Opportunities to create killer applications can be found in any area of the business.

For example, booking onto training courses may currently be done manually using paper forms. You may decide to create a killer application on your intranet to streamline the booking process. Staff will then have no other option but to use the intranet to book a course.

Once you have decided what you want your killer application to be, you can begin the design process. This is when you decide the specifics of how your application will function.

The next step is to gather together your exact requirements by discussing the following with your intranet team:

• What is the business objective
• What is the best way to accomplish this?
• How will the application work in practice?

Of course, before you start the design process you will need to establish whether your current intranet can technically support the development of this application.

Once your requirements have been collated they can be put into a specifications document.

You will now be in a position to tackle the technical specifics of the design. You may ask your intranet supplier to create the application, or if your staff have the skills you may decide to develop the application in-house.

Designing a killer application can help you assess the best way to achieve your business objectives by streamlining essential processes. Using your intranet to provide business solutions you will be able to increase productivity, efficiency and encourage user adoption.

Placing these essential functions on your intranet will also encourage user adoption of your intranet.

Killer opportunities fulfil business needs such as:

• Speeding up existing processes
• Improving efficiency
• Cutting costs
• Empowering decision makers
• Streamlining processes
• Enhancing communication
• Making staff self sufficient

Every business has areas that will benefit from killer intranet opportunities. You may have information on multiple spreadsheets across your organisation which offers an opportunity to make processes more efficient.

Killer applications are the ones that have the greatest impact on a business. They allow you to make frequent tasks quicker and more efficient for staff.

General killer applications help improve staff communication by sharing information.

Some examples of general killer applications are:-

• Phone directory
• Document Management
• Company News
• Shared calendar/contacts
• Meeting room/resource booking

Killer applications can also be business specific. These are created when an opportunity is identified within the business which will help streamline an existing process. These business specific applications are also referred to as killer opportunities.