In developing the Wine Company website, Tony may wish to use Contributor mode to limit Gavin's level of participation. This would be a good idea because it would prevent the less technically savvy staff member from inadvertently breaking the site. By using SharePoint's Contributor mode, Gavin may be restricted in what he can do on the site. For example, he may be limited to only adding and editing pages, or adding and editing Web Parts. SharePoint Designer would ensure that he cannot alter the general layout of the site or perform other specified detrimental activities, such as adding huge images to the site.

It can often be difficult to decide which abilities to grant to users. When specifying the different abilities for the staff who will be maintaining our site, we should follow the 'principle of least privilege'. That is to say we give them as little access as possible but as much as they require in order to accomplish their tasks.