A: Training new staff or increasing current staff's skill sets in SharePoint should also be considered when forming a strategy. Realistically speaking receiving a complete and comprehensive end-to-end training in SharePoint is close to impossible for any one person to complete. The simple reason is that there is simply too much to learn in order to understand all there is to know about this platform. Beginning with a Proof of Concept and keeping it as a Sandbox environment will allow staff to have an area where they can build skills in order to become familiar with the platform and not impact production environments. This approach is an excellent idea.

There are a number of training services and Microsoft Partners who offer courses for all the different SharePoint roles: Administration, Developer, End User, Power End User, Site Collection Administrator, and so on. Typically these providers offer boot camp-style courses that last anywhere...