If intranets are to succeed, an upwards spiral must be created, where each success (no matter how small) leads onto further improvements.
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Three levels of information management.
Information must be managed on three levels within an organisation: corporate, team and individual. Tools and processes must be provided for each of the levels.
Online staff directories: survey results and key findings.
This article shares survey results and recommendations on the design and implementation of online staff directories, the most used element of most intranets.
Is workflow the wrong metaphor?.
The unspoken truth is that workflow often doesn’t work well in practice, leading to the question: is workflow the wrong metaphor?
How staff look for documents.
You need to understand how staff look for documents in a business setting, in order to design suitable systems and classification schemes.
10 ways to continuously improve your intranet.
Explores a number of practical ways that an intranet can be improved incrementally without yet another redesign.
Step-by-step: implementing online forms.
Online forms on a corporate intranet deliver clear benefits and cost savings. This article outlines a simple step-by-step approach to implementing online forms.
Who should own the intranet?.
One of the first challenges when establishing an intranet is to determine who should have overall ownership of the site, and where the intranet team…
KM for consistency and innovation.
This briefing contrasts the role of knowledge management in supporting both innovation and consistency.
How to scope an intranet release.
The challenge is to deliver sufficient intranet content and capabilities, within the time and resource constraints. This briefing outlines a simple approach for balancing these…