The document provides an overview of a business analyst's experience and interests. It then discusses the importance of governance for successful SharePoint deployments and treats governance as a living process. Finally, it outlines a framework for measuring governance maturity across different categories like foundation, administration, communication, and adoption.
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SharePoint Governance Plan
Company Name
Prepared for
Date & Draft Number 1.0
Prepared by
Hank Farlow, SharePoint Lead, ALI Inc.
Contributors
Internal SharePoint Team
Revision and Signoff Sheet
Change Record
Date
Author
Version
Change reference
Initial draft for review/discussion
Updated with contact information
Updated with software and contact information
Updated with hardware info
Updated site provisioning policies and procedures.
Added URL guidelines to application policies.
Reviewers
Name
Version approved
Position
Date
Project Sponsor, Director of Global Enterprise Collaboration
Senior Microsoft Consultant – Portal Architect
Project Manager, Manager of eBusiness
Director of Communication and Networking
Project Infrastructure (IT Admin, NA)
Infrastructure Manager, Europe (IT Admin, EU)
Regional IS Project Mgr, AP (IT & Portal Admin, AP)
IT Manager, China (IT & Portal Admin, China)
Signoff
Name of IT Director
Date
Signoff
Name of Business Director
Date
Table of Contents
11Executive Summary
22Introduction
22.1Objectives
22.2Audience
22.3Scope
22.4Risks / Concerns
33Definitions and Acronyms
44Resources
44.1Team Roles and Responsibilities
74.2Individual Roles and Responsibilities
104.3People
134.4Equipment
164.5Locations
175Governance Hierarchy
196Operations Policies
237Application Usage Policies
278Communication and Training
278.1Communication Plan
288.2Training Plan
288.3Support Plan
319References
1 Executive Summary
The SharePoint Governance Plan is a guidebook outlining the administration, maintenance, and support of X Corporation’s SharePoint environments. It identifies lines of ownership for both business and technical teams, defining who is responsible for what areas of the system. Furthermore it establishes rules for appropriate usage of the SharePoint environments.
An effective governance plan ensures the system is managed and used in accordance with its designed intent to prevent it from becoming an unmanageable system. The management of an enterprise-wide system involves both a strategic, business-minded board to craft rules and procedures for the use of the system and also a tactical, technically-competent team to manage the routine operational tasks that keep the system running. Users of the system will be empowered by a support and developer community sponsored by the business leaders.
The primary goals of this project are to:
1. Create the people infrastructure to govern and support the SharePoint environments
2. Document initial governing policies and procedures of the SharePoint environments
3. Communicate the need for the business to provide support via people resources.
Portal Management
Description of Centralized or Decentralized SharePoint Environment
Future Direction
It will be the responsibility of the X Strategy team to collectively seek out business opportunities to enhance. The team will ask questions such as:
· How do we improve business processes and h.
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SharePoint Governance Plan
Company Name
Prepared for
Date & Draft Number 1.0
Prepared by
Hank Farlow, SharePoint Lead, ALI Inc.
Contributors
Internal SharePoint Team
Revision and Signoff Sheet
Change Record
Date
Author
Version
Change reference
Initial draft for review/discussion
Updated with contact information
Updated with software and contact information
Updated with hardware info
Updated site provisioning policies and procedures.
Added URL guidelines to application policies.
