Dorje McKinnon from Lincoln University is talking about his experiences in bringing a new intranet to the university.

Key points:
– there were previously two intranets at the university.
– there was a lot of content to work through. They used a tool to figure out how much content they had, and how much content had to be moved.
– they also a tool to download all of the content from the two older systems, and then worked out what had to be moved.
– preparation – go out and spend time with your staff. Ideally, do it before the project.
– … eg., they learned that the longest name was 45 characters long.
– … eg., a prioritized list of functionality – developed through interviews with staff. Dorje created a blog post for each of the functionality areas, and invited feedback through the comments.
– some things caused big problems – the Christchurch earthquake, and a the failure of their chosen consulting company (DataSouth).
– the people involved in the project are your most important resources. Call out to Kylie and Gary.
– they found some data that was out-of-date. Required some big changes to culture.