SharePoint 2010 Planning

Every SharePoint undertaking will at one point face the following questions: how long will it take, how much will it cost to implement, and how will we use it?

•  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/10590.sharepoint-2010-best-practices-estimating-projects.aspx , the first and so far only resource covering this particular topic.
• http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Maxer-for-SharePoint-2010-8cd0f26f , Maxer for SharePoint 2010 is a tool that checks for capacity boundaries in existing SharePoint farms.
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh403882.aspx  , capacity management.
• http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3495.typical-sharepoint-project-part-1-en-us.aspx, interpretation of a “typical” SharePoint project.
• http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/8874.sharepoint-server-2010-getting-started-beginners-to-expert-en-us.aspx, getting started.
• http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1288 , adoption best practices.