文档介绍：U NDERSTANDING P ORTALS
A BUSINESS PERSON’S GUIDE TO ENTERPRISE
PORTAL TERMS AND BUSINESS IMPACTS
Purpose
This document is designed to provide a businessperson (rather than a technologist) with the information, perspective and terms needed to understand enterprise
portals and the impact that a portal can have on business operations. Our goals are to:
1. Provide a road map of terms and definitions.
2. Define the value of portals by answering the key question, “What does this piece of portal functionality do for my business?”
Consider this a reference tool. anizes and categorizes information, using business language. This document contains an index of specific portal terms that
describes what various functions do and how they has potential business impact. There is also a short section at the beginning that provides a perspective on the
market.
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Table of Contents
Understanding Portals.............................................................................................................................1
A Business Person’s Guide to Enterprise Portal Terms and Business Impacts.........................1
Purpose..............................................................................................................................................1
Table of Contents..............................................................................................................................2
The Promise of a Portal.....................................................................................................................3
Evaluation .........................................................................................................................................3
Perspective ........................................................................................................................................4
Organization – Categorizing Portal Functionality......