<p>In a series of surveys last year of more than 1,000 SharePoint administrators and business professionals, much was learned about how people "perceived" their organizations to be handling their SharePoint governance strategy. The data showed a large gap between those perceptions and what governance actually looked like inside businesses.</p><p>Of the respondents, 67% viewed SharePoint governance as critical to the success of the platform, but only a mere 26% of respondents believed they have a well-defined strategy.</p><p>After conversations with customers and partners discussing the state of SharePoint within their organizations, the governance gap is clear and people are looking for reassurance that their planning is moving in the right direction. The most common questions include: Where should I begin? What are the best practices? What does Microsoft recommend? How do I manage change? Who should be involved?</p><p>Many similarities between the need for governance planning and building out project management offices (PMOs) have become evident over the past 20 years of working in the space. One of the primary roles of a good PMO is to build an environment of trust and communication with your customer organizations to help with internal, platform and customer experience improvements. There are some people that your company will trust more than others, especially when something goes wrong, and these people are needed to quickly step in to assess things, formulate a plan and then tell you not to worry. These PMOs are trusted and your business has confidence in them.</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/four-ways-to-build-confidence-in-your-sharepoint-governance-strategy-020982.php">Keep reading...</a></p>