Every CMS implementation is different, but every one is prone to the most common mistakes. I scratch the surface with just 10 of them (my little Xmas present for you ;) plus tips on how to avoid simple failures as well as fiascoes of epic proportions.

Shoes, CMSs and Fiascoes

Source: www.cmswire.com Posted by support 414 days, 5 hours, 43 minutes ago

Having an intranet offers a wide range of advantages for an organization. First, the employers are updated with latest news and updates of the organization thereby promoting corporate transparency. It also provides for an effective communication system through forums and message boards. Users can therefore express and share opinions and views on general as well as internal matters.

First of all, you have to consider a variety of questions.

• Find out how you are going to be benefited from the intranet system?
• How you are going to use it and who constitute the users?
• How you are going to integrate it into your business?

Source: sim10sogiare.com Posted by support 545 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes ago

ThoughtFarmer has been working with Penn State University’s Outreach department since January 2009 when they launched their new ThoughtFarmer-powered intranet, our.outreach. Bevin Hernandez recently keynoted at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston and shared some of her experiences with conference attendees, talking about some of the cultural elements and aspects of social intranets.

Source: www.thoughtfarmer.com Posted by bee 577 days, 14 hours, 14 minutes ago

The proper defining of the task is the key to solving it. Usually, customers say, “We need an intranet.” That’s it. And in this case, the supplier plays the deciding role. Yes, deciding, since only he or she has the experience and knowledge which will help the client come to the right decision and be satisfied.

So, you should find out what goals your customer needs to achieve first. And these questions will help you...

Source: advice.cio.com Posted by support 591 days, 14 hours, 34 minutes ago

Today, BIDMC replaced its intranet with a modern, secure, content managed application (pictured above), enabling us to retire our original intranet from 1998.

It's been a joint effort of Corporate Communications and Information Systems.

The process started by gathering requirements from hundreds of stakeholders.

Source: geekdoctor.blogspot.com Posted by support 606 days, 12 hours, 17 minutes ago

Last year I was working with a large brand and it was painfully apparent their internal collaboration pilot was doomed from the start. The eBusiness exec kept saying “we’re just not getting the adoption.”

When pressed on metrics and the objectives his company had outlined that could perhaps affect the work being done in various groups, the result was radio silence. A quick reality check showed the brand group had seeded a few blog and forum posts, created some user accounts, and proceeded to push out an email or two. Oh, and we were given 90 days to see if things worked.

I never could figure out how they expected anything to come out of the effort by dropping in some technology and encouraging people to collaborate.

Source: www.wowfeed.com Posted by bee 640 days, 13 hours, 38 minutes ago

Executive support is crucial to successful development and evolution of an organisation’s intranet. However in many organisations executive support is limited. Many executives do not even use the intranet, but ask others to find information for them.

This article focuses on ways to educate the executive about the intranet, in a planned and focused way. These approaches may include:

• showcasing other intranets
• demonstrating staff feedback
• understanding what executives need
• reviewing existing strategy
• prototyping business solutions

Source: www.steptwo.com.au Posted by bee 646 days, 7 hours, 58 minutes ago

We’re developing a checklist that all websites should be checked against before launch. Let us know if we’ve missed something out, or if something needs further clarification. Some well-known and well-documented tasks (such as validation and accessibility testing) are not explained in detail. Add your suggestions in the comments.

Source: www.boxuk.com Posted by support 648 days, 44 minutes ago

Intranets lag behind the Internet

In some ways, intranets are six months to a year behind the Internet in the features and software they utilise. Perhaps this is not so surprising, as it takes time to build into open web applications the enterprise security and platform capabilities that intranets demand.

Source: www.spice.co.uk Posted by bee 663 days, 2 hours, 35 minutes ago