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TechNet Governance Guidance

The folks at TechNet have been busy writing new documentation on SharePoint Governance. There is a lot of great information for organization implementing SharePoint who want to implement a governance plan. The articles and white papers cover tools and techniques to help in your quest for order.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263341.aspx

Posted by Matthew McDermott on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 10:52
2 Comments | Filed under: Governance
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On 29 May 2008 11:21, whall said:

So seriously, can you describe "governance" in a paragraph or two for the buzzword-challenged?

On 30 May 2008 05:08, Matthew McDermott said:

Back in 2003 the mantra was "empower the user" the trend was "Self Service Site Creation". After 4 years of unfettered site proliferation the cries we here is "Where's all our stuff?" Governance seeks to find the sweet spot between manageability and end-user empowerment. Depending on the organization, governance can be "Iron Fist" or "Free Love" though somewhere in between is reality. Start your reading here: http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/tags/Governance/default.aspx and see where that leads. Joel, while at Microsoft, spent a lot of time working on governance trends for IT around SharePoint.

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