yes...To a point. It might be my user-base, but there are some pretty abstract concepts that many of my folks are just not trained to handle. Things such as posting variables, regular expressions, and so forth are just unavoidable for anything of any consequence. As a result, I often find myself involved or designing the workflow myself.
That being said, the speed at which I can put it together and deploy it is about 500% faster than if I were to do it in SPD. If you have a tech-savvy crowd, the claims of anyone can do it are true. My users are regular business users, and although certainly not stupid, their just not accustomed to thinking in programmaticly logical terms...It's not plug and play from that perspective.
It's still a good investment. If you are looking at getting into workflow in your sharepoint environment, I whole heartedly recommend this product. just a word of warning...as the admin/dev in our sharepoint environment, I am not "off the hook" as some of the language around this product would suggest...
Product Reviews
| Pros | Easy to use interface
Exposes functionality normally reserved for SPD users to non-techs
Cuts development time down dramaticly
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| Cons | More a product of the workflow foundation, but has trouble with "Wait For"
Wouldn't trust with "Mission Critical" tasks |
| Version Reviewed | 8.7.5.1 (I think) |
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