SharePoint Governance and Planning Resources
Here are some great governance resources from publicly available MSDN, CodePlex and TechNet content I put together. These resources are great for organizations that are planning to implement MOSS, or are at a point where they have implemented MOSS and are encountering what I call the SharePoint "Wildfire" (uncontrolled growth of the information architecture and taxonomy based on the explosive popularity of SharePoint in an enterprise).
CodePlex Governance Site: A place where practical code from MSIT is packaged and distributed for general user consumption
https://www.codeplex.com/governance
Items of Interest are:
Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0
https://www.codeplex.com/governance/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=3830
Microsoft IT Life Cycle Management 1.0
https://www.codeplex.com/governance/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=4622
Quest SharePoint Discovery Tool - Scan for unmanaged, rogue, or under the radar deployments and get lists of sites and lists.
Echo Technology SharePoint Spy - Analyze your environment. Great tool to understand configuration.
SharePoint Solutions Site Provisioning Assistant Public Beta (cool workflow to provisioning)
SharePoint Support Report Runs an output report to help you understand the environment.
Microsoft SharePoint Governance Page on TechNet
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx
Items of Interest:
Information architecture in SharePoint Server 2007
This case study describes the process by which a fictitious company plans, customizes and deploys an Office SharePoint Server 2007 installation in a large organization.
· Planning and architecture for SharePoint Server 2007