November 7, 2017
Creating the systems for sustainable, effective content
Content Governance
✤  Which side do I drive on?
✤  How fast can I go?
✤  How fast can I go really?
✤  When will I get a penalty? What is the penalty?
✤  What indicators exist to let me know?
“Because your users don’t care about your org chart.”
–Lou Rosenfeld
Change management
...Nothing stays the same
Change management process
✤  Document the problems caused by the current state
✤  Create a draft vision
✤  Try out the new approach
✤  Sell the vision to senior management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8
Spread the word about change
✤  Promote the new vision to middle management
✤  First, messages from senior management
✤  Reinforced by those who will own the vision
✤  Communicate the new vision to content owners/creators/
producers
✤  First, messages from those who will own the vision
✤  Reinforced by those who will execute the vision
What governance should cover
✤  Overall philosophy
✤  Rules and policies for how content/digital will work
✤  Roles and responsibilities
✤  Processes
✤  Turnaround time commitments
Content governance
✤  Content lifecycle rules
✤  Content promotion decisions
✤  What content needs to be reviewed
✤  What the review process will be (aka workflow)
✤  How voice/tone and style will be enforced
End result of governance
✤  Everyone knows how things work
✤  Everyone understands the expectations, and knows how they will be
enforced
✤  If people do content/digital work, it is an official part of their job
descriptions, and they’re measured on how well they do it
✤  People are trained in content/digital skills (current and new
employees)
✤  Content/digital policies are communicated and enforced, part of new
employee orientation
Roles
Making sure the right people are doing the right work
✤  Who does digital work now?
✤  Do they know they do it?
✤  Is it part of their job description, or something they are
expected to do in their “spare time”?
✤  Do they know how to do it?
✤  Do they get support for doing digital work from their
management?
Responsibility matrix
RACI	Defini+ons	
R	 Who	is	
Responsible	
The	person	who	is	assigned	to	do	the	work	
	
A	 Who	is	
Accountable	
The	person	who	makes	the	final	decision	and	
has	the	ul:mate	ownership	
	
C	 Who	is	Consulted	 The	person	who	must	be	consulted	before	a	
decision	or	ac:on	is	taken	
	
I	 Who	is	Informed	 The	person	who	must	be	informed	that	a	
decision	or	ac:on	will	be	taken
Process
Process
✤  Figure out the rules
✤  Make the rules explicit and visible
✤  Teach people, remind regularly
✤  Enforce (carrot/stick)
✤  Evolve
http://www.contentstrategyinc.com/understanding-content-maturity-model/
Thank you, and stay in touch!
Hilary Marsh
hilary@contentcompany.biz
http://www.contentcompany.biz
@hilarymarsh
Newsletter: 
‪http://www.contentcompany.biz/newsletter

Content-digital governance - JBoye conference, 2017

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    November 7, 2017 Creatingthe systems for sustainable, effective content Content Governance
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    ✤  Which sidedo I drive on? ✤  How fast can I go? ✤  How fast can I go really? ✤  When will I get a penalty? What is the penalty? ✤  What indicators exist to let me know?
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    “Because your usersdon’t care about your org chart.” –Lou Rosenfeld
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    Change management process ✤ Document the problems caused by the current state ✤  Create a draft vision ✤  Try out the new approach ✤  Sell the vision to senior management
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    Spread the wordabout change ✤  Promote the new vision to middle management ✤  First, messages from senior management ✤  Reinforced by those who will own the vision ✤  Communicate the new vision to content owners/creators/ producers ✤  First, messages from those who will own the vision ✤  Reinforced by those who will execute the vision
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    What governance shouldcover ✤  Overall philosophy ✤  Rules and policies for how content/digital will work ✤  Roles and responsibilities ✤  Processes ✤  Turnaround time commitments
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    Content governance ✤  Contentlifecycle rules ✤  Content promotion decisions ✤  What content needs to be reviewed ✤  What the review process will be (aka workflow) ✤  How voice/tone and style will be enforced
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    End result ofgovernance ✤  Everyone knows how things work ✤  Everyone understands the expectations, and knows how they will be enforced ✤  If people do content/digital work, it is an official part of their job descriptions, and they’re measured on how well they do it ✤  People are trained in content/digital skills (current and new employees) ✤  Content/digital policies are communicated and enforced, part of new employee orientation
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    Roles Making sure theright people are doing the right work
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    ✤  Who doesdigital work now? ✤  Do they know they do it? ✤  Is it part of their job description, or something they are expected to do in their “spare time”? ✤  Do they know how to do it? ✤  Do they get support for doing digital work from their management?
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    Responsibility matrix RACI Defini+ons R Who is Responsible The person who is assigned to do the work A Who is Accountable The person who makes the final decision and has the ul:mate ownership C Who is Consulted The person who must be consulted before a decision or ac:on is taken I Who is Informed The person who must be informed that a decision or ac:on will be taken
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    Process ✤  Figure outthe rules ✤  Make the rules explicit and visible ✤  Teach people, remind regularly ✤  Enforce (carrot/stick) ✤  Evolve
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    Thank you, andstay in touch! Hilary Marsh hilary@contentcompany.biz http://www.contentcompany.biz @hilarymarsh Newsletter:  ‪http://www.contentcompany.biz/newsletter