Pro SharePoint 2010 Governance

The Governance Team

In the preceding sections, we used the phrase governance team several times. What exactly do we mean by this? In a larger sense, this could refer to anyone in the organization with an interest in making the portal successful. Specifically, however, we are referring to the group of people responsible for making this success happen.

Note The governance team is also sometimes called a governance committee. Unfortunately, the word committee has such a negative connotation in most organizations that the term team better reflects the cooperative nature of what you are trying to accomplish.

The purpose of the governance team is to establish and maintain the policies, standards, and resources needed to make the solution successful ...