Reviewers
Name
Version approved
Position
Date
Project Sponsor, Director of Global Enterprise Collaboration
Senior Microsoft Consultant – Portal Architect
Project Manager, Manager of eBusiness
Director of Communication and Networking
Project Infrastructure (IT Admin, NA)
Infrastructure Manager, Europe (IT Admin, EU)
Regional IS Project Mgr, AP (IT & Portal Admin, AP)
IT Manager, China (IT & Portal Admin, China)
Signoff
Name of IT Director
Date
Signoff
Name of Business Director
Date
Table of Contents
11Executive Summary
22Introduction
22.1Objectives
22.2Audience
22.3Scope
22.4Risks / Concerns
33Definitions and Acronyms
44Resources
44.1Team Roles and Responsibilities
74.2Individual Roles and Responsibilities
104.3People
134.4Equipment
164.5Locations
175Governance Hierarchy
196Operations Policies
237Application Usage Policies
278Communication and Training
278.1Communication Plan
288.2Training Plan
288.3Support Plan
319References
1 Executive Summary
The SharePoint Governance Plan is a guidebook outlining the administration, maintenance, and support of X Corporation’s SharePoint environments. It identifies lines of ownership for both business and technical teams, defining who is responsible for what areas of the system. Furthermore it establishes rules for appropriate usage of the SharePoint environments.
An effective governance plan ensures the system is managed and used in accordance with its designed intent to prevent it from becoming an unmanageable system. The management of an enterprise-wide system involves both a strategic, business-minded board to craft rules and procedures for the use of the system and also a tactical, technically-competent team to manage the routine operational tasks that keep the system running. Users of the system will be empowered by a support and developer community sponsored by the business leaders.
The primary goals of this project are to:
1. Create the people infrastructure to govern and support the SharePoint environments
2. Document initial governing policies and procedures of the SharePoint environments
3. Communicate the need for the business to provide support via people resources.
Portal Management
Description of Centralized or Decentralized SharePoint Environment
Future Direction
It will be the responsibility of the X Strategy team to collectively seek out business opportunities to enhance. The team will ask questions such as:
· How do we improve business processes and h.
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Session Overview
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2. Position: Business Analyst, GTconsult
Responsibility: Make collaboration
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Love: Business/IT Mediation, Governance
Interests: Music, crazy shoes, all things art
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3.
4. As with most user-driven technologies, SharePoint is often unleashed without
proper planning or governance structures and most administrators find
themselves needing to retroactively apply standards across their environment.
Healthy governance is essential to any successful SharePoint deployment. In
cases where we have seen a successful implementation of a governance strategy
there have been great increases in user adoption, management support, end user
productivity, and business value.
Governance is not a one-time exercise. It is best treated as a living process, to be
revisited and refined as the business evolves.
7. Measuring governance maturity
Establish a baseline
Understand how close (or far) your organization is to the outlined best practice
Identify gaps and set goals
Establish a clear path for growth
8. Chaotic Reactive Proactive Optimized
Level 0 Level 3
• Unmanaged
• Undefined
• Confusing
• Under Used
• Roadblocks
• Fire fighting
• Issue resolution focus
• User frustration
• Reluctance to adopt
• User confidence
• Minimal confusion
• Explorative
• Future Focused
• Plan and Execute
Methodology
• Collaborative Admin
• User Empowerment
• High Engagement
• Governed
• Compliant
• Fully Supported
Level 1 Level 2
9. Establish the very basic structure and support for your platform.
•Technology decisions: on-premise, Office 365, hybrid?
