SharePoint Governance

This question comes up allot - some folks seem to think that SharePoint is an octopus that cant be controlled. Usually its because they don't have a plan.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx

Governance Information for SharePoint Server 2007

Governance is the set of roles, responsibilities, and processes that you put in place in an enterprise to guide the development and use of a solution based on SharePoint Products and Technologies. Effective governance can:

• Protect the enterprise, such as by helping to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Greatly increase the usability of a solution. For example, the governing body in an enterprise can define metadata requirements for all content that makes it easier to categorize and search for the content across the enterprise.
• Increase an organization's efficiency — for example, by requiring training as a prerequisite to becoming the administrator of a SharePoint collaboration Web site.

This page contains tools and resources to help business decision makers and IT professionals govern their SharePoint Products and Technologies environment. By using the governance techniques and best practices available from this page, an enterprise can align its policies for using SharePoint Products and Technologies with its culture and goals while still enabling teams and individuals to effectively collaborate and share information.