Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz
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 same in terms of information design, with some variations for legal divisions vs administrative divisions. There is small cosmetic variance between sites. So the organisational strategies which we might pursue with the aid of intranet content, might include: - increased consistency of practice across geographically diverse divisions by sharing business process guides - access to relevant online subscription resources for various divisions - increasing industry awareness by providing cross divisional business information resources I hope this clarifies the situation somewhat. Cheers, Vanessa On 10/18/07, Carl Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 help, replies would be most appreciated. Kind regards, Vanessa Toholka QUESTIONS: 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 for each section or group within the company? 2. Is your intranet built on a standard set of templates reflected across divisions, or are your sub sites or various intranets very different? 3. If a new service/resource was being launched in your organisation would the announcement be made via email or via the intranet? 4. Do you utilise any collaboration tools. (discussion boards, wikis, blogs etc?) If so do they enjoy a good level of user activity and participation? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** It's hard to tell what you're asking for because I think you are misusing the word intranet (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet). From the way you have your questions worded, it seems to me that you are referring to subdomains (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdomain). Could you give an example of the various organizational strategies you are asking about? Carl. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz
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 for each section or group within the company? 7 out of 8 respondents had an over-arching intranet home page. 2. Is your intranet built on a standard set of templates reflected across divisions, or are your sub sites or various intranets very different? 6 out of 8 respondents had a standard set of templates. 2 had more flexibility or less standardisation depending on how you look at it. 3. If a new service/resource was being launched in your organisation would the announcement be made via email or via the intranet? 5 of 8 would use email alone, or in combination with other announcements. 3 respondents had less of an email culture and would announce via the intranet. 4. Do you utilise any collaboration tools. (discussion boards, wikis, blogs etc?) If so do they enjoy a good level of user activity and participation? This question attracted the most diverse responses. From not using collaborative technologies much at all, to discussion boards which are hardly used, to good levels of activity. This has helped me realise that in some ways our intranet is going well. It's cohesively stored and managed. We are gaining traction with wikis and blogs, although discussion boards seem the most challenging to get engagement with. We need to work on building understanding of the importance of global navigation, and other issues relating to consistency. We need to emphasize information design over graphic design! Thanks again, Vanessa Toholka *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
[WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz
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 would be most appreciated. Kind regards, Vanessa Toholka QUESTIONS: 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 for each section or group within the company? 2. Is your intranet built on a standard set of templates reflected across divisions, or are your sub sites or various intranets very different? 3. If a new service/resource was being launched in your organisation would the announcement be made via email or via the intranet? 4. Do you utilise any collaboration tools. (discussion boards, wikis, blogs etc?) If so do they enjoy a good level of user activity and participation? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
