SharePoint Intranet Portal Design Document

Description

This Microsoft Word template provides a solid starting point for your SharePoint Portal Design, or for any site. It includes sections for site structure, site component details, permission planning, and even touches on people change management. For best results use Word 2010 or newer.

Much of this document is pre-populated with useful information and includes an embedded Visio diagram (or SmartArt) for site structure. Start with this template and work with your users to add/edit/delete and update, and then use this to drive the build process.

Table of Contents
1 Introduction 4
2 Intranet Structure 4
2.1 Overall Guidelines 4
2.2 Intranet – Home Page 4
2.3 Structural Overview 5
3 Intranet Object Details 6
3.1 Announcements 6
3.2 Shared Documents 7
3.3 Calendar 8
3.4 Policies and Procedures Wiki 9
3.5 Action Log 10
4 Permissions Plan 11
4.1 Guiding Principles for Permissions 11
4.2 SharePoint Groups 11
4.3 Permissions: WHO can DO WHAT to WHAT? 13
5 Training 13
5.1 Formal Training 13
5.2 Knowledge Transfer through Development 14
5.3 Support Videos 14
5.4 All Users Webinar 14
6 Ideas for Future Development 14
APPENDIX A – Permissions Levels 15