Just announced at the SPC Conference is a site with guidelines for starting your SharePoint Project!

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/gearup/Pages/default.aspx

Now there is no excuse that there is not enough guidance for your SharePoint deployment. The site caters for different roles with personalised content and training material.

• Internal Buzz Kit: this kit provides sample materials and training to help customers kick off SharePoint deployments. It includes demo videos, e-mail scripts, scripted brownbag presentations, posters, training links, a guide on how to hold a training session, information about building online community and encouraging super users, training completion certificates, and guidance on how to run an "internal buzz campaign."

• GEAR Up: this online content tool inserts adoption in the context of phases in SharePoint deployments. GEAR Up includes the Internal Buzz Kit, and also points to the SharePoint Server 2007 End User Training Kit released back in December.

GEAR Up will help IT professionals and business managers find timely resources and guidance through phases of a typical SharePoint Server 2007 deployment cycle:

• Get Ready: how to build a business case and win executive sponsorship
• Engineer: resources to help with site design, capacity planning and governance
• Adopt: recommended tactics and materials to both engage and train end users..
• Release: build a community for ongoing support and planning a launch