Description: This guide aims to guide you on the implementation of an Intranet. The first section provides a detailed definition of an Intranet before outlining the potential benefits and concerns of implementing an Intranet.

Next, the factors for consideration when implementing an Intranet are introduced, bringing you through the integration of information design with business planning. The basis being that good design means good business.

A case study is included, highlighting important aspects of an Intranet. It also illustrates some of the key benefits of setting up an Intranet, in addition to the lessons the company has learnt through the process.

The guide then offers seven steps that you can employ in implementing an Intranet - the issue of the course of action to employ when setting up your Intranet is covered later in the guide. While the exact steps you will take depends upon the nature of the Intranet you want to set up, all corporate Intranet projects should start with a strategic assessment of how they will be integrated with the other business processes. Once an appropriate strategy is agreed, work can begin on the implementation process. Budgetary and other resource constraints may prelude some details, but the majority of the projects will follow the main elements.

The penultimate sections of the guide provide you with the basic roles played in an Intranet project and cover some of the security issues that you need to be aware of, as security can be critical within a private corporate network. In order to protect the organisation from threats, it must strengthen the network security policy. Therefore, consideration has to be taken in regards to this issue when setting up the Intranet.