What should we govern first?

Most programmes begin with whatever repository is most accessible, which optimises for a quick demonstration and postpones the difficult classification work. The result is a system that performs well on low-stakes material and has no established pattern for the material that actually carries risk.

A Centralpoint deployment typically starts by defining the governance dictionary — the organization's own terms, policies and regulatory vocabulary, imported through Data Transfer — so that classification rules exist before content is indexed rather than after. Establishing audience scoping and retention treatment on a genuinely sensitive corpus first means the pattern is proven where it matters, and extending to easier material afterwards is straightforward.