Pro SharePoint 2010 Governance

The Purpose of Governance

Why establish governance over any human activity? Why not just let everyone do their own thing? Isn’t freedom supposed to be a good thing? For an answer, take a look at any country in the world where the government has failed and a new one has not replaced it right away. It is not a pretty picture.

Of course, failing to assign storage quotas on your corporate intranet isn't likely to result in hordes of crazed co-workers fighting to the death over the last of the copier toner. More likely, the system will just crash or be left in an unusable state. Developing policies and standards and assigning responsibilities to the appropriate departments creates a system that can support business needs without becoming an impediment. ...