SharePoint Governance - Jumpstart

SharePoint Governance - Jumpstart

How do you begin? 

1. Create an internal SharePoint user group

Gather a group of those who run SharePoint, who are interested in learning about SharePoint, and those who know your business. Meet weekly, monthly – whatever makes sense as you start to put together your plans. Bounce ideas off one another, share responsibilities, but most important of all – incorporate the various perspectives into your plan so that your governance model better matches the culture of your group and company.

2. Clearly define roles and responsibilities

Farm Administrators

Site Administrators

Project Owners

Approvers

Reviewers

Outline the necessary functions to deploy and govern. Figure out what you need at the enterprise, organizational, and site level. Put a process in place (like OARP) to help the decision-‐making process.

3. Outline your taxonomy, communicate it, and iterate

The point here is to get started. Don’t wait for perfection – outline what you know, roll it out, and let your users refine it as they go. It’s an iterative process that needs ongoing management. By taking it in small steps, it also allows you to step back and reflect after each iteration.

Expert Advice by Christian Buckley, MVP :

Keep it simple, let your processes grow and develop organically, and keep your users and especially your internal SharePoint community in the loop on what you’re thinking and doing. These things will go a long way in ensuring your SharePoint deployment is successful. (i.e. People are using it.)

Courtesy : Christian Buckley, MVP