With the deployment of a new technology platform for the intranet comes the daunting task of migrating content from the old site. Hopefully there’s been a content cleanup, and a lot of the old and unused content has gone. This may still leave thousands or tens of thousands of pages to migrate. As outlined in [...]
Categorised under: Content management, Intranets
Also tagged: authoring, content migration, Intranets
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 [...]
Categorised under: Document & records management, Enterprise 2.0, Information management, Intranets, SharePoint
Also tagged: content migration, design, Intranets, planning, project planning, SharePoint, strategy
Dorthe Jespersen has written about supporting content owners during migration. To quote: The content owners may have many questions: Where does our content go in the new structure? What content do we actually have? Should we delete some of it? Will time be allowed for content quality and improvement work? Will there be a freeze [...]
Categorised under: Intranets
Also tagged: content migration, Intranets
Apoorv has written an article outlining factors that impact content migration. To quote: Whether one is implementing a new system or moving from one system to another, content migration is always an important aspect. Each situation is unique and so each migration scenario will have its own roadmap. However, there are some common factors that [...]
Categorised under: Content management
Also tagged: content migration
David Hobbs has written a post on content migration for large websites. To quote: How do you even get started in your planning for a large Web Site migration? Of course, you want to have strong Web Strategy, Web Governance, and Web Team in place. Probably another useful step is to just get a feel [...]
Categorised under: Content management
Also tagged: content management systems, content migration