•Upgrade or update scheduling
•Execution of enhancements or customizations aligned with SDLC
•IT security regulations applying to infrastucture
Platform
•Information architecture and content management strategy
•Alignment of site structure to user content engagement patterns
•Administrative support and rolesStructure
•Clear outline of resource availability and service expectations
•SharePoint specific SLA’s
•Sharing support accountability with business partners vs. solely ITTech Support
•Align business and IT management
•Gain executive support
•Drive governance team accountability
•Incentivize user interaction
Buy-In
10. Set the stage for how you will uphold policies and maintain the integrity of your platform
•Establishment of co-operative partnership for governance team
•Form a bridge between IT and business
•Ensure team members are passionate
Teamwork
•Clear outline of expectations for team members
•Established responsibilities according to role
•Commitment from all parties
Role Definition
•Your vision for the future of the platform
•Planning and design for your governance implementation
•The should’s and should not’s
Roadmap
•Find the balance between control of functionality and activity monitoring
•Decisions for which controls will require custom work
•Monitoring processes and methods
Controls &
Monitoring
11. The path to a strong and beneficial relationship with your users
• Communication plan
• Established channels
• Communication methods
Methods
• Established points of contact
• Clear delineation of ownership per method or channelOwnership
• Active decision body
• Presents a united front to users and management
• Regular meeting cadence with structured agenda
Committee/ Board
• Focus on key soft skills: ability to work as a team, patience, flexibility,
conflict resolution
• Leverage exceptional business team members who excel in soft skills
Soft Skills
12. Maintain the visibility and importance of your platform
•Schedule of events to garner excitement
•Marketing activities for your platform
•Long term approach vs. launch onlyExcitement
•Training delivery through varied mediums
•Resource and tool availability
•Visibility promotes knowledge growthKnowledge
•Give your users reason to interact with the platform
•Prompt for declaring SharePoint as the collaboration tool of choice
•Garner management support to direct employees
•Reach out often
Engagement
•Reward the people who are doing exceptional things
•Incentivize use of the platform
•Motivate explorationRecognition
14. FOUNDATION
Chaotic
0
Reactive
1
Proactive
2
Optimized
3
Platform
2.5
Un-patched or unsupported
version of SharePoint.
Managed but out of date version.
May be on SP1 but behind on
CU’s.
Up to date on all patches and
CU’s with regular schedule for
additional updates. Aware of
cloud change model.
Cloud-ready or on O365. Up
to date on the latest and
greatest versions or upcoming
changes to O365.
Structure
2
Free-for-all site provisioning.
Growth is unchecked. No method
for decommissioning.
Sites are provisioned through a
defined method without tracking
or approval. Site structure is
defined by end-users.
Decommission is on-demand only.
Site provisioning is tracked. Site
collection structure is defined
and implemented to fit business
needs. Decommission needs are
assessed occasionally.
Site provisioning is automatic
or is tightly managed.
Decommissions are
performed regularly. Site
collections are structured and
controlled.
Tech Support
2.5
Little or no IT technical support
in place.
Support is break/fix only.
Response times are not ideal.
Part time or shared support
resources.
Dedicated support resources for
SharePoint. Support is inclusive
of break/fix and enhancements.
Dedicated support resources
for SharePoint. Support is
shared by business and IT.
Support includes front-end
user driven solutions.
Buy-in
1
Management views SharePoint
solely as a file sharing solution.
Management is aware of the
platform for team based solutions
involved more around escalations
or pain points.
Management is aware of the
platform, aware of uses outside
of file share and in support of
business exploration. Visibility
is solely on IT side.
Management is an advocate
for the platform. Utilization
of the platform for solutioning
is considered. Awareness is
driven by both IT and
business.
15. ADMINISTRATION
Chaotic
0
Reactive
1
Proactive
2
Optimized
3
Teamwork
1
SharePoint specific policy is
undefined. Platform is managed by a
single group without input from
business stakeholders.
Administration is reliant upon a
single individual.
SharePoint specific policy is defined
but focused solely on technical
compliance. Business stakeholders are
engaged when issues arise or are
escalated. Business users are
interfering in the administration of
the platform.
SharePoint policy is defined and
aligned with other corporate policies.
Business stakeholders are informed
of day-to-day administration.
Business users are contributing to
the administration of the platform.
SharePoint Policy and governance
are co-owned by IT and business
stakeholders. Both IT and
business work together to
administer and support the
platform as a business solution.
Role
Definition
1.5
Roles are not defined for users or
administrators.
Administrators step in for issue
resolution based on availability. Users
tend to see a long response time for
assistance and experience confusion
on what resources are available.
Administrator roles are defined.
User expectations are set based upon
the roles defined for the
administrative teams.
Roles for administrators and
users are clearly defined and
communicated. Roles are
evaluated on a regular basis to
ensure relevancy.
Roadmap
2.5
No current strategy for growth of
capability in the platform. New
capabilities are not enabled or
requested.
