What are the strategies required to adopt for successful implementation of Intranet in the company ?

For effective success of Intranet in a company, one may implement the following strategies: Include widely used applications and make them simple to use: Use the intranet to simplify employee's lives. For instance, by putting travel expense reports on-line, employees do not have to waste time filling out hard-copy reports, making copies of numerous people, and sending them through regular or interoffice mail, which can take days. Instead, they can complete reports and send them to as many people as needed. The recipients receive them in moments. Secure the system: Security of intranets is vital. If the information on an intranet is corrupted (such as an inaccurate posting of company job openings) or if a competitor accesses the information (such as pricing policies for different products), it can lead to distrust. Integrate databases into intranet applications: Databases are at the heart of intranet applications. The data and information that employees access from the intranet come from one or more databases. Companies must invest the time and money to build databases that are accurate, complete, and reliable. Invest in excellent network capacities: Clearly, networks are essential for the success of intranets. Without a robust network infrastructure, an intranet simply will not be able to function. If the network is frequently down or if the network is too slow, employees will get frustrated and may not use the intranet. Motivate employees to use the intranet: Change is not easy. Many people prefer to do things the way always have. To convince people of the benefit of change, intranets must be easy to use with user friendly, intuitive interfaces. Further, companies should give incentives encouraging employees to use the intranet. Align With Your Business Strategy: Intranet cannot be regarded as isolated system, it always requires to support the overarching business strategy, and enable each and every one to work towards the common goal. Employee Focus: Build and develop content around your employees, having an employee portal or an employee social network is a viable strategy to ensure that users keep coming back and actively use the Intranet Invest in Training: Schedule proper training programs for your employees, no matter how intuitive a system may be users may not be able to take full advantage of the system