Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance

Introduction

SharePoint governance is one of those topics that frequently comes up. Yet, whenever I have heard it, it was always a little ambiguous about what it actually means or what it should include. Documenting a governance “plan” was a common start, but what happens then? There seemed to be tons of resources available that dedicate their attention to governance plans and how to document one, but I found a gap when I looked beyond this and looked at how to put governance into practice.

When I was new with SharePoint administration, I felt the pain of that gap while I tried to figure out where to go next and how to apply some of these standard governance plans in practice. Later, as I moved into consulting, I felt the gaps again with my clients. ...