Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance

by Steve Goodyear

Overview

Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance is the first book to offer practical and action-focused SharePoint governance guidance based on consulting experiences with real organizations in the field. It provides the quintessential governance reference guide for SharePoint consultants, administrators, architects, and anyone else looking for actual hands-on governance guidance. This book goes beyond filling in a governance document template and focuses entirely on actions to take and behaviors to adopt for addressing real-world governance challenges.

• Walks you through how to define what SharePoint offers and who is involved
• Offers key governance strategies for you to adopt or advise to your customers
• Provides real-world examples that apply each governance concept to an actual scenario

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430248880
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	06/25/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Steve Goodyear is an author and a SharePoint expert living in Vancouver, Canada, where he writes and works as a consultant and solution architect. Previously, he worked for Microsoft as an Enterprise Consultant engaging as a SharePoint specialist with Microsoft s largest enterprise and government customers around North America to design technology solutions for their most challenging business problems. Before joining Microsoft, Steve was also a Software Engineer and Technical Lead at Electronic Arts. Steve is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and he holds several Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certifications, including: SharePoint Administration and Development, SQL Server Administration and Development, and ASP.NET Development. He loves writing about technology to share ideas that inform, entertain, and inspire readers.

Table of Contents

Part I: Orientating SharePoint Governance

1.  Understanding SharePoint Governance

Part II: Defining the SharePoint Service

2.  Defining Your SharePoint Service and Service Tiers

3.  Determining Your SharePoint Features and Functionality

4.  Establishing Your Team's Roles and Responsibilities

5.  Shaping Your User Readiness and Training

6.  Measuring and Reporting on Your SharePoint Service Performance

Part III: Expanding the SharePoint Service

7.  Creating Your SharePoint Roadmap

8.  Promoting a Feedback Process

9.  Managing Your SharePoint Demand Funnel

10. Growing Your SharePoint Service

11. Preparing for SharePoint Upgrades and Patches

Part IV: Customizing the SharePoint Service

12.  Committing Sponsorship and Ownership of Customizations

13.  Facilitating and Isolating End-User Customizations

14.  Designing Your Development Standards and Testing Processes

15.  Framing Your Information Architecture and UI Standards

16.  Coordinating Your Code Promotion and Release Processes

17.  Rapid Concepts