Governance structures

Matt Moore posted this in the SIKM Leaders newsgroup on Yahoo, and I found it very useful to help think about the governance structures we use. This could apply to SharePoint governance as well as KM or other systems and frameworks…

From http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sikmleaders/ on 5/26/09:

KM governance issues often remind me of political models:

- Are we China? [Top-down control with minimal accountability and heavy sanctions for disagreement]
- Are we the UK? [Centralized governance model with some accountability]
- Are we the US? [Demarcated split between "Federal" and "State" control]
- Are we Switzerland? [Most of the power lies in the regions with a relatively weak central government]

Of course, many organisations might be uncomfortable with these analogies.

Matt Moore

Check out Susan Hanley’s site…

I came across Susan Hanley’s site today. She’s a KM guru with expertise in portal solutions and content management. It turns out, I am reading a book that she contributed to, “Essential SharePoint 2007″. (I didn’t realize this until I saw the book’s cover on her site.) Check out her site for lots of good info on things like 10 My Site Best Practices and Sample SharePoint Style Guide. My favorite is Sample Stakeholder Interview Guide – we need more docs like that one!

Her blog is located here. I’m definitely adding it to my Links.