World Recognised Intranet
Maxsys has been acknowledged for the part that it played in the Ministry of Transport intranet which has been named as one of the top ten intranets in the world for 2008. The development company concerned was Provoke Systems, and Murray Wills of Maxsys worked for the Ministry in several roles throughout the development lifecycle including managing the area responsible for the intranet in an acting capacity and providing advisory services to the project and wider IT group.
Project Team members with the Secretary of Transport and the award. Murray Wills on the far left.
The Nielsen Norman Group, based in California, are recognised as world-leaders on corporate culture and the human-centered product development process.
The Intranet Design Annual is coveted by software firms, companies and government as the authoritative source for best practise in intranet design and user experience.
Nielson Norman Group have been releasing a “10 Best Intranets of the Year” list since 2001 and say that this is the first time a New Zealand designed solution has ever made the grade. The intranet is based on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) and uses Liverton’s inSide product as a floor plan and organisation chart. More details on the awards can be found here. http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/2008/awards.html
The 10 best-designed intranets for 2008 list are:
- Bank of America, US
- Bankinter S.A.,
- Spain Barnes & Noble,
- US British Airways, UK
- Campbell Soup Company, US
- Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, US
- IKEA North America Service, LLC, US
- Ministry of Transport, New Zealand
- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia
- SAP AG, Germany
According to selector Jakob Nielson, consistent design and integrated information architecture are becoming standard on good intranets, to be awarded a place in the 2008 awards list candidates had to show they could also deliver productivity tools, employee self-service, access to knowledgeable people (as opposed to “knowledge management”) and better-presented company news.
Murray Wills says that “it was a pleasure to be involved. It is nice to see an intranet which is loved by the users, and even better to see it internationally recognised”. “The site was a team effort by a lot of people and organisations, Maxsys, Provoke, Liverton, Beath, and the Ministry. He is full of praise for Stephanie Beath, an intranet useability expert who managed the project for the Ministry and came up with the original information architecture for the site. “Steph did a wonderful job, and her vision was contageous.”
Over the last year the intranet has been recognised as an exemplar, and that’s “just great, according to Murray.. It’s nice to see a good news story and New Zealand showing the world “yes we can!”
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