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Content Management System
CONTENTUM
Table of Contents
Team Introduction
Definition & Features of Content Management Systems
Use Cases 1 – Project Management & Use Case 2 – Web
Content Management
Company Introduction
Scenario
Users
Why CMS
Goals / Requirements
Solutions
Conclusion
Q&A
Team Members
Paul Webster – Team Leader
Susan Nguyen – Q/A & Presentation Leader
Jarmila Alanez – Researcher/ Recorder
Zackary Webb – Webmaster
Collaboration Tools
Skype
TimeBridge
Microsoft Office Live Workspace
MindMeister
PM 440 Wiki
Conference Calls
Email
Definition
Content management systems (CMS) are
applications used for the following:
managing and storing content
creating and editing content
metadata version control
publishing of content
Features
Content Modeling - metadata description, validation
logic, rules & behaviors
Taxonomy management and assignment
Security and user identification
Permissions- Assignment of roles and responsibilities
to different content areas, categories, or types
Workflow
Auditing – View of all changes to content over time
Versioning – Safe editing, rollback, diff and compare
Definition of tasks for collaborative content creation
and editing
Use Case 1: Project Management
Fashionista Co., Inc.
New York City, NY
Clothing design,
manufacturing and
distribution
12,000 employees
Taiga Kurihara, Controller
Use Case 1: Scenario
Accounting project to replace the existing system
Kurihara is concerned storing and managing
project-related document which includes:
System Proposals
Detailed Project Plans
Logical Design
Detail Designs
Implementation Plans
Test Plans
System Flow Charts
High Level and Detailed
Current v. Future
Use Case 1: Users
Accounting Department
15 teams – 200 employees total
Sales Department
3 teams – 12 people
IT Department
6 teams – 25 employees
External Consultants
Use Case 1: Why CMS?
Project Deliverables
System Proposals (SP)
Detailed Project Plans
Logical Design
Detail Designs
Implementation Plans
Test Plans
System Flow Charts
High Level and Detailed
Current v. Future
The Math
26 Team * 3 SP/Team =
78 proposals
39 Proposals Accepted
* 4 plans =
156 Total Plans
1 High Level * 2 before/after
+ 8 detailed * 2 before/after
= 18 Flow Charts
Use Case 1: Why CMS?
Over 252 documents
How many revisions will each documents
have?
How many supporting documents will each
major deliverable have?
Potentially thousands of managed objects
Documents, versions, associations, taxonomy
Complex document lifecycle
Draft , review, approved, published
Use Case 1: Goals &
Requirements
A central repository for project documentation
Document collaboration for multiple authors
Track content changes via an audit trail
Content version control, document check-out/in
Assign roles/permissions/privileges to support
project workflow
Support many types of documents
Security
Use Case 1: Solution
Vendor List
Thousands of products available
http://cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix
Found 8-15 potential software products that meet
requirements based on the website above
Vendor Elimination
Went to each individual website to compare
features
Limited to three potential product solutions
Found that most are for web content management
Use Case 1:Solution Cont…
Use Case 1:Solution Cont…
Use Case 2: Web Content Management
Worldtraveler.com
Boston, MA
Travel Agency
10,000 employees
Anita Perkins, Chief Architect
Worldtraveler
Acquired 10 small travel agencies
Business Customers
Travel Agencies
Property Owners
Single Buyers
Products
White Label
Promotions
How do they interact?
White Labels
WT
OA
OA
WORLDTRAVELER
Spa
4
2
Promoters
3
Product – White Label
Each agency has its own webpage
Web pages are same templates for all of the
agencies
Able to choose which Promoters they want in
they web site.
The web page contains products and services
such as hotels, spas, rental cars, etc.
Service fee for maintenance is charged yearly
Mockups – White Label
Template
Kamm Cann Travel
Product - Promotions
External companies can upload contents such
as pictures, documents, or videos to
Worldtraveler’s main web page
Can advertise in any or many white label
pages, change and create the promotions in
them.
Service is Priced as percentage of sales
transaction
Mockups - Promotions
http://www.cheaptickets.com/
http://www.travelocity.com
Why CMS?
Manage web content between
Worldtraveler’s main page
10 diverse agencies
White label companies
External promoters
Edit and upload content
Images, Videos, and other documents.
Customer interactions
Personal information security
Goals
A WYSIWYG interface for creating and editing
content
Single source to manage White Labels, the 10
purchased companies, and Promoters
Content back-up, content versioning and
disaster recovery
Ability to assign roles/permissions/privileges to
users
Data security
Create and Edit web content without
programming knowledge
Solutions
Ten new companies will become part of the
group of White Label companies
Enterprise content offered by Oracle and
Microsoft were considered. The company
prefers Alfresco Open source
White Labels and Promoters will use Alfresco
to manage their content and single sourcing
http://www.alfresco.com/index-b2.html
White Label Solution
A repository to manage page assets
Features include:
Ability to create and manage a set of global
templates to support the needs of local
markets
Ability to store / display internationalized assets
and content (language)
Close tie with configuration - ability to configure
website, page components, page layouts,
inclusion/exclusions, etc without need of
HTML knowledge
Work flow management
Preview ability
− Versioning of content
− Security, authorization
Decision was made early on to acquire an open source CMS tool that has these
inherent features vs. building new (current tools do not perform required
features)
Alfresco is the CMS product chosen for the UI framework proof-of-concept.
Promotions Solution
Configuration and
Product Inventory
Services
CMS - Alfresco
CMS Console
Config - Alfresco
Config Console
Custom Web
Application Framework
Air Service
Hotel Service
Car Service
Air config
console
Hotel config
console
Car config
console
Conclusion
Recap Content Management System
Use Case 1 – Project Management
Goal: Manage documents from project
Solution: Use MS Sharepoint
Use Case 2 – Web Content Management
Goal: Better management of content
Solution: Build UI themselves and use Alfresco
Platform for Content Management
Questions & Answers
Any Questions?