11 Did-You-Know ? Andrew WS Ainger Collaboration

Did You Know ?...

“Learning how to collaborate has become one of the most important business success skills” Harvard Business Review 2011

Collaboration needs to be seen as a process that happens over time, and the crucial groundwork for successful collaboration needs to be laid before the "actual" collaborative work happens Harvard Business Review 2011

Did You Know ?...

SELEX Galileo (UK) staff have access to… 124 meeting rooms Source: ICT Outlook 2012

Over 75,000 meeting-room bookings are made each year Source: ICT Outlook 2011/12

Meeting rooms are booked for 89% of the working week

Source: ICT Accounts Oct On average, we use the desk telephone for just 3.1 hours a Month

Using Telephones and Meeting Rooms are just two ways of collaborating. There are other ways…

Do you know how many collaboration tools ICT have made available?

Can you list them?

1. Office Communicator

2. Live Meeting

1. Office Communicator 2. Live Meeting 3. WebEx

1. Office Communicator 2. Live Meeting 3. WebEx 4. Intercall Audio Conference

1. Office Communicator 2. Live Meeting 3. WebEx 4. Intercall Audio Conference 5. Video Conference facilities

1. Office Communicator 2. Live Meeting 3. WebEx 4. Intercall Audio Conference 5. Video Conference facilities 6. SharePoint

Do you know what they can do for you ?

1. Office Communicator

Can be used for ad-hoc Instant Message based meetings with the ability to share your desktop. For Further Information visit: ITmatters

2. Live Meeting

Best for desktop conferencing with colleagues across SELEX Galileo UK For Further Information visit: ITmatters

3. WebEx

With WebEx, as in Live Meeting, you can share data Many-to-Many, but as well as inviting SELEX Galileo UK colleagues you can also invite external parties. For Further Information visit: ITmatters

Did you know ….. you can use LiveMeeting and Webex for desktop video conferencing in meeting rooms and closed offices? (ICT will be deploying integrated webcam/speakers in meeting rooms to make this easier) For Further Information see: ITmatters

4. Intercall Audio Conference

Although teleconferencing is normally for anything above 1 to 1, this can be the perfect option in reducing costs for 1 to 1 on international calls. ICT Edinburgh Comms 2012 For Further Information visit: ITmatters

5. Video Conferencing

Video Conference (VC) suites are available at Basildon, Edinburgh Luton, Portsmouth and Southampton. To book a VC suite just call the Synergy Helpdesk on For Further Information visit: ITmatters

6. SharePoint

... is ‘the’ collaborative team site... It incorporates – discussion forums, wiki’s, interactive lists, alerts, workflow, surveys, web pages as well as document libraries with version control, approvals, etc. It enables collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners as. well as with colleagues across sites with the ability to control who.. can access what For Further Information visit: ITmatters

1. Office Communicator Live Meeting WebEx Intercall Audio Conference.. 5. Video Conference facilities SharePoint Instant-Message based meetings desktop conferencing within SELEX Galileo UK can invite external parties simplest of all, a teleconference call 5848 the collaborative team site

So what does this all mean ?..

It means that we have ICT facilities that we could use more effectively…

It means that if we used the Video Conference rooms for actual Video Conferences (and not just normal meetings) and reduced the number of flights by just 10%, it would

It means that if we used the Video Conference rooms for actual Video Conferences (and not just normal meetings) and reduced the number of flights by just 10%, it would save us 896 flights per year ICT& CarsonWagonlit 2012

And, if we use WebEx for just 10% of our meetings it could free up ….

And, if we use WebEx for just 10% of our meetings it could free up 7,500 meeting room slots per year

Ainger 2012 IT Matters Harvard Business Review 2011 Remember:-

IT-Matters Source: ICT 2012 Ainger 2012 Prepare that crucial groundwork now, use the Collaboration tools today ready for tomorrow For Further Information visit: ITmatters