Intranet for Managers Accelerated Technical Training for Managers and Project Leaders
Format	Half day Emphasis on management issues Hands-on
Audience	IT professionals Managers Project leaders Technical decision-makers Users of network technology Others interested in learning more about web site strategy and knowledge management
Overview	If you are using, buying or building an intranet, this course will help you to assess your needs and to understand what technology is available, what it can do for you, and how others use it. How can your business use web-based technology to increase efficiency and productivity and promote organizational learning and knowledge sharing? The key is a human-centered approach that combines business goals with user research and strategic project management. Through lectures and hands-on labs, you think through your own intranet strategies and challenges.
Objectives	This course will equip you to: Make technology decisions. Explain your company's intranet and the Internet at large. List the most commonly-used intranet applications. Explain the business uses of each. Describe the elements and setup procedures of each. Evaluate their benefits and drawbacks. Describe some typical usage scenarios. Recognize risks, potential abuses, and security issues. List security procedures that can be implemented. Explain what is available for employees to use outside the workplace. Evaluate and select mechanisms for telecommuting. Be able to discuss Internet accounts with employees and for personal and family use. Locate intranet applications in a spectrum of software tools. Consider how best to apply them. Anticipate company and industry trends.
Method	The course consists of a sequence of chapters describing intranet-based technologies: telnet and ftp the Web Lotus Notes e-mail netnews custom-built applications legacy systems security risks and remedies much more... Each chapter includes: Practical examples and real life issues A hands-on exercise
Classroom Setup	Delivery of this course requires a classroom equipped with: an overhead projector a PC or workstation for each student a PC or workstation for the instructor a projector for the instructor's computer screen connection to the internet a local web server workbook repro
Site	The course can be taught in your classroom, anywhere in the world. Travel outside the San Francisco Bay Area requires reimbursement of the instructor's travel expense.

Intranet for Managers

Accelerated Technical Training for Managers and Project Leaders

Format

Half day
Emphasis on management issues
Hands-on

Audience

IT professionals
Managers
Project leaders
Technical decision-makers
Users of network technology
Others interested in learning more about web site strategy and knowledge management

Overview

If you are using, buying or building an intranet, this course will help you to assess your needs and to understand what technology is available, what it can do for you, and how others use it. How can your business use web-based technology to increase efficiency and productivity and promote organizational learning and knowledge sharing? The key is a human-centered approach that combines business goals with user research and strategic project management. Through lectures and hands-on labs, you think through your own intranet strategies and challenges.

Objectives

This course will equip you to:

Make technology decisions.
Explain your company's intranet and the Internet at large.
List the most commonly-used intranet applications.
Explain the business uses of each.
Describe the elements and setup procedures of each.
Evaluate their benefits and drawbacks.
Describe some typical usage scenarios.
Recognize risks, potential abuses, and security issues.
List security procedures that can be implemented.
Explain what is available for employees to use outside the workplace.
Evaluate and select mechanisms for telecommuting.
Be able to discuss Internet accounts with employees and for personal and family use.
Locate intranet applications in a spectrum of software tools.
Consider how best to apply them.
Anticipate company and industry trends.

Method

The course consists of a sequence of chapters describing intranet-based technologies:

telnet and ftp
the Web
Lotus Notes
e-mail
netnews
custom-built applications
legacy systems
security risks and remedies
much more...

Each chapter includes:

Practical examples and real life issues
A hands-on exercise

Classroom Setup

Delivery of this course requires a classroom equipped with:

an overhead projector
a PC or workstation for each student
a PC or workstation for the instructor
a projector for the instructor's computer screen
connection to the internet
a local web server
workbook repro

Site

The course can be taught in your classroom, anywhere in the world. Travel outside the San Francisco Bay Area requires reimbursement of the instructor's travel expense.

Dan Keller Technical Services
2248 International Blvd., Oakland
California, USA 94606
tel: 415 / 861-4500