Capability in the platform is explored
and added for the business groups
that speak the loudest.
New capabilities are being explored
and implemented based on
anticipated need of business users.
Strategy is clearly defined and a
clear progressive view of
capability expansion is underway
or planned. Administrators are
aware of any new capability and
have a plan to implement with
the business impact in mind.
Controls &
Monitoring
1.5
The platform is not considered for
overall policy compliance. Utilization
of the platform is largely unchecked.
Controls are put in to place when
risks are brought to the forefront.
Often these require an escalation to
management before any controls are
in place.
Monitoring has been implemented
for areas of known risk. Controls
align with corporate policies. Users
are aware of the controls and
monitoring in place.
Monitoring practices have been
automated where possible.
Controls are implemented only
where absolutely necessary.
Users are empowered to explore
but aware of parameters. A
process exists to track and correct
any violations of policy.
16. COMMUNICATIONChaotic
0
Reactive
1
Proactive
2
Optimized
3
Methods
2.5
Changes or updates to the platform
are not communicated. If there are
communications, they usually occur
in a 1:1 format via email or phone.
Communications regarding system
down time are provided only when a
severe impact occurs. Users typically
reach out to IT to find out why things
are not working before the issue is
communicated to a wider audience.
Typically email is the primary
vehicle.
System down times are planned and
communicated in advance. Email
and perhaps one or two other
methods of communication are
utilized. Users are able to submit
feedback.
Multiple communication
channels have been established.
Each channel has a purpose for
audience, reach and
communication type. Two way
channels have been established
allowing a dialog between users
and/or administrators (Yammer,
discussion boards, etc).
Ownership
2.5
No clear ownership of communication
activities. Any outreach occurs based
on ticketing systems or word of
mouth.
Conversations are typically conducted
and managed through IT channels
only and relate mostly to break/fix.
Ownership of communications have
been established based upon comm
type. A central point of
contact/outreach typically exists.
All user interactions are owned
by a governance team. Corporate
communications, IT and business
stakeholders are usually
involved.
Committee/
Board
0
No established governance committee
or board.
A process within IT has been
established to escalate governance
issues. Typically in response to an
audit or known risks.
An official governance board has
been instated to serve as a vehicle
for regular check-ins on risk
management and capability
planning.
A governance board is
established and includes key
stakeholders. The board serves as
a management escalation
platform, sets strategy and policy.
A smaller governance team may
also be in place to ensure
completion of tasks and
communications.
Soft Skills
3
Resources dealing with governance
tend to focus on technical expertise.
Individuals with technical expertise
are having to push themselves to
interact with users. Users may not be
having the best experience coming out
of discussions.
Team members assigned to handle
communications will begin to have
increased interpersonal skills.
Individuals who rise to the top will
typically be both technical and
strategic.
All key communications team
members will have both technical
and interpersonal skills. Team
members will also be promoting
the technology and increasing
user excitement with every
interaction.
17. ADOPTION
Chaotic
0
Reactive
1
Proactive
2
Optimized
3
Excitement
1.5
Users are averse to utilizing the
platform.
Confidence in the platform is
established only when an issue is
solved in a timely fashion. No
independent strategies for garnering
excitement exist.
Planned methods for generating
user excitement and confidence in
the platform are in place. Power
Users are relied upon to spread the
word about the benefit of the toolset.
KPI’s are in place to measure
user excitement and confidence.
Events and/or outreach
methodologies are in place.
Specific individuals are
responsible for garnering
excitement for the platform.
Knowledge
1.5
Users are unaware of the various
uses of the tool and no methods exist
for imparting knowledge.
Users are trained on specific usage
scenarios as needed. Overall user
base knowledge of the toolset is
extremely limited, or self-driven.
Training and knowledge sharing
options are readily available to
users. However, focus may only be
on general usage of the tool.
