Transcript SharePoint Governance: Love it or hate it, you can’t live without it! Sue Hanley [email protected] @susanhanley SharePoint Fest Chicago October 8, 2013 ©2013 SUSAN HANLEY LLC.

SharePoint Governance: Love it
or hate it, you can’t live without
it!
Sue Hanley
[email protected]
@susanhanley
SharePoint Fest Chicago
October 8, 2013
©2013 SUSAN HANLEY LLC
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• Independent consultant specializing in
• Governance
• User Adoption
• Metrics
• Information Architecture
• Knowledge Management
• Portals, Intranets, Collaboration Solutions
• Led national Portals, Management Collaboration, and
Content practice for Dell
• Director of Knowledge Management at American
Management Systems
[email protected]
susanhanley
www.susanhanley.com
http://www.networkworld.com/community/sharepoint
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Agenda
 Understanding what we really
mean by governance—and why
there are so many definitions
 Preparing the roadmap
 Taking advantage of lessons
learned
 Sharing experiences!
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A winning
formula
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Why do we
care?
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It really should
be pretty
simple … and
directly tied to
business goals
Current State
Desired Future State
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Understand
what your end
state goal
really is!
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Determine the
path to get
there
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No Sharp Edges
Governance in
Three Words
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Commit
But, don’t do it
unless you can
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1. Align with
business goals
– what are we
trying to
accomplish?
Because that will drive
how strict you need to
enforce your rules
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2. Align with
existing
policies –
especially
information
assurance and
records
management
Because you shouldn’t
have to invent everything
new and you may need to
“design it in”
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3. Understand
existing teams
and roles –
what is already
in place?
Because people already
have jobs and you may
need to define new roles
or relationships
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4. Engage with
HR - early
Because if job
descriptions need to be
changed, you’d better
have some support
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Put together
the right team
– small,
inclusive,
empowered
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Have the right
conversations
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Answer the
key questions
 Vision and Overview
 Enterprise Decisions
 Compliance
http://tiny.cc/SharePointGovQuestions
 Training
 Access
 Provisioning
 Branding and Functionality
 Information Architecture
 Content Life-cycle
Management
 Personal Sites/Social Features
 Roles and Responsibilities
 Site Specific Decisions
 Operational Decisions
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Distribute the questions in
advance
My lessons
learned about
the
“governance
conversations”
No more than 2-3 hours per
conversation
Not all in the same week,
please
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Make sure you
know what
your outcomes
are
Your vision and
goals drive your
governance plan
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 Compliance-focused
 Few
 Enforceable
Policies and
Guidelines
 Rooted in business value
 Relevant to each user
 Sensible
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http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php
Examples of
Social Media
Governance
Policies
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It takes a
village
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Enterprise Roles
SharePoint
Executive
Sponsor
SharePoint
Administrator
SharePoint IT
Owner
Application
Development
Team
SharePoint
Architect
SharePoint
Infrastructure
Support Team
Training and Communications
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Steering
Committee
Intranet
Business Owner
Intranet
Steering
Committee
Help Desk
Intranet IT
Owner
Intranet Page
Owners
Intranet
Information
Architect
Intranet Content
Authors
Coaches
Power Users
Intranet Visitors
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Site Roles
Solution
Analyst
The Owner is
Site
Visitors but
accountable,
we’re all
responsible!
Site Sponsor
Business
Owner
Content
Authors
Site Manager/
Contact (s)
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How will you tell the
story?
Making it
consumable
How will you provide
guidance and
direction?
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Typical
Governance
Plan
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Our goal:
Consumable
… and just in
time
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Principles
 Consumable chunks –
no big documents or
long pages
 “Quick Guides”
 Integrate with training
 Interconnected
 JUST IN TIME!
http://tiny.cc/ContentAuthoring
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The ribbon is
great, but you
can also add
CEWPs to
surface “in
place”
Link to governance
about documents
from doc libs
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Just in time
training and
governance –
the Site Pages
wiki library
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Small chunks
of consumable
content
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Socialize,
Promote,
Verify
Socialize
Find Champions
Be responsive to feedback
Communicate
persistently
Trust, but verify
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… and
incorporate
into training
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Training
“Governance”
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My Lessons
Learned
 It’s really about both assurance and guidance –
and it takes COMMITMENT – plan, plan, plan
 No one cares about governance – until you make
it all about them!
 Less is more – avoid unnecessary bureaucracy –
and long documents
 Small chunks of consumable content – just in
time!
 Build best practices into your site templates and
automate everything you can
 A governance plan doesn’t replace training
 … and training should include governance
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Governance =
Your lesson
learned
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Questions?
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