May 8th, 2012 by Guy van Leemput | case, cms, hippo, web project management | No Comments
The police force of the Netherlands is undergoing a huge and radical 
transformation. Until now, the police has been strongly decentralized, with many local, independent forces each responsible for their region. To improve efficiency and street safety across the country, this will change and a single National Police force will be created.
In line with this reorganization, a major project has been launched to improve the web presence of the police. All regional websites that exist now for the various police offices will be replaced by a single web environment.
So how do you manage a web project of this size and complexity, with 17 million Dutch citizens eagerly awaiting the release date? Read on to discover why these 3 elements were critical to success:
- Define clear objectives
- Find the right partner
- Apply the principles of Agile software development
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May 3rd, 2012 by Guy van Leemput | intranet, SharePoint | 1 Comment
Microsoft SharePoint is everywhere these days, and while intrinsically it is a great 
platform for sharing, many organizations are struggling to reap this most basic benefit. Did you ever ask yourself why a product whose name starts with ‘share’ is actually rarely used for that specific purpose?
Yes, SharePoint holds many promises but many of you are not yet getting your full bang for the buck. Why is that the case, and what can you do to solve it?
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April 27th, 2012 by Janus Boye | case, intranet, killer apps, SharePoint | No Comments
Time is money, in particular when you work at an accountancy firm with billable hours as the key revenue stream. Still, how do you get employees to track their time regularly and make sure their time sheets are up-to-date?
At accountancy firm BDO Danmark, a part of BDO International, they have managed to turn time tracking into an intranet killer app by making the unusual decision to place it prominently on the intranet front page. In less than 6 months after launch, the average number of working days that were not time tracked were reduced by 50%!
I spoke to Lars Kjær, Manager – IT Development at BDO in Herning, Denmark, who shared additional details about this innovative intranet application which was initially launched on their intranet all the way back in 2004.
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April 25th, 2012 by Janus Boye | online strategy, sharing | 2 Comments
Today, many organisations are still busy building websites that are built-to-last. At every attempt to introduce new technology or a sparkling new design, best efforts are made to put something robust in place for as long as possible.
As many web professionals have recognized, a web site won’t last. There seems to be a clear disconnect between the common managerial perception of the corporate website as something static, while the web team recognizes that to make best use of the Web, you should frequently improve your web pages as you learn along the way. The problem is that built-to-change websites don’t go far enough and have their own particular set of problems.
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March 25th, 2012 by Guy van Leemput
No Comments| industry trends, intranet, sharing
Intranets have come a long way since their early days as vehicles for official top-down communication and controlled content. The intranet of 2012 is a multi-faceted ‘digital workplace’ where sharing is prevalent: Social features allow employees to connect with each other and share opinions, experiences and common interests Mobile access is enabling the sharing of …
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March 22nd, 2012 by Bill Donaldson
No Comments| intranet, redesign, usability
No this isn’t about obesity, it is about a key aspect to the Judge Group’s intranet redesign. At a recent J. Boye Boston Intranet group meeting Dan Lewis, Intranet Manager for the Judge Group, spoke about his intranet redesign. Dan chose a “search first” design approach but he knew some users would need navigation aides …
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February 22nd, 2012 by Janus Boye
No Comments| cms selection, rfp
Are you looking for a new agency and a new Web CMS? Save time by using our tried and tested sample request-for-proposal template. Over the years we’ve been involved in many vendor evaluations, where a customer has changed their Web CMS. There are many important details you should consider and a number of different ways …
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February 16th, 2012 by Janus Boye
1 Comment| higher education, industry trends, museums, sharing
The mindset that prevails in most enterprises, regardless of sector or industry, is that each organisation should be the protector and gatekeeper of its own information. Key information assets such as product specs, training programs, office information, images and much more remain carefully locked inside corporate silos. Despite the advances in technology and the evolution …
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January 19th, 2012 by Janus Boye
5 Comments| adobe, autonomy, cms, day, emc, fatwire, ibm, interwoven, microsoft, opentext, oracle, SharePoint, vignette, wcm
What a difference 5 years can make! Much has happened in the crowded and still young CMS marketplace since 2007, but contrary to what most analysts expected, the number of CMS vendors has not gone down. New vendors have emerged, local vendors have successfully gone international and on top of that, many of the large …
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January 17th, 2012 by Guy van Leemput
4 Comments| case, intranet, killer apps
Financial services group Nordea released their new intranet phone book in late 2011. This took their people search on the intranet to an impressive new level. The main goals were to make it faster to find colleagues and increase collaboration between employees across the organization. How did they achieve these common intranet objectives? I spoke …
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