SharePoint 2010 Governance Training

IT Executives, Business Unit Stakeholders, members of your SharePoint governance body

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe what Governance is, how to implement it via policies, procedure and guidelines.
• Understand common taxonomies and which one is the best for you.
• Learn to create SharePoint Service Offerings.
• Learn what type of training plan should be put into place for your employees.
• Discover tools to help with implementing and enforcing your Governance strategy.

Details of implementing Governance with SharePoint 2010. You will review what a Governance plan is made up of, as well as learn how to create a training plan, SharePoint service offerings and how to follow through with enforcing the plans. Gain exposure to taxonomy structures and examples, and review Information Architecture and why it is important. We will take a look at each level in SharePoint and the tools that can assist with implementing governance.

Before attending this course, students must have a strong familiarity with SharePoint 2010 features and terminology.

Duration Two days.

Outline of SharePoint 2010 Governance Training 1. Overview (29 minutes) 2. Governance (148 minutes)

• Lesson: What is Governance
  • What is Governance
  • Why Governance
  • Governance Components
  • Effective Governance
  • What Should Be Governed?
  • Implementing Governance
• Lesson: Governance Plans
  • Governance Plans
  • Governance Goals
  • Policies, Guidelines, Procedures
  • Who Should Determine Gov. Policies?
  • SharePoint & Governance
• Lab: Governance Plan (45 minutes)
  • Review A Governance Plan
  • Answer Some Tough Governance Questions
  • Review SharePoint 2010 Governance Planning Document
  • Review SharePoint 2010 Governance Model

3. Taxonomy (132 minutes)

• Lesson: Taxonomy
  • What is Taxonomy?
  • Taxonomy Architectures
  • Flat Taxonomy
  • Faceted Taxonomy
  • Hierarchical Taxonomy
  • Network Taxonomy
  • Taxonomy Examples
  • Example: Content Types
  • SharePoint Roles Taxonomy
  • Governance Roles Taxonomy
• Lab: Content Types (15 minutes)
  • Explore Content Types
  • Create A New Content Type
  • Document Information Panels
  • Default Workflows
  • Adding Content Types To Lists (Document Library)
• Lab: Content Type Hub (15 minutes)
  • Configure Content Type Hub
  • Configure Content Type Publishing
• Lab: Content Type Taxonomy (30 minutes)
  • Brainstorm Creating Content Types

4. Training Plans (109 minutes)

• Lesson: Training Plan
  • Types of SharePoint Training
  • Training The Executives
  • Training The End Users
  • Training The Administrators
• Lesson: Culture and Adoption
  • Resistance is Futile
  • Culture and Adoption
• Lab: Adoption (30 minutes)
  • Review Adoption White Paper

5. Service Definition Models (92 minutes)

• Lesson: Service Definition & Service Model
  • What is a Service
  • Service Models
  • Service Level Agreements
  • Commodity Hosting
  • Application Hosting
  • Creating multiple services
  • Pilot Project
  • Achieving Success
• Lab: Service Offerings (30 minutes)
  • Create SharePoint Service Offerings

6. Information Architecture (89 minutes)

• Lesson: Information Architecture
  • What is Information Architecture
  • IA Goals
  • IA Considerations
  • Content Creation
  • Content Management
  • Content Structure
  • Searching Content
  • Content Life Span
  • Information Architecture Governance
  • SharePoint Controls
• Lab: Information Architecture (15 minutes)
  • Review an Information Architecture Case Study

7. Getting Specific (231 minutes)

• Lesson: SharePoint Governance (Foundation)
  • Governance Levels
  • Item Governance
  • List Governance
  • Content Governance
  • Content Type Governance
  • Site Governance
  • Site Collection Governance
  • Web Application Governance
  • Farm Governance
  • Infrastructure Governance
  • Database Governance
  • Security Governance
• Lesson: SharePoint Governance (Server)
  • Service Application Governance
  • User Profiles
  • Social Computing
  • Records Management
  • Search
  • Business Data Catalog
  • Excel Services
• Lesson: Customization & Development
  • Overview
  • Customization Policies
  • Development Policies
• Lesson: Tools
  • CodePlex
• Lesson: Final Thoughts
  • Course Summary
• Lab: Governance Levels (30 minutes)
  • Review Governance levels
• Lab: Development and Operational Governance (30 minutes)
  • Review Sample Code Acceptance Checklist
  • Review Implementing Governance Controls in SharePoint
  • Review Operational Governance Checklist