Championing the intranet user – how to run intranet user research
Listening to your intranet users is important, but you have to be able to put it all together in a structured business case so that you raise the money and give people what they need.
Listening to your intranet users is important, but you have to be able to put it all together in a structured business case so that you raise the money and give people what they need.
The digital workplace doesnt reach everyone. The most efficient way of working isnt always adopted. Companies are doing real-world work and prioritise their projects, deliverables, and customers over digital workflows.
Visual design is more than choosing colours and getting the ‘look n feel’ right. There are four crucual reaons why visual design is so important to intranet success and employee engagement.
‘Design’ is much more than just how your intranet looks, it’s about how it works. Prototypes help stakeholders and end users understand and critique layout and interaction, helping us create an intranet that meets expectations.
One of the first things you define when designing a new intranet is the navigation. This can be done long before any intranet ‘designs’ are created.
Overlapping responsibilities and unclear accountabilities make for hazy intranet governance and a woolly intranet. To realise the full value of your intranet, simple, explicit governance is needed.
Its common to hear that SharePoint is difficult to use; there are now a plethora of companies selling out of the box SharePoint solutions to improve the experience. But we know that SharePoint can be designed to be easy to use and even beautiful. Heres what we offered one big client.
Corporate websites are meticulously designed to evoke trust, retain attention, and to be easy to use. Intranets often lag behind such attention to detail.
A dozen tactics to support your intranet adoption strategy, for before and after relaunch.
Discover how Microsoft integrated Yammer with SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 to create a more social, collaborative and connected intranet experience.