Lifecycle of Policy or Procedure in SharePointOver the last few weeks, I have been working on a white paper called ‘Life-cycle of a policy or procedure in SharePoint’. One of the main staples of this whitepaper is going to be diagram depicting what the life cycle looks like. Here’s a sneak preview: The starting point for […]
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Are you and your staff GDPR Compliant?When the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was introduced in May 2018, it represented a big step in the data privacy protection legislation in the UK. For thousands of businesses GDPR highlights a very daunting compliance challenge around how they handle and report on data. Organisations that fail to […]
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Policy and Procedures : Using SharePoint Search to find policies quicklyThis post is part of a series illustrating how SharePoint can help manage the life-cycle of a policy. In this post we explain how SharePoint search can meet the requirement below: “It should be possible to find a policy in seconds“. To view all of […]
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How to configure a yearly reminder on a SharePoint documentSharePoint Information Management Policies are very useful for automatically performing actions on a document at some point in the future.For example, your organization may conform to ISO 9001 standards which require that documentation should be regularly reviewed and refreshed. It’s also extremely good practice to clean, […]
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10 Steps for Implementing Successful SOPs with SharePointStandard Operation procedures (SOPs) are key in many industries to keeping a company moving and sometimes more importantly, compliant with the vast array of regulations, legislations, and Laws. Bespoke SOP Compliance software can be used to help you manage the process, however you can also manage your SOP’s […]
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Benefits of using SharePoint to manage your policies and proceduresHere is a list of fifteen advantages SharePoint has over a non-SharePoint 3rd party solution when managing your policies and procedures. Document ManagementManaging the life-cycle of a policy is a big challenge. Document Management is SharePoint’s biggest strength. Using in-built features such as version management, publishing […]
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Why Policy Management Software in SharePoint? As part of an ongoing series of posts illustrating how SharePoint can help manage the life-cycle of a policy, this post introduces at a high-level the features SharePoint has on offer. To view a list of the required features for a policy management system, please have a look at […]
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Ease the pain caused by policies requiring frequent reviews and revisionsThis post will look at some of the problems faced when policies need frequent reviews. It will also consider when employees need to understand those revisions and be kept up to date with developments. If, like so many organizations today, you have a comprehensive library of […]
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Which version of your SharePoint document is being read the most?DocRead for SharePoint is an extension to SharePoint. It allows you to request that a group of SharePoint users read and confirm that they have read a document and agree with the terms and conditions you set. DocSurvey for SharePoint takes this one step further […]
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STOP Using Email as your Policy Management SoftwareEvery company has its own policies and procedures that have to be shared with people in the organisation. In the past this was typically done by distributing paper copies. Since its introduction, e-mail has largely replaced the need for paper distribution, and using e-mail and file shares as […]
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