WCMS Report

Web Advisory Committee

April 2010

Joining the Teams

• WCMS and Redesign Team collaborating extensively;– In May to develop functional requirements– In Phase 1 and Phase 2 to develop Uwaterloo

Main site;

Schedule

April• Meeting w/ other universities using Drupal • Obtaining additional Drupal knowledge via

conference • Developing rapid prototypes to learn about

Drupal

Schedule

May• Define and implement hardware (system

architecture) to run Drupal • Finalize web design functional

requirements specifications (with Redesign Team)

Schedule

May• Define the scope for

– Pilot website 1 - Phase 1 (Housing) – Pilot website 2 - Phase 1 (Web resources) – Pilot website 3 - Phase 1 (UWaterloo main)

• Perform thorough review of CMS requirements

Schedule

June – September• Define Drupal configuration • Develop Pilot website 1 (Housing) - Phase 1

Schedule

September 2010• Develop Pilot website 2 (Web resources) -

Phase 1

Schedule

October 2010• Develop Pilot website 3 (UWaterloo main) -

Phase 1

Schedule

November 2010• Develop Pilot website 3 (UWaterloo main) -

Phase 2

Schedule

December 2010• Develop Pilot website 1 (Housing) - Phase 2

Schedule

January 2010• Develop Pilot website 2 (Web resources) -

Phase 2

Notes

• Web Resources site chosen as pilot b/c site will provide CMS and Design Resources for the project

Notes

• Housing chosen as pilot b/c of staff on the team and b/c well-defined existing website with manageable scope

Notes

• Starting with Housing, then Web Resources and UW Main in Phase 1

• Reversing the order in Phase 2 Pilot because of time pressures to get site out

Notes

• Faculty rollout and other-sites rollout TBD– phased faculty rollout expected;– sometime after January 2011;