Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-18 Thread plasmo
Hi Carl, I can understand your impression, however I am talking about an intranet. We are a law firm with a rather unusual non-hierarchical structure on our intranet. There is a consistent global navigation, and the left-hand navigation relates to each division's site. All the sites look the

Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-18 Thread Jixor - Stephen I
You're certainly listing a lot of common problems with intranet implementations. The larger the company the more disorganized it often tends to be. This is generally because people in various divisions take it upon themselves to set up their own software with little regard to what has already

Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-18 Thread Jixor - Stephen I
Hassan Schroeder wrote: plasmo wrote: To deal with this somewhat, I am taking a short quiz of people's experiences with their current intranets. Though I'm a self-employed consultant now, I've been involved with a number of intranets dating back to one of the first (1994) cited here:

Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-18 Thread Hassan Schroeder
Jixor - Stephen I wrote: From what I have heard wikis generally fall down as they will be initially maintained by whoever set them up in the first place and over time they will become outdated and generally are underused. From what I've seen, this is typical of wildcat intranet web sites,

Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-18 Thread plasmo
Hi, I would like to thank everyone who participated in the quiz on and off the WSG. Now to share the results with you. 1. Does your company have a single overarching intranet, which is the first point that everyone goes to, with sub sections for various groups OR do you have a separate site

Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-17 Thread Carl Reynolds
plasmo wrote: Hi, I am currently reviewing an area of an intranet, and getting a lot of anecdotal comments such as all the intranets I've ever seen worked like this. To deal with this somewhat, I am taking a short quiz of people's experiences with their current intranets. If anyone here can

Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-17 Thread Christian Snodgrass
plasmo wrote: Hi, I am currently reviewing an area of an intranet, and getting a lot of anecdotal comments such as all the intranets I've ever seen worked like this. To deal with this somewhat, I am taking a short quiz of people's experiences with their current intranets. If anyone here can

Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-17 Thread Hassan Schroeder
plasmo wrote: To deal with this somewhat, I am taking a short quiz of people's experiences with their current intranets. Though I'm a self-employed consultant now, I've been involved with a number of intranets dating back to one of the first (1994) cited here:

[WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-16 Thread plasmo
Hi, I am currently reviewing an area of an intranet, and getting a lot of anecdotal comments such as all the intranets I've ever seen worked like this. To deal with this somewhat, I am taking a short quiz of people's experiences with their current intranets. If anyone here can help, replies