{"id":1370105,"date":"2021-12-14T01:55:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T01:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/?p=1370105"},"modified":"2024-05-02T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:10:15","slug":"ten-reasons-to-use-sharepoint-for-policy-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/ten-reasons-to-use-sharepoint-for-policy-management\/","title":{"rendered":"10 reasons to use SharePoint for policy management"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>10 reasons to use SharePoint for policy management<\/h1>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Policy management and compliance is something every company has to deal with at some point. Even the smallest of organisations have policies and procedures that they need employees to read, acknowledge and subsequently sign up to.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Many organisations are already using Microsoft SharePoint as a document management system without realising that it can also be a powerful compliance and policy management tool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Governance activities also creep into day to day company management; HR, accounting, finance, and third party collaboration all create paperwork that needs due attention. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The secret to success is knowing how best to utilise the out of the box features and when to use third-party add-ons to supplement its functionality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This post will look at the ten requirements of a good policy and compliance system and how to use SharePoint to deliver them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 250 \/ 335;\" title=\"Policies and procedures\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Policies-and-procedures.png?_t=1639446246\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"335\" data-id=\"1369861\" data-init-width=\"250\" data-init-height=\"335\" data-width=\"250\" data-height=\"335\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Collaborative environment<\/h3>\n<p>A well-written policy is usually the result of teamwork. As well as multiple authors, policies tend to involve discussions and reviews with key business stakeholders across multiple departments.<\/p>\n<p>SharePoint is designed from the ground up to be a collaborative environment. At its core is the concept of self-contained sites where each site has its own set of users, permissions, documents, tasks, discussions and more. You can use SharePoint to create dedicated policy sites where users collaborate to create and review specific policies. Once those policies are ready to be published, they can be moved to a Policy Portal as a read-only document and targeted to the relevant users.<\/p>\n<h3>Policies need a unique name or ID number<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">By their very nature, policies tend to be unique. They address a specific point, process or set of users.<\/span><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/enable-and-configure-unique-document-ids-ea7fee86-bd6f-4cc8-9365-8086e794c984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0SharePoint offers a document ID service<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which assigns a unique reference to a policy from the moment it is created. This has the additional benefit of giving every document a unique URL that can be tracked or linked.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Policies should only be created and modified by policy owners<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Policies should be authored, reviewed and approved by a specific group of business stakeholders.\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/sites\/user-permissions-and-permission-levels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of SharePoint\u2019s core strengths is its permissions model<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which uses a combination of authentication and access control. Users can be assigned specific permissions individually or as part of a group allowing documents, or policy sites, to be accessible only to particular users.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Policies need to be version controlled<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All policies need to be subject to version control, allowing them to be updated and maintained over the lifetime. Version control is also vital to ensure users read the correct version of a given policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/community\/versioning-basics-best-practices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SharePoint supports major and minor version control out of the box<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Major versions ensures there is always a clearly labelled \u2018latest version\u2019 for publication. Minor versions are invaluable during the policy creation or editing process to indicate that the policy is still in a draft mode and not ready to be published to a broader audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>It should be possible to track the audit history of a policy<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Many policies are valid for several years. Along with version control, it is essential to audit their history and check who created them, review them, and modify them. It\u2019s also vital to record when changes are made and when the different versions are published.