Community deck - Jinfo for optimising a team of researchers
4th July 2018

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How to get your project on the product development roadmap
3rd July 2018

Many information professionals struggle to get their project implemented and in this article Martin Murtland explains the product development process and how you can effectively sell your project. He gives an overview of the software development methodologies and some of the drawbacks as well as some practical steps you can take to ensure success.

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Jinfo benchmarking research (part 4 - strategy, value and vendors)
2nd July 2018

In the final part of Jinfo's benchmarking research, director of research, Robin Neidorf, analyses how the most successful information teams actively manage and develop their strategy, measurement metrics and budget. She reports on areas such as frequency of strategy updates, measurement of staff time on various activities, use of workflow and other efficiency tools, and breakdown of budget for content licensing. 

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Product walkthrough - Evalueserve's Researchstream
29th June 2018

Despite digital advancements in recent years, there are still very few platforms available that help research or information teams manage their work. Whilst project management tools and intranets have proved to be of some value in supplementing the workflow of research, they require a great deal of time and experimentation to establish. This is where Researchstream, a new web-based collaborative platform from Evalueserve comes into its own. Read Jinfo's product walkthrough to find out how it can help with the challenge of managing a busy research service.

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Webinar deck - intelligence platforms - overcome platform perplexity with our panel discussion
29th June 2018

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Jinfo model - maturity model for value-based operations
29th June 2018

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Jinfo benchmarking research (part 3 - customers and adjacent services)
28th June 2018

In the third part of Jinfo's benchmarking research we report on questions around how the information team interacts with the business, including customer base, how they work with other departments, comparison of key customer groups by industry, and descriptions of services offered.

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Intelligence platforms - overcome platform perplexity with our panel discussion
2nd May 2018

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Creating the conditions for information centre success
26th June 2018

Constant change is a fact of life in the information profession today and the pace of change is not slowing down. In a recent webinar, Jinfo's director of research, Robin Neidorf, discussed how team leaders can not only survive, but thrive, at a time when strategy, services and operations are all evolving. She described a structure used by many successful information teams to think about everyday tasks, and three factors that are critical to success in a fast-changing environment.

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Jinfo benchmarking research (part 2 - structure and department services)
25th June 2018

In the second part of Jinfo's benchmarking research exploring information roles and services, we look at where information expertise lies within an organisation, what the options are for reporting lines and operational structures, and consider the range of services an information team provides, as well as team size. The data will help information teams conduct an initial check against other teams in their industries and highlight how an individual team is resourced in relation to its peers.

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