Sophisticated Content Management System
Sophisticated content management systems can act as complete site management tools that allow new content areas to be created by a range of users with different roles and responsibilities. Every aspect of an intranet site, from navigation hierarchy to content, formatting and functionality can be controlled through a web-based system. Roles and responsibilities can be defined where some administrators can only add content to the database but not publish it to the intranet, while others can add content, edit it and publish it to the intranet.
Developing or purchasing a system like this can give non-technical administrators (with some training) the ability to maintain a large, complex web site. This is done through the use of pre-defined templates that have likely been customized by your development team in consultation with your design team.