Consider using wiki software as an internal intranet.

Particularly for a company with no intranet yet, or for a large project.

• Is fully search-able
• All changes are recorded and stored (by user name, so you can see who made the change).
• Changed documents are backed up.
• Can allocate who has access to what.
• Is very fast if stored locally.
• Easy to use.

Tagged with: intranet • wiki

Filed under: Communication • Documentation

Good reliable internal and external network connections are important.

As an organisation, project office or program office, it is important that both internal and external networks work well.

It costs a lot of money in lost time if the office connection to the internet is offline or very slow. Managers, designer, drafters, procurement, and many others need external access to look up supplier information, maps, site info, government websites, standards, definitions, dictionaries.

Blocking access to sites using Net Nanny or similar is better than blocking all external access.

Although the company might have to pay high bandwidth costs for a faster connection, that is probably cheaper than the lost time of people having to wait for pages to load.

Tagged with: bandwidth • connection • download • internet • intranet • network • offline • online

Filed under: Cost • Time