Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Best Practices

Create an Effective Governance Team Site

SharePoint Server 2007 not only provides a technical organizing principle for information management, but it can also serve as the practical vehicle for governance activities in daily practice. SharePoint’s team sites provide a means for governance team members to accumulate and organize source information, publish policies and standards, debate and discuss options, and vote on decisions without having to align schedules for meetings or conference calls. The simple inability to get busy decision-makers together for a meeting often defeats an organization’s efforts at governance. The burdens of organizing and maintaining documentation, as well as the difficulties involved in communicating decisions to the ...