Intranet Rollout Cost Estimate
This is a practical guide to building a cost estimate for an intranet rollout project — a forecast of the money required to complete the work, adapted to the realities of launching a company intranet or digital workplace.
What a Cost Estimate is
A cost estimate is a forecast of the money required to complete the work. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Cost Estimation. On an intranet rollout project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for an Intranet Rollout project
Intranet Rollout projects live or die on launching a company intranet or digital workplace. A well-built cost estimate gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how intranet rollout projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Labour costs
- Material/equipment costs
- Indirect costs
- Contingency
- Estimate basis and assumptions
Intranet Rollout-specific considerations
Tailor the cost estimate to the risks that most often derail intranet rollout projects:
- Content ownership
- Adoption
- Search and information architecture
Example
On a real intranet rollout project, the cost estimate would be shaped by launching a company intranet or digital workplace. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — content ownership, adoption, search and information architecture — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.