Sharepoint Governance Toolkit

This comprehensive SharePoint Governance Toolkit helps organisations get the most out of their SharePoint deployment while managing and controlling risks. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) is an immensely useful collaboration and information sharing tool for organisations, teams and workgroups. Poorly governed SharePoint deployments can create significant holes in organisational information structures as well as exposing the organisation and its information to a wide range of risks. Maximising value from your SharePoint deployment requires a joined-up approach that is aligned with the communication objectives and risk controls of the business - a governance approach. Comprehensive Suite of Documents for SharePoint Governance The ITG SharePoint Governance Toolkit contains a comprehensive suite of documents and templates that will help you implement and maintain an effective and secure SharePoint service in your organization. This toolkit is applicable in all SharePoint environments - MOSS 2007, MOSS 2010 - and the toolkit contents draw on a wide range of established best practice, including Microsoft guidance.

A practical handbook with proven recommendations and design considerations for creating elegant SharePoint solutions and integrating with other collaboration tools to build value for your organization Key Features Learn how to structure sites, pages, and data with effective metadata Understand the modernization of SharePoint over time and discover ways to leverage its out-of-the-box features Fit all the pieces together across cloud tools like Teams, OneDrive, Planner, and Forms Book DescriptionAfter opening a toolbox full of tools, it can initially be hard to know which is the right one for the job – which tool works best and when. Showing you how to create an informed and purposeful plan for SharePoint Online in the context of the Microsoft 365 suite of tools is what this book is all about. SharePoint Architect's Planning Guide will help you understand all you can do with SharePoint. Whether the tools are new to you or you’ve used the older versions in the past, your journey will start by learning about the building blocks. This book is not a step-by-step guide; there are tons of online resources to give you that and to help you better keep up with the pace of change. This book is a planning guide, helping you with the context, capabilities, and considerations for implementing SharePoint Online in the most successful way possible. Whether you need to plan a new intranet, migrate files to a modern platform, or take advantage of tools such as Power Platform, Teams, and Planner, this guide will help you get to grips with the technology, ask the right questions to build your plan, and successfully implement it from the technical and user adoption perspectives. By the end of this Microsoft book, you’ll be able to perceive the toolbox as a whole and efficiently prepare a planning and governance document for use in your organization.What you will learn Find out how to build or migrate to an effective modern intranet Explore how SharePoint works with other Microsoft 365 tools Discover best practices for extending SharePoint Understand the ways to implement effective metadata Plan for successful adoption and change management Explore best practices for site and data architecture Who this book is forThis book is for any IT professional looking for an all-encompassing view of the collaboration tools in Microsoft 365 to plan for successful SharePoint adoption. This book will benefit long-time SharePoint on-premises administrators making a leap to the cloud, as well as IT architects with experience in other areas who’ve never worked with SharePoint.

Faced with constant and fast-evolving threats to information security and with a growing exposure to cyber risk, managers at all levels and in organizations of all sizes need a robust IT governance system. Now in its sixth edition, the bestselling IT Governance provides guidance for companies looking to protect and enhance their information security management systems and protect themselves against cyber threats. This version has been fully updated to take account of current cyber security and advanced persistent threats and reflects the latest regulatory and technical developments, including the 2013 updates to ISO 27001/ISO 27002. Changes for this edition include: updates in line with the revised ISO 27001 standard and accompanying ISO 27002 code of practice for information security controls; full coverage of changes to data-related regulations in different jurisdictions and advice on compliance; guidance on the options for continual improvement models and control frameworks made possible by the new standard; new developments in cyber risk and mitigation practices; guidance on the new information security risk assessment process and treatment requirements. Including coverage of key international markets, IT Governance is the definitive guide to implementing an effective information security management and governance system.

Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance is the first book to offer practical and action-focused SharePoint governance guidance based on consulting experiences with real organizations in the field. It provides the quintessential governance reference guide for SharePoint consultants, administrators, architects, and anyone else looking for actual hands-on governance guidance. This book goes beyond filling in a governance document template and focuses entirely on actions to take and behaviors to adopt for addressing real-world governance challenges. Walks you through how to define what SharePoint offers and who is involved Offers key governance strategies for you to adopt or advise to your customers Provides real-world examples that apply each governance concept to an actual scenario What you’ll learn Define a scope to offer SharePoint as a service to an organization Specify roles and responsibilities involved in a SharePoint service Envision and strategize a SharePoint roadmap Plan for growing and upgrading a SharePoint environment Measure and report on performance metrics Set boundaries for development standards and testing processes Who this book is for Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance is for SharePoint consultants,administrators, architects, and anyone else looking for actual hands-on governance guidance. It is an excellent choice for people who like action-focused concepts or who want to go beyond documentation and theory. This book is a fantastic choice for anyone looking for agile ideas to put into practice without necessarily embarking on a lengthy governance exercise upfront. Table of ContentsPart I: Orientating SharePoint Governance 1. Understanding SharePoint Governance Part II: Defining the SharePoint Service 2. Defining Your SharePoint Service and Service Tiers 3. Determining Your SharePoint Features and Functionality 4. Establishing Your Team's Roles and Responsibilities 5. Shaping Your User Readiness and Training 6. Measuring and Reporting on Your SharePoint Service Performance Part III: Expanding the SharePoint Service 7. Creating Your SharePoint Roadmap 8. Promoting a Feedback Process 9. Managing Your SharePoint Demand Funnel 10. Growing Your SharePoint Service 11. Preparing for SharePoint Upgrades and Patches Part IV: Customizing the SharePoint Service 12. Committing Sponsorship and Ownership of Customizations 13. Facilitating and Isolating End-User Customizations 14. Designing Your Development Standards and Testing Processes 15. Framing Your Information Architecture and UI Standards 16. Coordinating Your Code Promotion and Release Processes 17. Rapid Concepts

