SharePoint and the South Bank Centre: using analogies to sell a story [ABSTRACT]
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By Nic Price

Abstract

Changing the technology behind an intranet is a difficult enough task, but doing it while keeping the intranet running is even more challenging. In part two of his article on implementing SharePoint to deliver the BBC’s intranet, Gateway, Nic Price describes the gradual approach they took by introducing MySites, blogging and search as the foundation on which to build.

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Changing the technology behind an intranet is a difficult enough task, but doing it while keeping the intranet running is even more challenging. In part two of his article on implementing SharePoint to deliver the BBC’s intranet, Gateway, Nic Price describes the gradual approach they took by introducing MySites, blogging and search as the foundation on which to build.

What's Inside:

We concluded that we would start with the homepage, the search  and MySites, alongside a trial of the blogging function. We used MySites  for Connect; essentially a skills and expert-finding directory. Via the  people search, staff could find other people by skill, expertise or  interests. SharePoint does have some useful functionality, but to have  attempted to replace the whole of Gateway in one go would have been a  disruption and a disaster. In this story one size certainly does not fit  all. Our approach allowed us to introduce and integrate SharePoint into  our technology infrastructure. It was then available as an option as  part of our efforts for continuous improvement.
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