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SharePoint Governance Starter Kit

Stop the chaos before it starts. A plain-English governance system for real organisations.

Governance sounds like an IT problem. It isn't. It's a people problem — and this kit gives you everything you need to define who owns what, what the rules are, and how to keep SharePoint from turning into a digital landfill. No consultants. No jargon. Just a working system you can start this week.

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You're not the problem. The training is.

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Your SharePoint has sites nobody owns, libraries nobody maintains, and files nobody can find

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You've asked 'who created this site?' and nobody knows

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New sites and libraries keep appearing with no naming, no structure, and no owner

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You know you need governance but have no idea where to start

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IT keeps saying 'that's a governance issue' without telling you what governance actually means

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You're worried about Copilot reading everything — including the mess

After this, you will…

Understand what governance actually means in plain English — not IT speak

Know the 5 domains you need to govern (Sites, Teams, Libraries, Sharing, Ownership)

Assign clear roles and responsibilities so everyone knows what they own

Set library standards that prevent chaos before it starts

Create external sharing rules your whole team can follow

Run a monthly governance routine in under 90 minutes

Start this week with a 5-day action plan

Every section. Explained.

1

What Governance Actually Means

Plain-English definition. Not a policy document. Not an IT framework. Governance is simply: who owns what, what the rules are, and how you keep them. Three questions. That's it.

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Signs of Trouble

Eight real-world symptoms that tell you governance is needed — from orphaned sites to external sharing chaos. If you recognise more than three, you need this kit.

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The 5 Governance Domains

Sites, Teams, Libraries, Sharing, and Ownership — the five areas every organisation must govern. A checklist for each domain so you know exactly what to cover.

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Roles & Responsibilities Model

The four roles (IT Admin, Site Owner, Content Owner, End User) and what each one is responsible for. A responsibility matrix you can adapt for your organisation.

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Site Owner Expectations

The six responsibilities every site owner must own — from naming and structure to access reviews and archiving. Includes the one-page Site Owner Expectations Guide.

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Library Standards Checklist

Fifteen standards for every document library — naming, columns, views, versioning, permissions, and more. Colour-coded by category with a health score formula.

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External Sharing Rules Template

The five decisions every organisation must make about external sharing — with the Traffic Light System as the framework. Fill it in and share it with your team.

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Monthly Governance Routine

A four-week rhythm that keeps SharePoint healthy — weekly check-ins, monthly reviews, quarterly audits. Total time: under 90 minutes per month.

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Start This Week

A five-day action plan to get governance started immediately. Day 1: identify owners. Day 2: set library standards. Day 3: define sharing rules. Day 4: schedule the routine. Day 5: communicate.

One download. Complete toolkit.

Governance Starter Kit slide deck (25 slides, PDF)
Governance Scope Planner — Excel workbook to plan all 5 domains
Library Standards Audit — audit up to 7 libraries, auto-calculates health score
Sharing Rules Decision Record — document your 5 sharing decisions
Monthly Governance Tracker — 12 monthly tabs + annual summary
Site Owner Expectations Guide — 1-page printable guide
Roles & Responsibility Matrix — adapt for your organisation
5-day Start This Week action plan
Copilot Governance Gates — 5 checks before Copilot goes live
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Copilot Readiness Note

Copilot reads everything your users can access. If your SharePoint has no governance — orphaned sites, broken permissions, old content everywhere — Copilot will surface all of it. The Governance Starter Kit gives you the five governance gates that must pass before Copilot goes live safely. Get governance right first, and Copilot becomes a powerful tool. Skip it, and Copilot becomes a liability.

Good questions.

We're a small team. Do we really need governance?

Yes — but it doesn't need to be complicated. For a small team, governance might just be: one site owner, a naming rule, and a monthly 20-minute check-in. This kit scales down to that. The chaos that comes from no governance is always worse than the effort of setting it up.

Is this for IT admins or business users?

Both — but it's written for the person who actually manages SharePoint day-to-day, which is often not IT. If you're a site owner, team lead, or operations manager who has been handed SharePoint and told to 'sort it out', this kit is for you.

We already have a governance policy. Is this still useful?

Probably yes. Most governance policies are documents nobody reads. This kit gives you the working system behind the policy — the checklists, the routines, the templates — that make governance actually happen.

How long does it take to implement?

The Start This Week plan is five days, roughly 30–60 minutes per day. The monthly routine is under 90 minutes per month. The full governance model can be in place within two weeks.

What format does it come in?

A PDF slide deck (25 slides) plus five Excel workbooks. Everything is designed to be used immediately — fill in, adapt, and share with your team.

Does this cover Microsoft Teams governance too?

Yes — Teams governance is one of the five domains covered. The kit explains the relationship between Teams and SharePoint and what to govern in each.

Metadata & Structure Planning Guide

Governance tells you who owns the structure. Metadata tells you what the structure is. The Metadata Guide covers folders vs metadata, the 3-level rule, the 3 core columns, and how to build a metadata model your whole team can follow.

See Metadata & Structure Planning Guide