Cornell University is redesigning its web site. Their well thought out strategy includes turning the process into an open conversation between those undertaking the task and the University community through a Redesign Blog. It's not without humor.

Q "Visually, Cornell's architecture, better and worse, and its setting are distinctive, so please drop those boring and fungible student photos."
A Please excuse our use of actual Cornell University students in this design. We are in the process of trying to find some USC students.

The blog is not only a great way to get feedback for a site with a significant internal user group but also a great way to share some of the challenges the team faces with their constituency. I could imagine a redesign blog being useful for such a project whenever a site's user group feels a strong sense of ownership.