A: In a perfect world, there is a 40 page governance document that is ideal for your organization and can be downloaded for free. In the real world, this is impossible because so much depends on your SharePoint environment, user base, and business initiatives and where you are establishing a governance policy.

There is a lot of information available online about SharePoint governance. The following are some suggested useful links, which will help to get you started:

These links are good starting points to governance and expand on the questions and answers presented in this chapter, but there is no replacement for sitting down, writing, and discussing documents with colleagues, and engaging in the business with just enough governance.