11.11.2021

HSE: A new state-of-the-art intranet in no time

Campana & Schott implements a new intranet for HSE in only ten weeks.

Campana & Schott introduced a state-of-the-art intranet for HSE in record time. Central success factors in this "high speed" project were the many years of experience and agile approaches of Campana & Schott as well as the use of standard tools. The implementation was part of a rebranding of the live commerce expert with a focus on a modern look and feel. That is the image that HSE wants to project not just externally but also to its employees.

Starting situation: Converting the intranet in a few weeks

Following a repositioning, HSE underwent a complete rebranding at the beginning of 2021. This included a new station design, logos and websites. In the course of this process, HSE also wanted to bring its intranet up to date. As the Microsoft platform is used across the entire company, the intranet was supposed to be based on SharePoint Online and the third-party tool Valo.

We completed the rebranding in a very short time period. Because of the hard deadline at the beginning of the year, we were looking for a technology and a partner that has experience with the Microsoft standard and that can deliver fast results. Campana & Schott impressed with its extensive expertise in intranet projects, including the analysis and conceptual design of requirements, the use of SharePoint Online in combination with add-on solutions, the agile process involving two- to four-week sprints to deliver fast results, and the gradual expansion of the intranet solution.

Fiona Lorenz
Director Corporate & Consumer Communications
HSE

Solution: A modern, intuitive intranet

To meet the tight deadlines, Campana & Schott used the lightweight intranet add-on Valo for SharePoint Online. In this way, many requirements could already be implemented using standard functions. With the two-week sprints, the project team was able to go live with numerous bilingual news and content pages in just ten weeks. Accordingly, it was able to stick to the ambitious schedule with the help of the active cooperation and rapid decision-making ability of the HSE team.

Campana & Schott’s consulting services were comprised of the requirements analysis and conceptual design of the new intranet, instructions on how to prepare contents for the HSE project team, support with go-live activities as well as the further implementation of backlog items following feedback from the employees. Campana & Schott also organized training for IT staff for the further development and maintenance of the environment and implemented training measures to ensure that the new intranet is established in the workforce.

The result: Excitement among employees

Thanks to Campana & Schott, we launched a state-of-the-art intranet, based on SharePoint Online and the Valo add-on, in only ten weeks. After logging in, users are offered a guided tour and a digital welcome greeting. The start page contains personalized news and information. User-centric, multilingual navigation guides users to the requested contents – videos, HSE trailers or comments in interactive news. Favorites and tags are used to personalize contents. The product is rounded off by an effective search function for news and files, as well as standardized content pages with clearly defined contacts.

Fiona Lorenz
Director Corporate & Consumer Communications
HSE

In the new intranet, HSE employees can quickly access information that is interesting and important to them. It is used as an important work tool, but also as an individualized platform with interactive features. In this context, international colleagues feel even more part of the team as the intranet is now also available as an English version.

It also provides company management with a practical way of sharing important information in a centralized manner - information that can be “liked” and commented by all employees. In this way, they receive direct feedback. Another benefit for HSE is that the platform provides professional support for the rebranding, and also delivers fast results and adjustments in two-week sprints.

About HSE

HSE is one of Europe's leading providers for TV Commerce, eCommerce and Social Commerce. Whether via one of the TV stations, the online shop, the award-winning app, or social networks – customers decide when and where to shop at HSE. The company stands for the most entertaining form of shopping and inspires 1.8 million active customers, who value the curated product range consisting of Fashion, Jewelry, Beauty, Wellness & Sport, Household and Home & Living. HSE reaches around 46 million households in Germany, Austria and Switzerland via three TV channels (HSE, HSE Extra and HSE Trend). In Russia, around 36 million households receive the program of Shopping Live, a subsidiary of HSE. In the 2020 financial year, the group and its more than 1,200 employees generated net sales revenues of EUR 809 million.

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