Things to Ask our self Before Setting Up a Site:

ü  Site Quotas- what is the custom quota size for a site collection ? (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc891489.aspx )

ü  Primary and Secondary admin details -

ü  Site collection name should be unique(I.e. Following  naming Convention - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff919564.aspx )

ü  Clear Process to create  new managed path - If required in future.

ü  Are we supporting Mysites ? If so we need to consider the Storage occupied by each Mysite (i.e. 100 MB default ).

ü  What is retention period for a site collection or Sub Site or Document libraries.

ü  Backup/Restore strategy

Things to Ask our self Before Setting Up a Site:

§  What is the purpose of the site?

§  What are your business goals?

§  Is there already an existing site that fulfills these goals?

§  Do I need an entire site? Or would a new page or item in an existing site be better?

§  Who needs access to the site? Team members, everyone in the department, external partners/vendors?

§  What is the expected lifespan of site? 6 month project, until the next reorg, indefinite?

§  Does the site need to be searchable?

§  Should information within the site be able to be tagged and shared with others?

§  What kind of navigation is needed within the site? Complex subsite and library structure? Or fairly shallow, simple Information Architecture?

§  Will the site be for publishing and broad communications or for small group collaboration?

§  What kind of content will be stored within the site? Documents, project tracking, rich media, lists and spreadsheets?