A: Executing and implementing a SharePoint project can and should be a very exciting and rich experience for your end user business units.
This is due to the fact that you can show intermediate work frequently throughout the process. You should build many checkpoints into your first project schedule where you demonstrate the current state of the solution to your end users and engage them in the process. You'll get a number of great benefits from this "show and tell" cycle:
Keeping on track: If your team made a mistake, your end users will catch it for you right away and you can make the necessary adjustments and/or corrections immediately.
Making opportunistic changes to scope: As you work through the solution side-by-side with the end users, both you and your partners will identify small configuration changes that could make a huge difference. You can take advantage of these SharePoint platform features (for example, adding a new list...