Monday, October 27, 2008

Planning and creating an intranet

Most organizations devote considerable resources into the planning and implementation of their intranet as it is of strategic importance to the organization's success. Some of the planning would include topics such as:

The purpose and goals the intranet
Persons or departments responsible for implementation and management
Implementation schedules and phase-out of existing systems
Defining and implementing security of the intranet
How they'll ensure to keep it within legal boundaries and other constraints
Level of interactivity (eg wikis, on-line forms) desired.
Is the input of new data and updating of existing data to be centrally controlled or devolved.
These are in addition to the hardware and software decisions (like Content Management Systems), participation issues (like good taste, harassment, confidentiality), and features to be supported

The actual implementation would include steps such as

User involvement to identify users' information needs.
Setting up web server(s) with the appropriate hardware and software.
Setting up web server access using a TCP/IP network.
Installing required user applications on computers.
Creation of document framework for the content to be hosted.
User involvement in testing and promoting use of intranet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet

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