Presentation given to the Whole of Victorian Government Intranet Managers meeting about Melbourne Water's new SharePoint 2013 intranet. Includes numerous screenshots as well as 'What we did well' and 'Lessons learned'.

1. Melbourne Water’s
new Intranet
WoVG Intranet Managers
April 2015

2. Who are we
Rebecca Jackson
Business Lead for Melbourne
Water’s Intranet Project
Now Community
Engagement Manager at
SeamlessCMS
Bree Webster
Digital Producer (Intranet
Lead) at Melbourne Water
Content Guru for the
Intranet Project

3. About Melbourne Water
• Victorian government owned
• 1700 staff
• $9.4 billion in assets
• Looks after
• water supply catchments
• removal / treatment of sewage
• rivers, creeks, major drainage

4. Project overview
• SharePoint 2013
• Focus on basics
• Platform
• Content authoring
• Search
• People search
• Usability
• Accessibility
• Timeframes
• Total 4 years from business case
• Development 13 months +

5. A quick look at the
old one

8. Our new intranet

33. Some stuff we
did well

34. Change and engagement

35. Keeping the ‘user’ in focus

36. Project team

37. Involving our people

38. Launch

39. Tackling content
strategically
Michael Summers via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/39ZBrq

40. Some things we
learned

41. Vendor relationships are
critical

42. Resource for change
and design activities

43. Accessibility is important,
but not easy
Henry Faber via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/3tNVB

44. Invest in good testers and tools

45. Make it fun
Hyperbole and a half

46. In conclusion

47. Keep in touch
Rebecca Jackson
Twitter: @RebeccaJLJ
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccajljackson
Blog: rebeccajlj.com
Bree Webster
Twitter: @Bree_Webster
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/breewebster