Building an intranet that allows people to easily find all published and current information within the company requires both knowledge and time.
Plan content, features and structure
Building the Intranet on a traditional consulting approach may take a long time (hint: we have another way) - You need to come up with, plan and land in a common view of what the intranet and Microsoft Teams should contain. It often takes a long time and involves a lot of people who all need to have their voices heard.
Further, most projects start from either zero with the question from a consultant or internal manager: - “What do you want on the intranet?” or from a structure that is already perceived as difficult to find in.
Find the right technical solution
The next step is to find the right one among the technical issues.
- Should we develop various new features?
- How do we create the structure in a correct way that suits both our way of working and the IT tools?
This work often has to be done in collaboration between internal staff and external suppliers. It requires additional planning and coordination efforts.
Starting from scratch drives a lot of project time.
Many intranet solutions mean technical lock-in effects that drives time, costs and ties you to the provider. Not exactly what we think of when we start a project.
The effort needed to launch the intranet and the new Teams structure, educate all users, ensure that up-to-date and accurate information is available on the intranet over time, and to deploy it in a smart technical way is also underestimated.
The work does not end once the intranet is launched
To succeed even after launch, someone needs to work on creating content, monitoring and following up over time. It requires dedicated resources in the form of money and personnel. At the same time, user issues also need to be addressed.
You also need to stay up to date with new technical features that can save time or entail risks.
It is not uncommon for consulting companies to do the same project to the same client every 3e-5 years because structures have fallen apart. We're changing that.
In short, there are many different reasons why it traditionally takes a long time to build an intranet, and for some companies it is the right way to go.
But for those who want to get to results faster, there's another way - and that's where we at Cognit come in with our Complete Intranet.
