The document outlines the steps to effective SharePoint governance. It recommends establishing 5 governance teams - a business strategy team, solutions/technical strategy team, and 3 tactical teams. These teams establish objectives, policies, and processes. A governance site is also recommended to house documentation and resources in a collaborative manner. External frameworks can provide guidance but each organization's approach will vary based on their unique needs. Effective governance is an ongoing process of continuously evaluating and improving practices.
7. Why Do I Need
Effective Governance?
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8. There are big risks that are
almost always realized when you
don’t have it!
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9. SharePoint Sprawl
Risk: Un-Managed Sites and Content were
not periodically reviewed for accuracy and
relevance.
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10. Quality Deterioration
Risk: Did not ensure that content quality
is maintained for the life of the portal.
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11. Frustration Failure
Risk: Did not consistently provide a high
quality user experience.
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12. Priority Paralysis
Project Priority
Fileshare Migration 1
Partner Extranet 1
Executives Kitten Picture Rotator 1
Risk: Did not establish clear decision 1
Legacy Application Integration
making authority/ownership and 1
Governance Planning
Put Out Server Room Fires
escalation procedures so that conflicts1
and/or policy violations are resolved in a
timely manner.
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13. Ineffective Use of Time/Resources
Risk: Did not ensure that the portal
strategy is aligned with business
objectives so that it continuously delivers
business value.
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14. It’s not just about insuring
against or mitigating those risks!
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15. What does
that mean?
Without effective governance
organization, performance, and
capability are significantly
reduced.
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23. Recommended Governance Teams
There are typically 5 teams for SharePoint Governance:
Business Strategy Team
Solutions/Technical Strategy Team
Tactical Teams:
Tactical Operations Team
Tactical Development Team
Tactical Support Team
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25. Governance Teams
Business Strategy Team
Solutions/Technical Strategy Team
Tactical Teams:
Tactical Operations Team
Tactical Development Team
Tactical Support Team
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26. Business Strategy Team
Role: Provide strategic insight, Sample Representative Interests
direction and prioritization for Executive Sponsor
the portal. Knowledge Management
Information/Technology Services
Finance
Sales and Marketing
Human Resources
Decentralized Business Legal and Compliance
Operations
IT Centralized People Development and Training
Administration
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28. Governance Teams
Business Strategy Team
Solutions/Technical Strategy Team
Tactical Teams:
Tactical Operations Team
Tactical Development Team
Tactical Support Team
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29. Solution (Technical) Strategy Team
Role: Provide technical insight,
direction and prioritization for
the portal. Sample Representative Interests
Application Development
Infrastructure
Enterprise Architecture
Security
People Development and Training
Tip: If a business direction requires new
Communications
integration or effort with other technologies
then a technical representative for that
technology will be necessary.
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30. HR Onboarding Solutions
• Onboarding Workflow
• Onboarding Electronic Forms
• Integration with HRIS
• New Employee Site
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31. Map Solutions to Objectives
Direct Relationship Indirect Relationship
Automate and Automate and
Automate and Centralize
Improve HR Improve Provide HR Self
Improve HR Knowledge and
Employee File Absence Service
Onboarding Resources
Management Management
Adjust Site
Structure
Onboarding
Workflow
Onboarding
Electronic Forms
Integration With
HRIS
New Employee
Site
Document
Capture
Automation
* Objectives/solutions should be more specific – Example purposes only.
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32. SharePoint will be…
Utilized by Business Users to develop and implement business solutions that use
technology without IT’s direct involvement.
Our primary unified application delivery platform.
Our primary workflow/business process automation platform.
Our intranet and communication center for internal corporate communications.
SharePoint will not be…
Our (external) web content management platform.
Our primary document management platform.
Our contact management platform.
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33. Strategic Responsibilities
Defining Clear Objectives and Priorities
High Level Solutions Definition and Ownership
High Level Platform Classification
Communication Planning and Management
Resource/Capability Management
Expectation Management
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35. Governance Teams
Business Strategy Team
Solutions/Technical Strategy Team
Tactical Teams:
Tactical Operations Team
Tactical Development Team
Tactical Support Team
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36. The Tactical Operations Team
Role: Provide operational (IT-
related) support and
maintenance for the system
Sample Representative Interests
infrastructure Infrastructure
Domain Administrators
Networking
Servers and Environments
Quality Assurance
They manage the more routine maintenance of
Security
the system by performing nightly backups,
Databases
performance monitoring and analysis, and
keeping the environment current with security
releases and upgrades.
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37. Operations Responsibilities
Objectives/Priorities
Disaster Recovery Plan
Storage and Quota Policies
Monitoring Plans
Maintenance Plans
Service Level Agreements
Security Policies
Deployment Process, Policies, and Schedule
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38. Governance Teams
Business Strategy Team
Solutions/Technical Strategy Team
Tactical Teams:
Tactical Operations Team
Tactical Development Team
Tactical Support Team
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39. The Tactical Development Team
Role: Customize/configure,
personalize, and leverage
SharePoint to achieve business
Sample Representative Interests
objectives. SharePoint Designer
Visual Studio
Source Control
Quality Assurance
Webparts
This team is a loosely-knit community who's
Templates
membership ranges from highly skilled
programmers to technically savvy end users in
charge of personalizing departmental team sites.