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/configure-audit-data-for-a-site-collection-a9920c97-38c0-44f2-8bcb-4cf1e2ae22d2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SharePoint records a history of all document versions, who was responsible for the changes and when<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A policy should only be published when all relevant stakeholders have formally approved it<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The collaborative nature of policy-making means that a formal approval process is an essential feature of any policy management system. A policy is generally only deemed \u2018live\u2019 when stakeholders have signed it off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/all-about-approval-workflows-078c5a89-821f-44a9-9530-40bb34f9f742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SharePoint supports several approval and publishing controls via its powerful workflow engine<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that allows almost any combination of approval processes to be created and rigorously enforced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__CONFIG_colors_palette__{&#8220;active_palette&#8221;:0,&#8221;config&#8221;:{&#8220;colors&#8221;:{&#8220;16871&#8221;:{&#8220;name&#8221;:&#8221;Accent Darker&#8221;,&#8221;parent&#8221;:&#8221;43816&#8243;,&#8221;lock&#8221;:{&#8220;saturation&#8221;:0}},&#8221;43816&#8243;:{&#8220;name&#8221;:&#8221;Main Accent&#8221;,&#8221;parent&#8221;:-1},&#8221;4592d&#8221;:{&#8220;name&#8221;:&#8221;Accent Lighter&#8221;,&#8221;parent&#8221;:&#8221;43816&#8243;,&#8221;lock&#8221;:{&#8220;lightness&#8221;:1,&#8221;saturation&#8221;:1}}},&#8221;gradients&#8221;:[]},&#8221;palettes&#8221;:[{&#8220;name&#8221;:&#8221;Default&#8221;,&#8221;value&#8221;:{&#8220;colors&#8221;:{&#8220;16871&#8221;:{&#8220;val&#8221;:&#8221;rgb(3, 3, 3)&#8221;,&#8221;hsl_parent_dependency&#8221;:{&#8220;h&#8221;:80,&#8221;l&#8221;:0.01,&#8221;s&#8221;:-0.05}},&#8221;43816&#8243;:{&#8220;val&#8221;:&#8221;rgb(171, 212, 107)&#8221;,&#8221;hsl&#8221;:{&#8220;h&#8221;:83,&#8221;s&#8221;:0.5497,&#8221;l&#8221;:0.6255,&#8221;a&#8221;:1}},&#8221;4592d&#8221;:{&#8220;val&#8221;:&#8221;rgb(244, 250, 235)&#8221;,&#8221;hsl_parent_dependency&#8221;:{&#8220;h&#8221;:84,&#8221;l&#8221;:0.95,&#8221;s&#8221;:0.58}}},&#8221;gradients&#8221;:[]},&#8221;original&#8221;:{&#8220;colors&#8221;:{&#8220;16871&#8221;:{&#8220;val&#8221;:&#8221;rgb(29, 23, 12)&#8221;,&#8221;hsl_parent_dependency&#8221;:{&#8220;h&#8221;:38,&#8221;s&#8221;:0.41,&#8221;l&#8221;:0.08,&#8221;a&#8221;:1}},&#8221;43816&#8243;:{&#8220;val&#8221;:&#8221;rgb(255, 204, 102)&#8221;,&#8221;hsl&#8221;:{&#8220;h&#8221;:40,&#8221;s&#8221;:1,&#8221;l&#8221;:0.7,&#8221;a&#8221;:1}},&#8221;4592d&#8221;:{&#8220;val&#8221;:&#8221;rgb(250, 246, 236)&#8221;,&#8221;hsl_parent_dependency&#8221;:{&#8220;h&#8221;:42,&#8221;s&#8221;:0.58,&#8221;l&#8221;:0.95,&#8221;a&#8221;:1}}},&#8221;gradients&#8221;:[]}}]}__CONFIG_colors_palette__<\/p>\n<h3>Is your SharePoint content\u00a0<strong>read on time and by the right people?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DocRead can help<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" href=\"\/products\/docread365-makes-compliance-simple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> See how <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>It should be possible to save policies as read-only formal records<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Once a policy has been published, it is often required to make it read-only and store it as a formal record for auditing and governance purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/governance\/records-management-in-sharepoint-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SharePoint supports powerful Records Management functionality out of the box<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, allowing documents to be made read-only and moved to a bespoke \u2018Records Centre\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>It should be possible to target policies to users for formal acknowledgement<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Once a policy is created and published, it&#8217;s ready for circulation to its wider audience. This audience will need to acknowledge reading the policy and a record of this acknowledgement stored for audit purposes..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Our DocRead add-on for SharePoint builds on the out of the box SharePoint functionality to provide a full policy management solution. It adds<\/span><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/products\/policy-and-procedure-management-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the ability to assign documents to users for mandatory reading and acceptance<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>It should be possible to track and report on who has and hasn\u2019t read a policy<\/h3>\n<p>Once a policy is circulated for acknowledgement, it is essential to track which users have and haven\u2019t signed up.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/products\/docread\/\">DocRead<\/a> supports extensive reporting and tracking, making it simple to understand who has read and accepted a policy.<\/p>\n<h3>Test for user&#8217;s understanding<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Signing off on reading a policy is often only half the job. Many organisations want to reassurance that users have understood the policy details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/products\/sharepoint-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DocSurvey<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0complements DocRead by adding advanced survey and questionnaire functionality to SharePoint. In-depth intuitive surveys can be assigned to users to quiz their understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The ultimate buyer&#8217;s guide to policy management software<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Buyers-guide-cover.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 819 \/ 1147;\" title=\"Buyers guide cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collaboris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Buyers-guide-cover.png?_t=1650361489\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"311\" data-id=\"1372038\" data-init-width=\"819\" data-init-height=\"1147\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" data-width=\"222\" data-height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you need to evaluate a new system to manage your policies and procedures but are struggling to know what to look for?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are so many factors that go into the decision making process &#8211; we&#8217;ve developed a 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