Digital employee experiences have changed dramatically in the past five years. We’ve seen portals and marketing-only sites give way to ubiquitous access, responsive design, and fresh content. But where will we go in the next five years? What trends emerging today will keep you ahead of the game and ensure your intranet is a key part of your employees’ lives? How can your intranet continue to mature into a vital communication platform?
In this presentation during Denver SharePoint Fest 2016 we visited the past, present, and future of intranets. Discussing the importance of user-centered design for strategy and development, sharing how to craft a sustainable intranet with a low total cost of ownership, and explored best practices and trends in design that matter.
Setting the stage: the Sony Ericsson K800i was brand new in 2006, and was c|net’s #1 phone of the year.
3MP camera
2.0” screen
64MB internal memory
WAP 2.0 browser
Setting the stage: apple.com in 2006. A few things of note:
Still Aqua, “lickable” UI, but transitioning to brushed metal
The Mac line had just transitioned to Intel chips
The iPod Hi-Fi was discontinued in 2007 due to poor sales
RSS headlines – Apple was pushing this new thing hard
Setting the stage: microsoft.com in 2006.
VS 2005 was new
IE was still very much alive – IE7 was released with Vista and XP service packs
Windows Mobile had a 37% marketshare in the US (per Gartner)
Setting the stage: Amazon.com in 2006
Still an old-fashioned, store-based structure
EC2 was announced in August 2006, beta
Alexa wasn’t a command for an Echo – it was still based on alexa.com, a ranking engine Amazon had acquired
High degree of interactivity on page (and AJAX!)
Wikis, folksonomy were growing
Started to hint of design beyond the browser (which matters in 2016 & 2026)
Communities were a big push
APIs started to open up services (GMaps, flickr)
MySpace bought by News Corp.
Yahoo! bought flickr & delicious
Flickr, delicious, folksonomies….
MS Collaboration limited to SharePoint 2003, very very limited beginnings
Area sites ruled the landscape
Had to hack SP to have MEANINGFUL metadata, difficult to get people to put data into the system without coding
2007 was the MAJOR beginning of where we are now for development.
C#, Visual Basic, etc. Had to toss this as platforms evolved
Setting the stage: the iPhone 6s/6s plus. 16% marketshare globally, 33.6% in US. Samsung Galaxy still leads the pack for Android devices. (S7 coming out late February, so numbers TBD).
Setting the stage: Facebook is the social platform. Netflix is the streaming service. Amazon is the store.
Setting the stage: more technology in the “real world”. Drones! Fitness trackers! Smart water bottles (what!)
Foundational tech, sql, sp, back end ways data is stored and called
Content (input) determines how the backend comes together with consuming and collaboration
Delivery Mechanisms change- RSS, CQWP, CSWP, Search,
Single ten global, lets international corp determine storage location, without needing to license and have different tenants
CSOM allows for so many connections and custom development options and automation
Starting with mobile in mind, cutting development that will not translate
Full functionality in mobile, not restricted experience
Competition with mobile not going away, bootstrap, other methods of responsive without being specific to tech
Setting the stage: ubiquitous technology. Self-driving, fully connected cars (IDEO idea/concept shown here). Shoes (Under Armour Gemini 2 – you can buy these). Bathroom mirror (Android DIY job – exists today.) This will continue.
Google Reader launched in 2005
Samsung licensing agreement madness ( in 2016) – listening always
Google Reader launched in 2005
Cool pictures about the future right? The future of development… still code.
These amazing designs, voice assist, augmented reality, etc.
We start with content in mind, transactional data, metadata, search, etc. Content becomes more important.
The underlying foundation will still need to be there. Delivery methods will be the change.
Starting in 2007, what features have been added to new releases, collaboration and content management lead, but then mobile!
This really illustrates the separation between content, collaboration and mobile
Point out the cloud difference (esp with external connections)
How to apply these stats to future planning
Highlighting mobile and content
Moving from a tiered release…
Now we’re going from phased release, to continual, its going to be a faster shot to the top
Biff + manure in BTTF 1. If you’re not paying attention…