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Ruling by committee

Toby Ward has posted a blog entry on establishing an intranet committee to provide overall governance. To quote:

One approach to governance is the committee approach whereby a committee of stakeholders representing a cross-section of the business set the strategy and the done for the intranet or portal’s development. This next generation model of intranet governance is collaborative, with committees most commonly representing the major functional stakeholders in Communications, Human Resources, Operations, IT and business units. This model is most successful when the committee is championed by one or two key executives, often the CIO, the head of Communications, or HR. Instead of no owner, or one single owner, a collaborative team governs the intranet through the application of policies, standards and templates. This committee is typically responsible for the direction, vision, prioritization of projects, conflict resolution and final key decisions as it relates to the intranet.

Posted by jamesr on November 29, 2005 08:16 AM
Categories: Intranets