Past Intranet Design Annuals
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Intranet Design Annuals from previous years.
Nielsen Norman Group
Evidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting
Nielsen Norman GroupEvidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting
Intranet Design Annuals from previous years.
This 373-page report presents best practice case studies of this year’s 10 best intranets. Take a look at innovative ideas and solutions, which you can use for inspiration.
Increase employee intranet usage and productivity by following these 782 design and management guidelines (in 9 volumes) based on behavioral research with 42 different intranets from around the world. Save 48% when you purchase all 9 volumes together.
Vol. 01: Research Overview and How to Run Your Own Studies
Vol. 02: Accessing the Intranet: Address, Homepage, and Personalization
Vol. 03: HR Benefits, Forms, and Employee Self-Service Features
Vol. 04: Communications: News, Newsletters, and Social Features
Vol. 05: Information about People, Teams, Departments, and the Company (Incl. Corporate Policies)
Vol. 06: Searching the Intranet and the Employee Directory
Vol. 07: Navigation and Page Layout
Vol. 08: Content Management and Supporting Multiple Locations and Languages
Vol. 09: Managing the Intranet and Teams
Although intranet design is improving, it hasn't kept pace with increased complexity in enterprise requirements, so measured usability is down slightly.
Guidelines and strategies for designing and managing intranets
Intranet homepages have become very similar in their basic layout. Intranets that look the same can nonetheless differ drastically in usability due to different features and content.
Comprehensive case studies of 22 financial services sector winners from our annual intranet design contest help you improve your intranet design.
May 13, 2013 All entries due before Thursday, June 27, 2013
The average mid-sized company could gain $5 million per year in employee productivity by improving its intranet design to the top quartile level of a cross-company intranet usability study. The return on investment? One thousand percent or more.
Measured usability improved by 44% compared to our last large-scale intranet study. The new research identified 5 times the previous number of intranet design guidelines.
Make intranet users aware that information exists, and make it easy for users to find information through browsing.
An intranet should have a single home page that integrates a directory hierarchy, search, and news. Most intranets are chaotic, under-funded, and lack design standards, causing huge losses in employee productivity.
This year's winning intranet designs emphasized integrated support of international offices, long development times (two years on average), one-stop start-up screens and single sign-in, and usability testing of interfaces for content contributors.
Consistent design and integrated IA are becoming standard on good intranets. This year's winners focused on productivity tools, employee self-service, access to knowledgeable people (as opposed to 'knowledge management'), and better-presented company news.
Social networking and personalization rise to higher levels this year, while mobile intranets continue to cut their teeth. Also, smaller organizations get larger teams and better designs.
Comprehensive case studies of 16 public sector winners from our annual intranet design contest help you improve your intranet design.
This 431-page report presents case studies of this year’s 10 best intranets. Take a look at innovative ideas and solutions, which you can use as inspiration.
Nov. 19, 2012 The 3rd edition Intranet Usability Guidelines are now available.
Intranet team size has doubled, but companies do get something for this investment, including better-integrated social features and better information filtering. 70% of winners used SharePoint, but with extensive customization.