Re: UKNM: Re: dodgy ideas ... this is

[Chris Dickens]

OK - some of the problems our Intranet clients have owned up to (and there

could be more!).


Personal e-mail abuse to Intranet webmasters - flamings etc.


With web access intranets particularly - large scale distribution of porn.


In larger corporations - the publishing of 'vanity sites' by

individuals/departments that undermine established brand guidelines and

intranet standards.


Browser and network limitations (usually implemented by the corporate IT

department) have resulted in the delivery of sites that do not meet the

expectations of the desk-top user.


In terms of 'capturing the imagination', we are seeing the trade-off between

functionality vs.. design for the more well established 'high maintenance'

sites that we are working on (some are over 2 years old).


The sponsors of Pilot sites are looking for high quality design at the

'showcase' stage of their Intranet development process. (This is not always

the case however - a major Information Management site that we are building

is driven almost totally by functionality, information management and ease

of publishing/editing by site users. Design input was relatively

unimportant.)


As our client's appreciation of intranet content management grows we are

increasingly being asked to deliver work more rapidly and efficiently -

speed and costs are becoming key drivers - client's are expecting us to

re-cycle skills and applications learnt during the pilot phase.


Does this sound at all familiar.....?


Chris Dickens

Client Services Director

Module Communications Group Ltd

Tel 0171 379 7919

Mobile 07771 710167


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Date: Thursday, June 04, 1998 7:04 AM

Subject: UKNM: Re: dodgy ideas ... this is



>>Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:24:52 -0700

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>From: "Chris Dickens" <cdickensmodule [dot] co [dot] uk>

>>Subject: Re: UKNM: Disastrous intranets

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>>Let me see if I've got this right - you expect to get a list of 'problem'

>>intranets, then call those companies and say 'sorry to hear you're having

>>problems, maybe we can help....'

>>Neat new business initiative!

>>

>>- -----Original Message-----

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>From: Dee Edwards <deenet-profit [dot] co [dot] uk>

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>To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com <uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com>

>>Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 7:10 AM

>>Subject: UKNM: Disastrous intranets

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>>

>>>Does anyone know of any that have caused problems within companies or

have

>>>failed to capture the imagination of their employees?

>>>

>>>Dee Edwards

>>>Marketing Manager

>>>Net Profit - untangling the internet for business

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>Hey .. anyone know of any that have caused problems within companies or

>have failed to capture the imagination of their employees?

>

>     Lee

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