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Microsoft released the governance planning for SharePoint 2010 recently. The detailed information is published there http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2010/09/01/new-governance-content-white-papers-and-check-out-the-model.aspx

The sample template for Governance Planning outlining is the following

SECTION 1: General Governance Guidelines

1. Governance Plan Objective
2. Vision Statement
3. General Guidelines
4. Roles and Responsibilities
5. Guiding Principles

SECTION 2: Detailed Governance Policies and Standards

1. Content Management Policies and Standards
• Posting Content to Existing Pages or Sites
• Posting Content to the Home Page
• Posting Content to Personal Pages
• Social Tags and Ratings
• Records Retention
• Content Auditing and Review
2. Design Policies and Standards
• Creating New Subsites
• Page Layout and Organization
• Content Types and Metadata
• Content-Specific Guidelines/Policies
• Security
• Branding

3. Customization Policies and Standards
• Browser-based updates
• Updates based on SharePoint Designer
• Sandboxed Solutions
• Centrally-deployed / 3^rd Party Solutions