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Prescient’s involvement in the initial phases of an intranet redevelopment project provides us with a unique opportunity to truly understand what makes a client’s intranet “tick”. By working with the intranet on a daily basis, we develop an unprecedented knowledge of our clients’ technical infrastructure and environment—one that can be, and should be, leveraged in the future Implementation phase. After completion of the Assessment and Planning phases, our consulting team is left with:
A thorough understanding of our clients’ business and technical requirements for the new intranet (e.g. desired tools, functionality and content).
Knowledge of the priorities and pain-points felt by all those involved with the intranet (from regular users and content creators, to key stakeholders and steering committee members).
Clear direction for how to complete the remaining phases of the project, and bring the intranet to fruition as it was originally envisioned.
Recognizing the value we offer in the development stage of an intranet redevelopment project, our clients often request us to implement the intranet plans and roadmaps we create. We achieve this goal by utilizing Social Business Interactive, a division of Prescient Digital Media.
Social Business Interactive (SBI) is a team of highly-skilled and experienced intranet consultants specializing in SharePoint implementation. SBI is managed and operated by a group of veteran intranet consultants which are responsible for developing one of the first and most widely-cited “start-to-finish” methodologies for intranet redevelopment projects (pictured below):
SBI and Prescient share the same philosophy and approach to intranet redevelopment projects, and this offers clients an excellent opportunity to ensure the implementation effort goes according to plan. SBI’s implementation methodology, which was crafted with Prescient’s proven methodology to intranet redevelopment projects in mind, guarantees the intranet planning deliverables will be implemented as originally envisioned by our clients and the consulting team.
The following table demonstrates how SBI can bring Prescient’s recommendations and guidelines to fruition using its complementary methodology:
Planning Phase Components |
The SBI Advantage |
Governance |
SBI has a strong understanding of how to optimize the SharePoint environment to account for various intranet ownership models. SBI will ensure that SharePoint accommodates the governance model that has been recommended for our clients. |
Information Architecture & Wireframes |
SBI will leverage SharePoint’s capabilities to ensure content is organized based on the way users think. SBI will implement the recommended information architecture and wireframes to improve the quality and accessibility of information. SBI will maximize the information’s usability and manageability based on Prescient’s plans. |
Design |
SBI will utilize SharePoint’s capabilities to ensure the recommended design concepts are implemented as originally intended, including layout, style guide, and branding. |
Functionality |
SBI will leverage SharePoint’s capabilities to implement all the desired features and functionality of the new intranet, ensuring employees have all the tools and applications they require. |
Content Management |
SBI will utilize SharePoint’s capabilities to ensure all workflows, content types and meta tagging strategy is executed according to plan. |
Listen. Understand. Deliver. Our client approach is founded on the understanding that solutions only derive ... [read more]
Intranet issues [read more]
An intranet is more than a project or a piece of technology; it’s a mission-critical ... [read more]
Prescient’s design goal for our clients is to create a strong, dynamic, visual identity while ... [read more]
The process for arriving at the stage where a designer applies colour and images to ... [read more]
Prescient’s consultants have worked with dozens of content management systems (CMS) and have extensive knowledge ... [read more]
The Assessment Phase is vital to building a successful and measurable intranet or website. [read more]
Content management is defined as the means by which content is created, stored, accessed and ... [read more]
A functional plan describes the features and functions of the site, including the planned tools. [read more]
Governance is the structure of people, positions, authorities, roles, responsibilities, relationships, and rules involved in ... [read more]
Search and findability refers to how well users can find information on the site, this ... [read more]
Prescient has experience with Microsoft’s technologies including SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 and Office 365. [read more]
Prescient has deep and proven experience in developing measurable intranet and web strategies that align ... [read more]
Usability can be defined as the ease with which people can identify and locate particular ... [read more]
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As a full-service intranet consulting firm, Prescient is capable of going end-to-end on a project—from ... [read more]