Building a governance team
Now that we've reviewed the core things that governance covers, you may be wondering, "Who does the work?"
That's where a governance team comes into play. A governance team is responsible for taking business and technical requirements and formulating those into policy. A governance team should look to seek inputs from a variety of sources, including the following:
- Owners of business processes, services, or applications
- Enterprise architecture, service desk, and operations teams
- Security team
- Legal, records management, and compliance representatives
- Microsoft 365 message center or other product announcement channels
Each of these different groups or teams brings their own needs to the table. Governance needs to cover all the aspects of the business – without a variety of interests represented, IT runs the risk of making decisions in a vacuum. A governance team needs to take into account an organization...
