If I need to hire sharepoint consultant/developer. Why should I hire Microsoft certified sharepoint consultant?
My 2 cents —
SharePoint is a large platform that a certification may not necessarily cover what you maybe looking for. The breadth of Office 365 stack requires asking the right questions as outlined by Beau.
Even with years of experience, there are certainly hits and misses (or lack of adoption) when implementing projects using SharePoint. Thus, it is much better having the right fit and skill set you’ll require on a particular project or application you’d like to tackle.
My starter questions —
- What is your primary motivation or goal?
- What will be your success criteria?
- How would you support the solution once it is rolled out?
- etc.
So far these questions are non-technology specific which the consultant should help hash out with your organization.