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Ref 14LowFunctionalCore change budget

Intranet replatform

Summary

Support for the legacy on-premises platform hosting the firm intranet ends shortly. Migrate the intranet to a supported platform.

Score breakdown

Category score is the share of that category's criteria answered yes. Contribution is that score times the category weighting.

  • Areas of focus0/1×5%0.0
  • Clients0/3×10%0.0
  • Expansion & global footprint0/3×25%0.0
  • Increasing revenue & profitability0/2×25%0.0
  • People & culture2/2×10%10.0
  • Innovation & service delivery0/2×10%0.0
  • Operational infrastructure2/3×15%10.0
Weighted score20.0

Criteria

Areas of focus

  • Improves growth in the areas of focus: no

Clients

  • Improves client satisfaction scores: no
  • Improves client retention rate: no
  • Improves net promoter score: no

Expansion & global footprint

  • Supports expansion of regional offices: no
  • Supports expansion into new countries: no
  • Increases revenue from international markets: no

Increasing revenue & profitability

  • Improves fee earner revenue: no
  • Improves utilisation rate: no

People & culture

  • Improves employee engagement scores: yes
  • Improves staff retention: yes

Innovation & service delivery

  • Improves efficiency through adoption of legal technology: no
  • Improves processes through automation: no

Operational infrastructure

  • Reduces operational footprint through optimisation and automation: no
  • Allows for risk mitigation: yes
  • Aligns with the technology roadmap and future plans: yes

Benefits

Removes the risk of unsupported software and the associated downtime and data loss exposure; potential reduction in IT maintenance cost; productivity gains from better usability and automation; improved security and compliance. Better user experience; more collaboration across teams; a platform that supports future digital initiatives and can scale.

Resources required

Project manager; business analyst; hosting partner; IT team; intranet design; migration and change management resource

Review note

Reads like a valid requirement. A classic IT-led project that needs careful change and communications with page and section owners.

Position

20.0

Weighted score out of 100

#20

of 28

Facts

Sponsor
Marcus Ellery — Global Head of Technology; Hugh Tresidder — Head of Brand and Communications
Sponsor identified
Yes
Cost band
£50–£150Kmidpoint £100k
Benefits
Medium tangible benefitsscore 2
Complexity
Mediumscore 2
Strategic alignment
24%
Schedule
Mar 2027 — Aug 20276 months
Delivery team
Peter Hollis