Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Océ

I conducted a series on interviews over the past two months on how Océ Is implementing enterprise 2.0. Océ is a leading international provider of digital document management technology and services. Most interviews were with Samuel Driessen, Information Architect at Océ. I spoke about their SharePoint efforts with Jan van Veen, Manager Internal Communications, in Corporate Communications and Tom Dombret, the technical team lead on the SharePoint effort. I spoke with Samuel and Peter Kruizinga about their social bookmarking experiences. This post provides a summary of some key points and links to each of the five posts.

Samuel’s responsibilities include both the information architecture for structured information in applications such as PLMS and SAP and the unstructured information in places such as email and knowledge management programs.

I really like this dual architectural role for both structured and unstructured information. It makes so much sense to have these two information sources under the same architectural leadership. The approach is to define information architecture principles and then convey these principles to management and employees so they will see the logic behind the approach. This is move away from rigid top-down rules. The implementation details will change faster than the principles and managers and employees will be able to make intelligent decisions aligned with the principles.

This granting mangers and employees the right to make decisions is reflected in all of their enterprise 2.0 work and is consistent with the principles of enterprise 2.0. Samuel also provides guidance on the capabilities of each medium so users can make intelligent decisions. I think their effortts serve as a good model for others.

Creating Information Architecture at Océ in the Age of Enterprise 2.0

Lessons Learned from Implementing Social Bookmarking at Océ

Implementing Enterprise Micro-messaging with Yammer at Océ

Lessons Learned from the Océ SharePoint Implementation

Implementing Wikis in the Age of Enterprise 2.0 at Océ

Comments

[sap project systems]

Interesting, I love your approach concerning sharing information with employees and granting them the possibilities to participate actively to the decisions taken in the enterprise.