Disruptive Governance thinking for the masses. This manifesto is about SharePoint Governance, project success factors and disrupting the status quo. Actually, this manifesto could have easily have been about the Governance of any collaboration, social, knowledge management or information management platform. This manifesto is not about the SharePoint Governance approaches that you see today, focused only on technology and information. This manifesto describes a more holistic, positively disruptive and business led form of Governance. The word Governance does not mean "huge document that no-one reads" or "a set of rules to stop your users doing stuff." As stated in Wikipedia, the word Governance is said to have been derived from the Greek verb Kubernao, used for the first time in a metaphorical sense by Plato. In Latin, the term Governance means "To Steer" and this phrase is the basis of this Manifesto. The SharePoint Governance Manifesto seeks to enable you all to deliver business value to your organisations by positively disrupting your SharePoint projects. We will do this with the experiences, analogies, tools and techniques that are contained within these pages... Whether you are a consultant, business analyst, project manager, developer or business stakeholder this manifesto is your roadmap to business aligned SharePoint success. On our journey we will discuss Governance snake-oil, the celery effect, complexity theory, Cynefin, sailing, waves, change management, the seven waves of Governance, facilitation, Tummelers, collaborative play and many other weird and wonderful facets of my positively disruptive approach to SharePoint Governance. It is my intention that this book will cut through all the existing SharePoint Governance crap that is out there and steer you on a path to SharePoint awesomeness.

Close the gap between introductory and advanced resources available on SharePoint 2016 with this guide and identify the core benefits of specific techniques in a real-world context, including best practice scenarios. You will find this book to be a comprehensive collection of tutorials and solutions for all of the most widely used techniques (e.g., intranet, Internet, formal metadata management, informal metadata management, document management, social media, project management). To overcome the high volume, velocity, and variety of data, content management systems usually focus on different sub-tasks, namely document management, web content management, digital asset management, and enterprise records management. As a leading enterprise CMS and all-around solution, SharePoint Server handles all of these sub-tasks using one system; however, the opportunities and limits of SharePoint are often unknown at the management level. Many managers who decide to use SharePoint do not know how SharePoint can concretely help to improve their business and day-to-day operations. They are often overwhelmed with its functionalities. In addition, daily users are often overwhelmed with the complexity and extensive features and possibilities of the system. Both SharePoint administrators and users need a clear explanation of when SharePoint can be used, where it can help, and how to use it. Manager’s Guide to SharePoint Server 2016 is that solution. The book provides coverage of: SharePoint technology, including the core technologies of SharePoint and the MySite technology, as well as SharePoint administration levels Template technology, including the most widely used collaboration, enterprise, and publishing site templates Hands-on tutorials and solutions for users and administrators, including use cases in a real-world context Best practice scenarios of SharePoint governance, template usage, and additional tools to improve SharePoint What You’ll Learn Discern how and where SharePoint can help improve a company’s success Understand the core elements of SharePoint for customization and how to improve the site’s functionalities Know how SharePoint can be used as a collaboration and management platform Discover what to do within SharePoint and how to more effectively manage SharePoint in daily business across teams Who This Book Is For Content managers, systems managers, and software engineering professionals. SharePoint managers, end users, and site administrators will also find this book useful.

Pro SharePoint 2010 Governance is the first book on the market focusing exclusively on the essential guidance necessary for leveraging SharePoint 2010 within your organization's intranet, extranet or Internet environment for maximum business value. Effective governance allows your organization to promote the adoption of SharePoint’s productivity-enhancing features while maintaining security and control over your organization's most vital information. Pro SharePoint 2010 Governance presents comprehensive guidance, from the basics of "What is governance?" to the detailed considerations of IT, information and application management. Using the conceptual framework promoted by Microsoft and augmented with detailed discussions, recommendations and checklists, you will have all the information you need to streamline the governance of your SharePoint sites. Teaches the concepts and benefits of SharePoint site governance. Discusses advanced features and techniques for implementing governance in your organization. Provides detailed recommendations, templates and checklists for jump-starting your governance effort.

Deliver a successful SharePoint solution to your organization Take control of the complex requirements for delivering a SharePoint 2013 solution to your organization. Led by a SharePoint MVP specializing in SharePoint service delivery, you’ll learn proven methods to help you prepare for a smooth adoption and governance process throughout the enterprise. This guide is ideal for IT professionals, including service delivery managers, project and program managers, and business analysts. Discover how to: Align your SharePoint solution with organizational goals and business priorities Engage executive sponsors, stakeholders, and SharePoint champions Provide detailed plans and schedules for an effective, structured delivery Build a team with appropriate roles to match delivery requirements Prepare user adoption, training, and communication plans, with clear business rules and policies Plan ongoing platform governance, service releases, and solution maintenance Build effective customer service models and provide SharePoint support