SharePoint Governance – Staffing and People Mappings

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Staffing and People Mappings

After we've talked about Roles and Responsibilities, now it's time to talk about how you want to staff people around SharePoint and then map the teams to identified people. The model can vary from a place to another.

Staffing

One more commonly overlooked component of a successful implementation is staffing. Architects and administrators usually do a good job creating a bill of goods for hardware and software, but they often forget to secure funding for personnel to adequately develop and maintain systems. SharePoint can consume a large amount of human resources if used to its full potential. Understand what types of dedicated personnel are required in the beginning, and start getting stakeholders' support immediately. The table below offers a suggested staffing schedule for you to consider. (Note: F = One full time person and P = One part time person.)

Staff position	Medium to Large farm
System Administrator	P
Backup Administrator	P
SharePoint Farm Administrator	F
SQL Administrator	P
Active Directory Resource(s)	P
Enterprise Site Collections Administrator	P F
Enterprise Security Administrator	P
Site Owner	F
Developer	P F
Product Management	P
Program Management	P
Architecture	P
Tester	P
User Experience (SharePoint Designer)	F
Release / Operations	P

 

People

Role	Owner	Secondary	SharePoint Team
System Administrator			Operation Team
Backup Administrator			Operation Team
SharePoint Farm Administrator			Operation Team
SQL Administrator			Operation Team
Active Directory Resource(s)			Operation Team
Enterprise Site Collections Administrator			Operation Team
Enterprise Security Administrator			Support Team
Intranet Portal			Operation Team Support Team
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Con't	Con't	Con't	Con't
Developer			Development Team
Product Management			Development Team
Program Management			Development Team
Architecture			Development Team
Tester			Development Team
User Experience (SharePoint Designer)			Development Team
Release / Operations			Development Team Operational Team

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• Anonymous
  January 21, 2011
  Weekend TechTalk 2011: Wael doing the Governance Talk blogs.msdn.com/.../weekend-techtalk-2011-wael-doing-the-governance-talk.aspx