http://netjmc.typepad.com/globally_local/2008/12/global-intranet-trends-for-2009---highlights.htmlDetailed overview of the consolidated data from the 226 organisations around the world who participated in the survey.
To August 1st, over 6,500 intranet end users from 20 different organisations have responded to the Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC). From these responses, we can gain a good understanding of how end users currently perceive intranets and what they think makes them valuable.http://cibasolutions.typepad.com/wic/
http://www.slideshare.net/markmorrell/intranet-governance-at-btMark Morrell heads up BT’s Intranet Centre of Excellence and leads BT’s online publishing community for benefits measurement, standards on usability, navigation, accessibility, personalisation and online services as well as benchmarking with other global intranets. http://markmorrell.wordpress.com/
A definition Intranet governance is framework for managing, supporting and improving the intranet. It aligns people and technology to realise business value.
Why governance now?
From an intranet discussion group
A big driver “As people embrace social media in their private lives, they naturally expect to use similar tools within the enterprise. This is especially true for younger workers who use these tools in everyday life. Open communication, collaboration, and content generation are as much a part of their standard toolkit as using a computer or mobile phone.” “Taking the slow road means that companies will risk losing workers who expect innovation in the outside world to reflect directly on how they communicate at work.” “Going for quick adoption means that companies must find ways to overcome the risks to corporate culture that adopting these tools can entail.” Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, August 3, 2009
So, why governance now? Intranet is now considered to be a valuable business asset (finally) and is beginning to be treated as one Staff are more dependant on digital content (and increasing so on people content) The era of interaction & contribution is upon us
The governance cycle
Yup. It’s simple!
The strategy Right idea (what really needs to be done)
The strategy // Right people Martin While, Intranet Focus Michael Sampson, Michael Sampson Company Limited
The strategy // Right people Intranet owner (IT?, KM? Comms? HR?), Intranet manager Technical team Content strategist(s) Information architect(s) Usability expert(s) … Intranet manger, intranet champions
The strategy // Right processes Strategy Policies Procedures Guidelines E.g. Who owns the news section? Who authors? Are approvals required for common content? Who approves? …
The strategy // Technology Sharepoint Jive SBS Ektron ThoughtFarmer Interwoven FileNet SocialText Websphere Altassian
The strategy // Technology Dion Hinchcliffe, ZDNet
Engaging stakeholders & staff Marketing Training Internal professional services
Getting feedback
BT Intranet governance model Small central team
develop strategy and vision
keep the standards up-to-date and make sure they are enforced
provide a central set of templates for all types of content that comply with standards
manage a central set of conformance tools to check compliance
Content ownership the person who owns the content publishes and manages it Approval/escalation the content owner’s manager approves requests to publish and acts if it isn’t managed to comply with standards Mark Morrell, head of BT’s Intranet Centre of Excellence
The governance framework 4 areas of governance Publishing Collaboration Information organisation Apps
Information organisation governance
How do you answer these questions?
I can’t find the latest security policy?
How do I know what my dental benefits are?
I have two versions of these guidelines, which one should I use?
This policy dates to 1997, is it still in force?
What does form_11033.2 stand for?
Information organisation Primary purpose: To ensure that staff can easily and consistently find information Need to be ready with:
Corporate taxonomy
Information architecture
Site structure
Metadata
Page layout and navigation
Collections (and their models)
Engage staff: Build awareness (e.g. Did you know…) Get feedback: Anecdotal evidence Usability testing Card sorting
Key people Information architect Content strategist Usability expert Intranet manager
By department? By function? By task? Finance Procurement Facilities IT How do I request for new hardware?
Pages vs. Collections Pages Collection News item 1 News item 2 News item 3 … News item n About MyCo Mission Vision Plan to conquer the world … Narrow by By date By author By views By tags or categories Search
Publishing governance
How do you answer these questions?
Do we use British or American English?
Is it ‘email’ or ‘e-mail’?
Are there any best practices to publish procedures?
Do pages need a summary?
Can I cut-and-paste those 60 pages from MS-Word?
Publishing Primary purpose: To ensure that intranet content is of high quality Engage: Build awareness Give training Expose best practices, examples, non-examples What needs to be in place:
Publishing process
Content style guide
Page templates (tasks, non-task, FAQs, etc.)
Examples, non-examples
Publishing checklists
Training guides
Get feedback: Anecdotal evidence, Direct feedback, Usability testing, Analytics
Key people Content strategist Information architect Usability expert Intranet manager
Not all content is the same Common (formal) Announcements, shared services… Team or group Work in progress, MOMs… Social Discussion forums, polls, open wikis… Personal My stuff Mark Morrell, head of BT’s Intranet Centre of Excellence
Publishing models Direct Centralised Federated
Collaboration governance
How do you answer these questions?
What is collaboration? And why do we need it now?
Three of us want to share project files, can we setup a file server?
I am having difficulty reconciling changes submitted by 6 people in our team, is there an automatic way of doing this?
I want to share 60MB of files, can you increase my email quota?
How do I share files with people in different departments?
Collaboration Primary purpose: To ensure that staff know how collaboration can benefit them and when and how they can use it. Engage: Build awareness Give training (process + practice) Showcase best practices Offer support services What needs to be in place:
Collaboration processes
Collaboration examples, non-examples
Redefined processes
Training on collaboration features
Get feedback: Anecdotal evidence Analytics
Key people Intranet champions Intranet collaboration team Intranet manager
Rethinking existing processes I have 25 folders in my S-drive, how do I get the same in collaboration spaces? I can directly send documents to my partners by e-mail, how can I do it in collaboration spaces? I share information using e-mail, can the collaboration space capture my e-mail and archive it?
Review intranet collaboration PebbleRoad
Apps governance
How do you answer these questions?
How do I create performance dashboard?
I cancelled my room booking but it still does not show that it is free.
How do I manage all the resumes we get?
How can I get key customer support data on to my page?
How can I see all staff suggestions made by a particular staff?
Apps Primary purpose: To ensure that apps are easy to use and fulfil required objectives. Engage: Study & understand requirements Test & prototype What needs to be in place:
Good practice guides
Guidelines on using third-party applications
Application procurement guidelines
Interface guidelines
Usability guidelines
Get feedback: Anecdotal evidence Usability testing
Finally…
7 deadly sins of an intranet rollout No top-level support Low quality content Difficult to use No marketing No training No support Low-performing infra
Activity Which sins do we most risk committing? Table discussion
For more info From PebbleRoad
Intranet Governance Guide
Designing site structures for intranets and websites
This presentation was given at the KM Singapore con more
This presentation was given at the KM Singapore conference in Singapore on 15 Aug 09. I introduced a governance cycle and presented 4 key areas of governance: information organisation, publishing, collaboration and apps. less
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