Pro SharePoint 2010 Governance

Introduction to Application Management

Creating solutions for a SharePoint environment is similar in many respects to any other type of software development. It is important that you manage requirements, versions, and upgrades in a way that provides a predictable, repeatable process. This process is called Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and is covered in more detail in Chapter 14. This chapter is devoted to exploring the types of components and modules you might typically create for a SharePoint application.

Any SharePoint solution can be broken down into two main categories of components: content and functionality. Content refers to the pages, lists, documents, and other items that are created by users and stored in SharePoint to be ...