Milestones

Milestones and activities

Prior discovery projects

• Content discovery (2007)
• Content platform (2008)

Program planning and management

Completed

• ILS granted authority to Web Communications to recommend and implement new content platform (spring 2009)
• Web communications completed initial development of Home and Views sites in WordPress (9/11/09)
• Detailed program proposal submitted to VP of College Advancement for sponsorship (9/18/09)
• Completed initial outreach with content partners and advisors (10/1/09)
• Completed draft scope statement and proposed milestones, requesting authority to support Web communications for department and offices (10/14/09)
• Recommended program team and advisors (10/14/09)
• Program put on hold by OCMR (10/16/09)
• Program approved by Advancement (11/14/09)
• Technology requirements approved by ILS (12/10/09)
• Advisors kick-off meeting (12/21/09)
  
• Background content integrated into prototype site for Web communications (12/28/09)
• Planning paused for BatesNews e-mail management (1/4-8/10)
• Requested program staffing and budget (2/19/10)

Active

• Plan program and manage project team

Select and sustain new content platform

Completed

• Content platform criteria development begun (2007)
• Feature requests from multiple sources integrated into preliminary criteria (10/10/09)
• Identify and prioritize software criteria (1/4/10)
• Identify finalists, prototype in each (Drupal, WordPress) (1/9/10)
• Recommended WordPress MU (2/10/09)
• Awaiting hosting support confirmation from ILS (due 1/30/10, 2/30/10, 3/15/10)
• ILS confirmed WordPress MU hosting support and integration (3/510)

Active

• Prototype early-adopter prototype sites (Education, Faculty, Off-Campus Study))
• Outreach to current content editors (demo, questions)

Establish and sustain site renovation

Completed

• Inventory of existing content begun (7/09)
• Rearchitected content in legacy CMS (10/5/09)
• Completed initial content inventory (for iCMS) (10/13/09)
• Integrated initial content inventory (for Abacus) (12/10/09)
• Offered prioritization opportunity to OCMR (1/13/10)
• Awaiting site priorities from OCMR (2/15/10)
  

Active

• Campaign for content owners
• Coach DIY (do-it-yourself) partners
• Support DIT (do-it-together) projects
• Produce DFY (done-for-you) sites
• Integrate enterprise content sources
• Continuously improve features and servicse