The credibility of any intranet is dependent on content. Content that is created, published and maintained by many different people across the organisation. This frees…
Beware of simplistic rules and strategies.
When it comes to intranets (and information management in general), there is always a temptation to put in place simplistic rules, or to pursue simplistic…
Four stages of enterprise mobile adoption.
Mobile devices are currently transforming how we live our lives, again. Having taken for granted the ability to make calls when away from the home…
Structuring three types of content.
When designing and structuring intranets, it is useful to distinguish between core content, and business-unit specific information.
Are big CMS vendors hungry enough?.
I’m working with a state government agency to help them select a CMS at the moment. The product is for their intranet, as part of…
Integrating CMS with recordkeeping?.
I provided a CMS short-list to a client today, just one of a number of CMS selection projects that we currently have underway. What made…
Sanity check: the final short-list of CMS products should be similar.
There are literally hundreds of content management systems in the marketplace. The goal of any selection process is to progressively cut these down until only…
What intranet content should be in PDF format?.
The typical corporate intranet will consist of a mix of HTML-based web pages and a variety of PDF-based content available for download. PDFs can be…
Robertson’s rule of CMS usage.
We’re just wrapping up a review of the content management system within an Australian government agency. Their story is typical: Lifecycle of a CMS Some…
Do automated review dates work?.
Keeping content up to date is hard. Whether on a website or intranet, organisations constantly battle with outdated or incorrect information. One of the primary…