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;