SharePoint Governance

Control and manage your SharePoint environment

Governance is concerned with the people, processes and policies that guide the growth and use of SharePoint technologies within your organisation. ICS Solutions SharePoint Governance Service is a consulting engagement that ensures you maximise return on your investment by controlling the use, management and growth of SharePoint in your organisation, and managing change within your SharePoint environment.

There is a growing body of anecdotal evidence from the SharePoint community that governance is becoming the key challenge in implementing SharePoint based solutions. There are two key reasons:

SharePoint is a viral product. Its use is probably growing within your organisation whether you know or not.
Content is King. A SharePoint based solution is only as useful as the content which it contains.

This service helps you define the key roles, processes and policies related to the control of complex SharePoint environments. Effective governance of your SharePoint environment helps you to:

Maintain high levels of user adoption by keeping content up to date and relevant
Keep your SharePoint solutions aligned with strategic objectives
Control growth and managing change in your SharePoint environment
Keep SharePoint aligned with strategic business objectives
Ensure that your SharePoint content remains up to date and accurate
Control site proliferation
Enforce branding and style guidelines
Plan your SharePoint training programme
Establish effective back up and disaster recovery procedures