Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Best Practices

Chapter 5. SharePoint Server 2007 and Governance

In this chapter:
Governance Best Practices
Getting a Technology Governance Team Started
Create an Effective Governance Team Site
Summary
Additional Resources

Information technology provides the knowledge worker with the tools necessary to independently create, share, and manage information without the intervention of a system administrator or a software developer. Good governance balances this freedom with just enough organization to guide individual decisions toward the organization’s goals. The balance point between structure and chaos is unique to each organization and often changes over time. Obviously, then, good governance is difficult to achieve, but it is critical to a successful deployment ...