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The know-how you need to create and manage a world-class intranet

Updated december 2012

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IntroductionBy virtue of their behind the firewall nature, intranet best practices can be difficult to learn outside of your organization what to do, what not to do, or just getting advice from someone who has been through the process. Thankfully, as intranets have grown in importance, so have the quantity and quality of resources available to managers and designers. Here is a sampling to get you started.

Booksa search for intranet books on amazon.com will return over a hundred titles. Here are a few that weve found useful.

What every Intranet Team should Knowby James robertson (step Two Designs)

Proven Portalsby Dan sullivan (addison Wesley)

The Human side of Intranets: content, style and Politicsby Koehler, Dupper, scaff, reitberger and Paxson (st. Lucie Press)

Information Dashboard Designby stephen Few (oreilly)

Intranet strategy and Management by stephen Musselwhite (ark group)

Implementing an effective Intranet strategy by Joanna goodman (ark group)

The Digital Workplace: How Technology is Liberating Workby Paul Miller (Dog ear Publishing)

research reportsIntranet Design annual: Years 10 Best Intranets by the nielsen norman group. Published annually.

www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/design

Intranet Design resourcesThe know-how you need to create and manage a world-class intranet

Intranet Design annual: Years 10 Best Intranets

Information Dashboard Design


Staff FavoritesIntranet usability guidelines by the nielsen norman group

http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet-usability-guidelines/

Intranet Information architecture by the nielsen norman group http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet-information-architecture-design-methods/

Intranet Portals: experiences from real-Life Projects by the nielsen norman group

http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet-portals-experiences-real-life-projects/

Improving Intranet search by step Two Designs (2006) www.steptwo.com.au/products/search/index.html

staff Directories: Designing and Implementing an effective online staff Directory by step Two Designs www.steptwo.com.au/products/staffdirectories/index.html

Intranet roadmap by step Two Designs

an excellent methodology that describes the activities required to develop (or redevelop) an intranet. www.steptwo.com.au/products/roadmap/index.html

enterprise 2.0: social software and Intranets by nielsen norman group www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/social

Digital Workplace Trends report by Jane Mcconnell. Published annually. www.digital-workplace-trends.com

Intranet review Toolkit a free, easy-to-use tool for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of your intranet. www.intranetreviewtoolkit.org

PeriodicalsIntranets: enterprise strategies and solutions a bi-monthly industry newsletter for intranet strategists and managers. www.intranetstoday.com

Intranets: enterprise strategies and solutions

step Twos Intranet roadmap

Toby Wards Intranet Blog


Staff FavoritesWebsites + BlogsToby Wards Intranet Blog www.intranetblog.com

Intranet Insider www.intranetinsider.com

column Two: news and opinions on all Things Intranet and cM http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo

Day alexander consulting Intranet Design resources http://www.deyalexander.com.au/resources/uxd/intranets.html

Intranetizen Features a good list of blogs and events. http://intranetizen.com

online TrainingFundamentals of a successful Intranet http://www.steptwo.com.au/products/intranet-course

LinkedIn groups

Worldwide Intranet challenge

Intranet Professionals

conferencesusability Week conference (annual) http://www.nngroup.com/events

KM World & Intranets conference (annual) http://www.kmworld.com/conference

usability Professionals association


organizationsIntranet Benchmarking Forum www.ibforum.com

Internet strategy Forum www.internetstrategyforum.org

user experience Professionals association www.usabilityprofessionals.org

Digital analytics association www.digitalanalyticsassociation.com


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