Training exists for all levels of
user. Methods are in place to
assess user knowledge and
growth. KPI’s exist around
training and are focused on
growing front-end solution
utilization.
Engagement
2
Users avoid interacting with the
platform and may be seeking other
methods of collaboration.
Users tend to only engage with the
platform when directed by
management. No direct methods to
promote engagement exist.
Methods to promote user
engagement exist but may be under
utilized. Engagement has seen
organic growth.
Regular methods for engagement
have been established. A focus on
fun and business benefit is
utilized to increase user
engagement. A voice of customer
exists and is heard.
Recognition
0
No method for user recognition is in
place.
Kudos are given to users who engage
quickly and help solve issues. This
activity typically occurs within the
individual’s area of business and is
limited. Recognition primarily resides
outside of the platform (example:
email).
User recognition is a known area of
interest and mechanisms are built
within the platform to provide
greater visibility of successes. Power
Users are recognized and engaged to
lead solution builds.
A structured recognition and
rewards strategy is in place.
Users understand and are
receptive to the benefit of being
engaged in the platform.
Recognition for engagement
within the platform is widespread
and sponsored by management.
19. Assessment Results
3 - Optimized
• Collaborative Admin
• User Empowerment
• High Engagement
• Governed
• Fully Supported
2 - Proactive
• User confidence
• Minimal confusion
• Explorative
• Future Focused
1 - Reactive
• Fire fighting
• Issue resolution focus
• User frustration
• Reluctance to adopt
0 - Chaotic
• Unmanaged
• Undefined
• Confusing
• Under Used
• Roadblocks
Overall 2.0 Proactive Overall 1.6 Reactive
Overall 2.0 Proactive Overall 1.3 Reactive
AdministrationFoundation
The very basic structure and support for your platform. Your
environment is in a good place and you are most likely ready
to approach a holistic governance strategy. Focus on any
remaining pain points when appropriate.
Sets the stage for how you will uphold policies and maintain
the integrity of your platform and its data. A reactive ranking
in Administration is common for an organization that is just
starting down the path to governance.
Policy is defined but encompasses only technical compliance. Users
are interfering with administration of the platform as a whole.
Reactionary issue resolution due to unclear roles. Users experience
confusion on available resources.
Capability expansion explored for those who ask
Management escalation prompts controls to mitigate risk
Methods
Ownership
Committee/ Board
Soft Skills
2.5
1
Roadmap
Controls & Monitoring
Platform
Structure
Tech Support
Buy-in
Teamwork
Role Definition
1.5
2.5
1.5
Communication Adoption
2
2.5
Up to date on-prem environment with awareness of cloud
Defined site structure with tracking in place to control sprawl
Dedicated support resources for SharePoint
Management is in support of business exploration in the platform
with awareness of expanded capability
User confidence relies on resolution of tickets
Users trained only on specific use scenarios
Users only engage when direct by management
Recognition occurs in small groups or teams
Putting your defined strategy into practice. Ranking in the
proactive realm of communication indicates you are in a user
focused culture. If you are not quite hitting the optimized
mark, perhaps shift focus to building soft skills in your team
members and solidifying your governing body.
Ensuring your platform is utilized and accepted. Reactive is
common ground for many organization who are operating
solely in an IT silo. Start paying attention to how your users
are interacting with the tool to identify areas of improvement
and move into the proactive zone.
Excitement
Knowledge
Engagement
Recognition
User feedback is considered. Structured methods of communicating
ahead of downtimes are in place.
A central point of contact exists
Official governance board in place
Focus on growing interpersonal skills in your comms team
0
2.5
2.5
0
3
1.5
1.5
2
1
20. Goal Setting
Users are averse to utilizing the
platform.
Users are unaware of the various
uses of the tool and no methods
exist for imparting knowledge.
Users avoid interacting with the platform
and may be seeking other methods of
collaboration.
No method for user recognition is in
place.
Planned methods for generating user
excitement and confidence in the
platform are in place. Power Users
are relied upon to spread the word
about the benefit of the toolset.
