<p>The key to success with any technology upgrade is to prove a return on investment from a productivity perspective. Businesses can often rush into updating technology or infrastructure deployments without carefully considering the benefits that they can bring. Decision makers need to keep the potential productivity benefits in mind and weigh them up against the pitfalls of rushing into an upgrade, simply because it is popular.</p><p>With this in mind I've pulled together a list of 10 ways in which Microsoft SharePoint 2013 will improve productivity:1. Document Management</p><p>Uploading documents in previous versions of SharePoint has always meant a lot of awkward clicking. The other option of getting documents into SharePoint 2010 quickly was using SharePoint Workspace, but that was often unpredictable and had document library scalability limitations. The new drag-and-drop functionality of SkyDrive Pro is an attempt at taking your content offline and replacing SharePoint Workspace. The experience of taking your documents offline has also been improved by simply clicking the sync button.2. Sharing</p><p>SharePoint really takes the effort out of security management for business users by simply nominating the user or group and permissions with two clicks. Requesting access to a site is traceable, so if you go back to the site after you have requested access, it will detail who is handling the request.3. User Interface</p><p><a href="http://www.businesscomputingworld.co.uk/10-ways-microsoft-sharepoint-2013-will-improve-productivity/">Keep reading...</a></p>