Paisley staff portal how weve tried to anticipate some problems

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Paisley staff portal(how weve tried to
anticipate some problems)

• Tony Shaw
• Dir. Network and Information Systems Management
• University of Paisley

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History/plan

• 1996
• 1998
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2002
• (sept)

• emphasis on intranet
• Staff Intranet Co-ordinator post created
• Portal strategy document published
• (continued to be revised/published)
• Portal purchased/prototyped produced
• VC directly involved/briefed
• period of deployment and limited development
• replaces existing intranet site

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Key related activities

• Tracking commercial sector products, prices and
  projects
• Anticipating some possible problems
• hype surrounding VLE/MLE
• faculty developments
• significant organisational changes taking place

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Some tactics employed

• involvement of VC
• confirms strategic nature of project, gets into
  plans
• content contributor clarity continued
• partner with others
• e.g. faculty web site connector
• broaden ownership
• e.g. manager channel

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Portal
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gateway to resources
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faculty site integration
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ownership for managers