choosing the "right" cms (and other things)
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SALLY JENKINSON · @sjenkinson · Front-end London · 28th May 2015
Choosing the “right” cms(or other things)
Hello!SALLY JENKINSON
Freelance technical consultant & solutions architect !
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TODO
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Choosing YOUR TECHNOLOGY
a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away*
*Kent
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Tip 1: don’t put yourself into maintenance hell
Disclaimer
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Tip 2: Understanding needs
As a new developer, I am easily swayed by the opinions of people I respect, or at least view as more experienced. […] !One person stated that I don’t need to worry about making open source contributions and I went “Yay, cool, less pressure”, another seemed to state that I am of little worth if I don’t contribute “Fuck, okay, I guess I better get on that then”. I wish programmers were more aware of the things they are saying and the attitudes they express, and how that might effect a young padawan like me.
Charlotte Spencerhttp://goo.gl/Uc2tSl
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TIP 3: Your choices can influence others
THE agency should always decide
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TIP 4: What’s your motivation?
TIP 4: choose solutions for the right reasons
THE product can do everything
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TIP 5: ask the right questions
everyone else is using it
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TIP 6: everyone’s different
Is bespoke best?
Back in 2008 (when we started Bearded), one of our differentiators was that we built every site on a CMS. At the time, many agencies had not-insignificant revenue streams derived from updating their clients’ site content on their behalf. !But we didn’t want to do that work, and our clients didn’t want to pay for it. Building their site on a CMS and training them to use it was a natural solution. It solved both of our problems, recurring revenue be damned! It gave our clients power that they wanted and needed.
Matt GRiffinhttp://goo.gl/XPM5kK
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TIP 7: choices can have a business impact
Not just for Developers/designers
TIP 7: you are not your users
How do I choose the right thing?
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gov.uk/service-manual/making-software/choosing-technology
“You can change your mind”
“Start with capabilities” “Cost”
“Involve everyone”“Testing and deployment”
“Lock-in”
“New vs existing software”
“Commercial or open source”
“Security”
Features
Open source
CostsKNOCK-ON IMPACTS
Complexity APPROPRIATENESS
User experience/experience of
users
Constraints/ flexibility
Product confidence
LEVEL OF CUSTOMISATION
NEEDED
fit with your overall
architecturemigration
vendor support
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TIP 8: explain your choices
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“It depends”- EveryONE, ever
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