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40. Development Responsibilities
Objectives/Priorities
Branding Guide
SharePoint Designer Policy
Workflow Policy
Development Standards (Including OOTB vs Custom)
Development Environment Policy
Testing Requirements
Deployment Process, Policies, and Schedule
SharePoint Standards Online
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41. Governance Teams
Business Strategy Team
Solutions/Technical Strategy Team
Tactical Teams:
Tactical Operations Team
Tactical Development Team
Tactical Support Team
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42. The Tactical Support Team
Role: Provide support of the
SharePoint applications and
platform. Sample Representative Interests
Support and HelpDesk
People Development and Training
Knowledge Management
Taxonomy and Ontology
Navigation and Organization
Creates and manages a support system with
Coaching
effective training and proper channels of
question or issue escalation and resolution. This
team should also include influential users and
leaders.
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43. Support Responsibilities
Objectives/Priorities
Site Classification and Platform Classification
Site Provisioning Process/Questionnaire
User Expectations Agreement
Roles and Responsibilities
Support Agreement(s)
Training and Communication Plans
MySite Policies (Pictures)…
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44. Support Responsibilities
User Lifecycle Policy
Taxonomy Management
Social Policies
Content Standards
Legal and Compliance Policy
Search Management
SharePoint Standards Online
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45. Multiple Tiers for Escalation
(You can’t know everything)
Tactical Support Team
Help Desk
Site Administrators
End Users
Learning Libraries/Online/Help
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46. Measure Support
Learn and use data to be proactive.
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47. Deployment Process/Policies
Extremely Important! Ensure
you have clear schedules and
ownership.
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48. Governance Tip
If possible have one member in all
of the Governance teams or some
members across multiple teams!
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49. Governance Tip
Create a “Business Solution
Governance Team”. This team
allows you to find business users
who want to be involved.
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50. The Outcome
Everyone Achieves a Shared
Understanding of SharePoint Related
Processes.
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51. What to watch out for…
Not just documents, policies, and
procedures. It is an active and ongoing
process.
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52. Setting Up A
Governance Site
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53. Why a Governance Site?
1. It’s a lot of content.
2. It’s a collaborative process.
3. It’s an ongoing process.
4. Each piece of content should
have a clear owner.
5. Content will need to
be shared.
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55. SharePoint Solutions Listing
In addition you can also create a
‘Roadmap’ or basically a Gantt Chart or
visual indicator of solutions to show
what you have achieved and where you
are going with SharePoint.
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57. Policies, Standards and Guidelines
Use Search, Metadata, and
Approval Workflows to help
improve management and user
experience.
For living documents/standards that
require many authors try a Wiki!
SharePoint Standards Online
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58. FAQs and a Glossary
SharePoint Glossary Online
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61. Feedback and Surveys
Embed feedback
options throughout
the sites!
Don’t forget to
share stories!
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62. Self Help and Support Resources
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63. Self Help and Support Resources
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64. Complete Site Listing
Include things like:
• The owner and secondary
owner of the site.
• The purpose of the site.
• The URL, Size, and Usage Level
of the site.
• The last time the site was
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engaged by
65. The Outcome
Using the SharePoint Platform we can
effectively manage SharePoint
Governance.
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66. What to watch out for…
Just having the Governance site isn’t
enough. Content must remain fresh.
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72. No Single “Approach”
Projects Communities
Tasks Practices
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73. Define Governance Control Levels
Home Page
“PUBLIC” SITES: Open Tightly
to all employees controlled,
formal
Functional Areas governance
Department Site –
“Public”
“PRIVATE” SITES: Open Some control,
to business group Department Team Site – “Private” some formal
members governance
TEAM SITES: Generally open Looser control,
Project/Initiative Team Sites less formal
to team members
governance
Personal Sites– My Sites
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78. SharePoint Maturity Model
Sadalit van Buren
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79. The Outcome
There is a ton of material out there to
support you.
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80. What to watch out for…
External best practices, policies,
standards, and ideas may or may not be
the right fit.
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81. Steps to Effective Governance…
1. Understand The Need For Governance
2. Build Your Governance Teams
3. Understand How SharePoint Is/Should Be Used
4. Develop/Practice Guidance and Policies
5. Return to Step 2 and Repeat Steps 2 through 4
6. You Have Perfect Governance
You Can Never Truly Achieve Perfect Governance.
So long as you are performing the steps
you are achieving Effective Governance.
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82. Thank You
Organizers, Sponsors and You for Making this Possible.
Questions? Ideas? Feedback? Contact me:
Twitter: @RHarbridge
Blog: http://www.RHarbridge.com
Email: Richard@RHarbridge.com
Resources:
700+ SharePoint IA Slides at.. PracticalIntranet.com
130+ SharePoint Standards at.. SPStandards.com
15 Pages of Important Questions at.. SharePointDiagnostics.com
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