October 18, 2012 by James Robertson
For the last few months, we’ve been working with a high profile firm that’s going through an immense amount of organisational change. The entire industry they operate in is undergoing seismic shifts, with still no end in sight. This has generated massive and disruptive change internally, with the organisation essentially rebuilding itself. It’s a challenging [...]
Tags: change, change management, Intranets, strategy
April 3, 2012 by James Robertson
A few weeks back, we were at the Australian SharePoint conference in Melbourne, which was packed with both attendees and vendors. The word of the event was “governance“, to the extent that it was starting to be seen as an over-used term. It’s no great surprise that governance is a hot topic for SharePoint. It’s [...]
Tags: governance, Intranets, SharePoint
May 16, 2011 by James Robertson
Mobile functionality is a mega-trend that has already had a huge impact on the day-to-day life of consumers around the globe. For organisations of all types, it is clear that similar changes will occur within the enterprise. While there has been quite a lot said about mobile enterprises, and how to deliver them, this has [...]
Tags: enterprise, mobile, mobile devices
April 28, 2011 by James Robertson
Starting a SharePoint intranet project, whether creating a new intranet or redeveloping an existing one, can be daunting. Alongside strategy and design questions are now a myriad of technology decisions, often exploring uncharted territory within the organisation. At a basic level, intranets based on SharePoint are just like every other intranet. The same questions of [...]
Tags: content migration, design, Intranets, planning, project planning, SharePoint, strategy
March 2, 2011 by James Robertson
Mobile is hot, increasingly so within enterprises. This has been picked up by the major technology vendors, who are all scrambling to deliver mobile functionality, from mobile-friendly web interfaces to iPhone apps that connect to their systems. Despite their enthusiasm, I say: Don’t rely on vendors to meet your mobile enterprise needs. Let’s go back [...]
Tags: enterprise, intranet 2.0, mobile, mobile devices, user experience