Corporate Portals: Revolutionizing Information Access to Increase Productivity and Drive the Bottom Line"Customers of AOL don't realize it, but they're using a ""portal"" when they go online. A portal provides a ""home""--a place to get news, stock prices, or whatever else interests you. A ""corporate portal"" is the same concept--but it's for the employees of a business. It provides them with a single point of entry into all the information their company's systems contain. Through one user-friendly interface, employees can send e-mail, schedule meetings, check inventory, fill out forms, request sales reports--and on and on! Enterprise portal technology is a breakthrough! Corporate Portals explains what the technology is, supplies an analysis of its tremendous benefits, and explains how to design and propose a corporate portal solution to decision-makers. Benefits include: * Ability to customize the portal design to individuals' needs * Powerful search and navigation capabilities, with direct access to reports, analyses, and what-if scenarios across multiple systems and applications * Knowledge sharing--immediate ability to connect with subject experts and team members, or to post findings and research for anyone who needs it, and more." |
Contents
Welcome to Corporate Portals | 1 |
The Business Problem | 3 |
The Corporate Portal Solution | 6 |
Reasons to Consider a Corporate Portal Strategy | 13 |
Key Points | 22 |
Corporate Portal Definitions and Features | 25 |
Corporate Portal Types | 27 |
Corporate Portal Software Functions | 37 |
Corporate Portal Communication Collaboration and Coordination | 140 |
Key Points | 156 |
Direct Links to Reports Analysis and Queries | 158 |
Business Intelligence Systems | 162 |
Balanced Scorecard Systems | 177 |
Key Points | 185 |
Direct Links to Relative Data and Knowledge Experts | 187 |
Defining Relative Data and Knowledge Experts | 188 |
Corporate Portal Universal Features | 40 |
Corporate Portal User Interface | 45 |
Key Points | 47 |
The Importance of a Corporate Portal Strategy | 50 |
The Corporate Portal Strategy | 51 |
Defining A HighLevel Overview of Corporate Portal Concepts and Technologies | 52 |
Understanding the IT Environment | 56 |
Identifying and Defining the HighestLevel Business Requirements | 58 |
Identifying Additional Corporate Portal Solution Research Activities | 61 |
Building the Corporate Portal Business | 67 |
Key Points | 68 |
The Corporate Portal Business Case | 70 |
Corporate Portal Software Functions and Universal Features | 71 |
The Corporate Portal Business Case Components | 72 |
Mission Statements | 74 |
Executive Summary | 76 |
Corporate Portal Solution Overview | 78 |
Information Technology Analysis and Results | 79 |
Business Process and Information Needs Analysis and Results | 80 |
Corporate Portal Storyboard | 81 |
Financial Metrics Analysis and Results | 82 |
Staged Delivery Analysis and Results | 84 |
Preliminary Project Plan and Timeline | 87 |
Appendices Optional | 88 |
Key Points | 89 |
Information Organization and Search Capabilities | 90 |
Corporate Portal Information Organization | 95 |
Corporate Portal Search Functionality | 114 |
Key Points | 124 |
Direct Access to Corporate Knowledge and Resources | 126 |
Corporate Portal Content Management | 127 |
Organizing ContentRelevant Information | 201 |
Key Points | 204 |
Individual Identity and Personalized Access to Content | 207 |
Individual Identity | 208 |
Personalized Access to Content | 219 |
Key Points | 230 |
Information Technology Analysis | 232 |
Corporate Intranet Review | 234 |
Corporate Portal Solution Review | 251 |
Key Points | 259 |
Business Process and Information Needs Analysis | 260 |
Business Process and Information Needs Review | 261 |
Corporate Portal Solution Identification | 263 |
Additional Corporate Portal Requirements | 274 |
Key Points | 278 |
Corporate Portal Storyboard | 279 |
Storyboarding the Corporate Portal Solution | 280 |
Scripting the Corporate Portal Solution | 303 |
Key Points | 308 |
Financial Metrics Analysis | 312 |
Corporate Portal Financial Model | 317 |
Assumptions and Methods | 327 |
Key Points | 333 |
Preliminary Project Plan and Timeline | 337 |
Project Plan Definition | 343 |
Key Points | 356 |
CorporatePortalcom Business Case | 357 |
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