Delivering an effective intranet requires a sufficiently large team, and support from the business

All intranets must find a balance between global (common) and local (specific) information.

Provide a place for authors to seek help and training when they need it, whenever they need it.

Intranet teams can never maintain a whole site themselves, and empowered authors will do much to deliver great content.

The intranet should have a section devoted to the intranet itself, communicating to stakeholders, authors and general staff.

There are five fundamental publishing models for an intranet, and each has strengths and weaknesses.