Image from Shutterstock. In the last year or so, we’ve been doing a lot of work with global organisations who are redesigning their corporate intranets. This includes a global agribusiness …

The start of a new year is an ideal time to plan the next round of intranet improvements.

Intranet improvements must match business goals, meet staff needs and be practical.

Intranets add the greatest value when they go beyond just providing content, to directly supporting business objectives.

Intranet solutions need a clear business focus and an understanding of organisational factors.

An intranet vision is the starting point, but a strategy is still needed showing how to get there.

By planning projects carefully from the outset, intranet teams can build a strong business case.

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

This article provides a long (but still not comprehensive) list of ongoing tasks for intranet teams.

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 factors.