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There are many approaches to starting a SharePoint project.
In my experience all the big ones start with a team of people presenting this bright
perfect future with them leading us. They are going to solve all your existing issues
and then hold your hand into the future. You listen closely to the advice of the
team and the supporting propaganda from Microsoft, assemble a team across
all departments, present to the CFO, the Chairman, and Department heads.
The ideas come pouring out. Every department's idea starts with "I want to be able
to...It would be great if...". You think you hit pay dirt, your end users are going
to help you build a roadmap based on true knowledge and all they need is your
guidance based feedback.
At some point you may arrive at the conclusion that SharePoint is the platform
to take you into the future.
Then you learn that a great deal of people have assumptions disguised as basic
understanding and you don't know where to start. So, many of your great ideas
become obstacles because you are spending the time explaining what you thought
was basic knowledge to many and you only realize the impact of some of your
decisions at the no-turning-back point. The simple definition of the Cloud is enough
to push your limits, combine that again with the realization that many of your end
users had created their own way of doing things, and those things are not always in
line with or have anything to do with the job they are supposed to be doing.
So when I began to read the questions and answers of this book, I began to develop
a completely new paradigm of how to manage, appreciate, and create business
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