Training and knowledge sharing
options are readily available to users.
However, focus may only be on
general usage of the tool.
Methods to promote user engagement
exist but may be under utilized.
Engagement has seen organic growth.
User recognition is a known area of
interest and mechanisms are built
within the platform to provide
greater visibility of successes. Power
Users are recognized and engaged to
lead solution builds.
Confidence in the platform is
established only when an issue is
solved in a timely fashion. No
independent strategies for garnering
excitement exist.
Users are trained on specific usage
scenarios as needed. Overall user
base knowledge of the toolset is
extremely limited, or self-driven.
Users tend to only engage with the
platform when directed by management.
No direct methods to promote
engagement exist.
Kudos are given to users who engage
quickly and help solve issues. This
activity typically occurs within the
individual’s area of business and is
limited. Recognition primarily resides
outside of the platform (example:
email).
Regular methods for engagement have
been established. A focus on fun and
business benefit is utilized to increase
user engagement. A voice of customer
exists and is heard.
A structured recognition and rewards
strategy is in place. Users understand
and are receptive to the benefit of
being engaged in the platform.
Recognition for engagement within
the platform is widespread and
sponsored by management.
KPI’s are in place to measure user
excitement and confidence. Events
and/or outreach methodologies are
in place. Specific individuals are
responsible for garnering excitement
for the platform.
Training exists for all levels of user.
Methods are in place to assess user
knowledge and growth. KPI’s exist
around training and are focused on
growing front-end solution
utilization.
Adoption - Excitement Adoption - Knowledge Adoption - Engagement Adoption - Recognition
Reactive
Proactive
Current State To Be
Kick Starts:
• Workshop to assess
results
• Brainstorming ideal
state
• Outlining areas of
activity to reach ideal
state
21. Prioritization and Planning
Deliverable Name Effort Priority
Track 1: Content Management
Publication
Site Map 2 3
Taxonomy 5 3
Metadata & Content Types 5 3
Targeted Content 4 3
Navigation 3 3
Search
Continuous Crawls 5 3
Newsfeeds 2 3
user tagging 1 3
Track 2: User Education
Staffing & Training
Training Plan 5 3
Resource on site (high tech) 5 3
Open Office Hours 3 3
Communicate plan to upgrade 1 3
People & Communities
Active Collaboration governance plan 3 3
Community Governance Structure 3 3
Community Management Process 3 3
Collaboration
Site Request Form 2 3
Help Request Form 2 3
Track 3: Capability Growth
Composites & Applications
Wider use of apps OOB 3 3
Business Process
Audit capabilities 3 3
Kick Starts:
• Filter identified areas of activity
into groups based on benefit
• Assign a rating for effort required
and priority
Kick Starts:
• Begin to assess ideal
time to implement
• Take prioritization
efforts into
consideration when
planning
22. 2015 2016
Today
Oct Nov Dec 2016 Feb
Oct 17 - Oct 24Team Initiation
Oct 25 - Oct 29Roles and Responsibilities
Nov 2 - Nov 10SharePoint Policy
Nov 10 - Nov 13Mgmt Buy-in
Nov 18 - Dec 2Site Structure
Nov 26 - Dec 10Control mapping
Dec 4 - Dec 7Monitoring process
Dec 12 - Dec 15Governance Documentation
Dec 28 - Dec 31Communication plan
Jan 5 - Jan 6Gov Committee
Jan 13 - Feb 1Gov site launch
Jan 29 - Feb 2Compliance Dashboard
Feb 6 - Feb 21Recognition Program
Roadmap
Kick Starts:
• Utilize your
prioritization and
planning work as the
base for your SP
roadmap!
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Editor's Notes
Platform: First you need to consider and set goals around the platform you use and how you manage it. Will you be on-prem, O365 or both? If you are on-prem or hybrid, you may need to set expectations for regular updates and application of patches or upgrades. You will also want to include specifics on execution of changes or customizations aligned with your software development lifecycle (SDLC). Any IT security regulations pertaining to infrastructure could also be referenced in this pillar. Remember that when defining your platform strategy, you must consider both the IT and business needs.
