Think that would be an awesome post (there’s not much out there like that — at least not recently). Let me know if there’s any way I can be helpful.

- Ben

Does it work well with a multi-site install? I could see a great case being made for the speed at which one could deploy a new project or team micro-site with DMS, blog and other functionality.

Perhaps when I re-visit this post I’ll try to do a comparison between the cost, complexity and configurability between WordPress and other open source CMS’s with “enterprise-level” alternatives like Interwoven Teamsite, Microsoft Sharepoint, OpenText RedDot, etc.

Regarding “workflow management” you may want to take a look at WP Document Revisions which is (1) A document management system (DMS), to track, store, and organize files of any format; (2) A collaboration tool to empower teams to collaboratively draft, edit, and refine documents; and (3) A file hosting solution to publish and securely deliver files to a team, to clients, or to the public.

Hopefully the plugin should provide a bit more parity between WordPress and traditional enterprise CMSs.

Thanks,
Shawn

The one specific area where I think WP still has a short-coming is the ability to promote / manage changes between dev, staging and production environments due to the database of WP hosting code, config and content.

Now before you say: “But wait, if it requires customization — then it’s not ready” — Consider that Drupal (which everyone regards as an Enterprise CMS) *always* requires massive amounts of customization. In fact, Drupal typically requires more.

WordPress 2.0 was a blogging engine that pretended to be a CMS.

WordPress 3.0 is a whole different animal, and is far better than many packages claiming to be “enterprise” CMS’s.

Those who argue that WordPress 3.0 isn’t ready, are typically using an out-of-the-box install, and criticizing the handful of features that don’t meet their needs. Instead, they should note that WordPress 3.0 is infinitely expandable, extremely stable and easily customizable — and *WICKED FAST* when cached well — making it indeed, and enterprise level CMS.

Now — let’s cut down the competition: Drupal is a dog. Period. I’ve built probably 3 dozen sites with Drupal and it never ceases to amaze me what a chore it is to work with.

Yes. It’s stable. Yes. It’s powerful. But it’s a dog all the same, imho.

WordPress kicks serious ass. But you have to learn how to make it kick ass.

I agree that “Enterprise-level” is a mostly generic term to set the sales narrative for the scale a system could support. However, when the bulk of WordPress narratives written on the web could be paraphrased as “WordPress is a blog platform”, I still think it is important to highlight just how versatile it is that it can be easily customized to support so many different use cases.