Next roundtable discussion is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11th @ 1:00PM CDT in #uwebd on irc.freenode.net.
Introduction
- Roll call.
- Opening statements.
Choosing a CMS
- Do it on your own, or hire a consultant?
- Be sure to check cmsmatrix.org
- What is top priority for features?
- Creating a selection plan.
- Commercial or Open Source?
- Differences in support.
- Differences in community.
- Estimating a budget.
- What to plan for (training, development, custom integration, hardware, support…).
- Gauging hardware needs.
- Worth using a hosted solution?
Comparing CMS’s
- Workflow systems
- WYSIWIG or form based input
- Production environments (how it serves content to visitors)
- Editing/staging environments (how it handles our users/editors)
- Framework options
- Scalability
- Integration with other services
- Features
- etc
Market Penetration
- Who is using what?
Closing Statements
- Final thoughts.
- Notes.
- Thank you.
Interesting topic and agenda. We at UC Davis have had to grapple with all of the above in our recent search. Read all about it at http://cms.ucdavis.edu
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