STRUCTURE: This will involve some exploration of content in your organization and how you would like to present that for you users. The basic structure of your sites should align with how users engage with content. Many of us see ‘structure’ and automatically think of creating our environments around organizational structure or business groups. However, that may not be the most effective way to organize your content. Going through the exercise of defining a managed metadata term-store is a great way to flesh out your content structure and lead-in to your overall site structure.
SUPPORT: In your governance strategy, you need to consider support. Although this may be a function solely owned and defined by a specific group in your organization, the need to very clearly outline expectations and availability of resources is key. You may find that your current support does not put enough emphasis on SharePoint or that it does not allow for growth of the platform. You may want to consider creating SharePoint-specific service level agreements (SLAs). The emphasis of support as a section in your SharePoint-specific governance strategy will place accountability on the organization as a whole to ensure that your users are covered and your platform receives the attention it needs.
BUY-IN: Once you have outlined the specifics about what you will use, how you will use it, and how you will support it, you are in a good position to reach out for management support. Rolling out a governance strategy without the full support of management almost always results in very short-lived governance activities. Full management support is the cornerstone to an effective, supportable strategy. It gives you the weight to start laying down parameters, becomes the driver to incentivize user interactions, and holds your governance team accountable. Management buy-in is essential to the success of governance strategies across the board. We even make the recommendation that both business and IT management be in agreement to ensure customer needs are met.
TEAMWORK: In relation to the overall ownership of governance and administrative tasks, teamwork is critical. Establishing a solid partnership early in the governance game will serve you extremely well down the road. These parties are able to share the burden for all aspects of administration of the environment, with governance being a primary focus.
Organizations may differ in structure and function, but the key is to have accountable parties with both a business and IT focus and for the team as a whole to govern the platform. This co-operative ownership will not only grant additional bandwidth for administrative tasks, but also increased visibility into how tools are actually being used and by whom.
ROLE DEFINITION: As with any significant efforts that are team related, role definition will serve you well. First things first, start by outlining what your administrative teams will be doing. Play to your resources’ strengths. Use your IT focused resources to manage support and define policy to ensure any IT security requirements are being met while leveraging the soft skills of your business focused resources for communication, user interactions and advocacy.
While you are mapping out accountability, you will most likely start to get into discussions on overall strategy and direction on the platform since some of the activities you are mapping might not yet be in place. This leads in to the next step of putting together an official roadmap.
ROADMAP: Now that you have set the Foundation for your platform, assembled your team and assigned accountability, you are ready to take a look at the future. Before defining what users should and should not do you need to have a clear picture of where your organization would like to go with the technology.
With your newly established team of outstanding, knowledgeable people hold a meeting (or three) to dig in and brainstorm. Make sure to keep your eye on the O365 product roadmap (even if you are on-prem) so that you know what could be changing in the future, and what new innovations might be beneficial to your organization down the road.
CONTROLS AND MONITORING: This is often part of the strategy that everyone thinks is most important. At GTconsult, we have seen many plans fail because this is their number one concern – when it should be just one factor in the overall strategy.
The reason that this does not come earlier in the framework is because you need to know what you are using, who is using it, who is running it, and where you are going with it before you can set any rules around how to use it. This is practical governance at its finest.
To set some context: controls are prevention or lessening of functionality while monitoring is allowing functionality but focusing on reporting. Swaying too much toward either side could be detrimental. You want to make sure you have a good balance, allowing users to explore and grow.
METHODS: In order to be successful in communicating with your organization, you must first map out how, where, what and when you will communicate. Your plan should include a mix of one-way “push” communications and 2-way “dialogue” communications. The key is to establish trusted methods for your users to learn about what is going on in your platform at any given time. Depending on the way your organization works together, different channels might be better suited for different communications.
