Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance

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

What you’ll learn

• Define a scope to offer SharePoint as a service to an organization
• Specify roles and responsibilities involved in a SharePoint service
• Envision and strategize a SharePoint roadmap
• Plan for growing and upgrading a SharePoint environment
• Measure and report on performance metrics
• Set boundaries for development standards and testing processes

Who this book is for

Practical SharePoint 2013 Governance is for SharePoint consultants,administrators, architects, and anyone else looking for actual hands-on governance guidance. It is an excellent choice for people who like action-focused concepts or who want to go beyond documentation and theory. This book is a fantastic choice for anyone looking for agile ideas to put into practice without necessarily embarking on a lengthy governance exercise upfront.

Table of Contents

Part I: Orientating SharePoint Governance
Chapter 1. Understanding SharePoint Governance

Part II: Defining the SharePoint Service
Chapter 2. Defining Your SharePoint Service and Service Tiers
Chapter 3. Determining Your SharePoint Features and Functionality
Chapter 4. Establishing Your Team’s Roles and Responsibilities
Chapter 5. Shaping Your User Readiness and Training
Chapter 6. Measuring and Reporting on Your SharePoint Service Performance

Part III: Expanding the SharePoint Service
Chapter 7. Creating Your SharePoint Roadmap
Chapter 8. Promoting a Feedback Process
Chapter 9. Managing Your SharePoint Demand Funnel
Chapter 10. Growing Your SharePoint Service
Chapter 11. Preparing for SharePoint Upgrades and Patches

Part IV: Customizing the SharePoint Service
Chapter 12. Committing Sponsorship and Ownership of Customizations
Chapter 13. Facilitating and Isolating End-User Customizations
Chapter 14. Designing Your Development Standards and Testing Processes
Chapter 15. Framing Your Information Architecture and UI Standards
Chapter 16. Coordinating Your Code Promotion and Release Processes
Chapter 17. Rapid Concepts