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How intranet teams should spend their time

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: August 5, 2008

Intranet teams need to carefully manage their time, to ensure that progress is always being made.

Don’t try to boil the content ocean

By: James Robertson Posted: May 11, 2008

Too many approaches to improving intranet content are destined for heroic failure.

Intranet (re)design wrap-up

By: Patrick Kennedy Posted: May 11, 2008

Over the years, we have published a vast amount of information on intranets. In this article, we attempt to wrap up all the activities that form part of an intranet …

Clean up your Active Directory first!

By: James Robertson Posted: April 7, 2008

Before personalisation can be implemented, underlying LDAP or Active Directory implementations need to be cleaned up.

Gaining intranet stardom

By: Cairo Walker Posted: February 8, 2008

Being an intranet star isn’t easy, but there are practical ways of making it happen.

Promote intranet successes

By: James Robertson Posted: December 13, 2007

Intranet teams should use a range of approaches to track and communicate their success stories, to managers and the wider organisation.

Segmenting staff information needs

By: James Robertson Posted: October 9, 2007

There are three main facets that can be used to segment staff needs for information: job role, business unit and geographic location.

Why staff visit the intranet

By: James Robertson Posted: September 5, 2007

There are two key reasons for a staff member to come to the intranet: to find a specific piece of information, or to complete a specific task.

6×2: a new approach to planning

By: James Robertson Posted: August 9, 2007

This methodology provides intranet teams with a new and powerful approach to planning intranet improvements.

Apply IA techniques when creating taxonomies

By: James Robertson Posted: August 9, 2007

The field of information architecture (IA) has much to offer those creating taxonomies, including a range of structured techniques for testing their effectiveness.