Be consistent. There is no right or wrong way to slice and dice what should go where, but once you have identified the method it is important to utilize it often and ensure the communications are aligned with your strategy.
OWNERSHIP: Just as it is important to be consistent with approach to where and how you communicate, it is imperative to be consistent in who communications. Establishing clear ownership will help your users know who to go to for help, in turn reducing the number of tickets you see on a regular basis. It will also lead to a more cohesive team approach since everyone knows which area is their prime focus.
Take a good look at the strengths of your governance team and perhaps where communication activity is already organically occurring in order to get a good idea of how best to parse out ownership.
COMMITTEE/ BOARD: Establishment of an official governance committee gives you a united front and allows for quick decisions and enforcement of policies. Our recommendation for governance committees is to keep it simple. Organizations tend to want to bring in everyone who has a stake in SharePoint but in today’s world that can very easily be every business unit.
Your board should be the people who you will escalate to, who will review and bless policy changes or improvements to the technology. When selecting who should be in your committee, make sure they are committed to the role and what it may entail. Also be sure to include someone to represent the voice of the business. It is also important to have a regular meeting cadence with a well structure agenda to ensure that the time is used effectively and decisions are made swiftly.
SOFT SKILLS: The outreach team for your platform could be interfacing with all areas of your business. Since this is the case, you want to ensure that the people you have assigned to manage communications are strong in “soft skills” such as teamwork, patience, flexibility, and even conflict resolution. By nature of the job, individuals who fall on the technical side of things often come up short with interpersonal skills. Utilizing this framework will help fill the gap and keep your technical resources focused on their technical responsibilities by leveraging the strengths of your teams in the right places.
Remember, with the changing landscape of collaboration platforms and the move to more administrative than technical focused tasks, the call for soft skills will only become stronger.
EXCITEMENT: A quick way to ensure continuation of excitement building activities is to plan ahead. Put together a calendar and schedule events specific to raising the excitement level. Scheduling events around feature or solution launches is a good way to get double bang for your buck.
Also make sure you have specific people on your teams who are accountable for focusing on garnering excitement. This will ensure that people know who to go to for finding out what cool event is coming up next. And so you don’t end up with too many cooks in the kitchen.
KNOWLEDGE: If your organization doesn’t know how to use the tool to improve their day-to-day then it won’t matter how many exciting events you put together, they will not use it. When looking at knowledge as a player in our governance framework, it becomes more than just putting together a training at launch. The range of people that SharePoint reaches on a daily basis is so wide that any single approach for knowledge growth will not be enough. Find the right mix of knowledge resources to feed the minds of your users.
If you struggle with resource or time constraints for training, reach out to your power users. Focus some good time and energy into their education and encourage them to share the knowledge with their teams and peers. Not only does this approach help the people who are most likely building the fanciest things in your environment but it also gives a quick and easy way to empower.
ENGAGEMENT: When you have people excited about your platform and they know how to work with the available tools, it is critical to get them engaged. Just knowing how to use something is not enough. Give them reason and incentive to explore. One of the more critical aspects of engagement is to ensure your users have a voice. If they feel like they are not being heard, it will have a direct impact on engagement 100% of the time.
Also, always have a positive attitude. You are setting the example for your users and they will engage or disengage according to what you model.
RECOGNITION: Often times in the governance realm, the tendency is to focus on what people are doing wrong — and who is breaking the rules. But it is just as important, perhaps even more so, to recognize the people who are doing things RIGHT. Recognition of good behavior or proper use of the toolset will not only drive adoption, it will spread like wildfire.
Implement a rewards program to go hand in hand with your recognitions. Gaining management support for an official rewards and recognition program could even result in some funding to provide real, material rewards for outstanding achievements. A great, inspiring example of a well-executed rewards and recognition program was presented by Sarah Haase and Matthew Ruderman at 2014’s SharePoint Conference.