Think Big, Start Small, Keep Growing

Think Big, Start Small, Keep Growing

The most important thing in all of this is to remember to just get started! I have worked with many organizations that feel that “we just don’t know what we don’t know” and because of that they are unsure of how to start and where to focus their attention. This is a common feeling in the SharePoint community, but the only way to get to where you want to be is to get started. No organization is ever going to start using all of the features available in SharePoint all at once, but they can start small and continue to add features over time.

If the focus remains on the business and successfully changing the way the business uses technology to work together, then the end results will be for the better of the business. There will be bumps along the way and change will likely be required in how things are approached, how decisions are made and how technology is implemented, but the end results will be worth it — the trick is to know where you want to be, to start small and keep growing. You may be using SharePoint as a way to centrally store documents today, but as long as you keep the forward momentum, who knows where you'll be three months from now?