Intranet Project

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Overview

The UBC IT Intranet project's purpose is to improve productivity and effectiveness of communication and collaboration within the UBC IT department. It consists of building a new UBC intranet using SharePoint 2010 and developing associated branding and communications governance around the new platform ("shareIT").


Purpose

The Intranet project will deliver the following benefits:

  • Increased productivity through better organization and search tools enabling staff to locate information quickly and easily;
  • Reduced information redundancy by creating a central content repository;
  • Targeted and more effective communication through an overhaul of existing communication pieces and channels;
  • Increased collaboration through the use of current tools such as blogs and wiki;
  • Increased employee engagement through the use of leading edge social media tools, new branding and identity of the intranet.

Goals

  • Build a new UBC IT intranet based on the Information Architecture designed and tested;
  • Use SharePoint 2010 as the platform technology;
  • Create a new identity and branding;
  • Streamline communications based on the new communication channels made available by the new platform
  • Develop and implement appropriate governance policies and plans.

Timeline

The shareIT intranet was introduced to UBC IT employees in the summer of 2011.


Documents

Note: This listing is an archived project