Experiences of CMS selection

Tristan Roddis, CogappJeff Strickland, Metropolitan Museum of ArtChristopher Borkowski, Balboa Park Online CollaborativeSteve Norris, Cogapp

MCN 2011

CMS selection: National Portrait Gallery, LondonSteve Norris, Cogapp

CMS - ChallengesLimited budgetMigration from static siteIntegration with existing systemsEase of use

CMS - Important Criteria Simple to use and administer

Microsites

Simplicity of development

Workflow & Permissions

Open Source

CMS - Selection ProcessResearch on candidatesRequirements listPriority orderShort list (5)Present to NPGDemo installations

Recommendation

NPG Short List

DrupalJoomlaMamboMODxPlone

The Good

Speed of developmentIntuitive CMS interfaceFlexibility (chunks, snippets)Customizability

The Bad

Immature (in 2008)Upgrade cycle (Evolution vs Revolution)Limited 3rd party modulesLack of versioningSimplistic workflowCode stored in database

CMS selection: Metropolitan Museum of ArtTristan Roddis, Cogapp; Jeff Strickland, MMA

CMS - Challenges Many voicesIntegration with existing systemsEcosystemLegacy contentFuture systems

CMS - Important Criteria CMS User Experience

Developer Experience

Workflow & Permissions

Versioning

Commercial / Open Source

Training, Documentation, Support

CMS - Selection Process Requirements specificationPeer review (15)Long list (20)Research on long listVendor questionnaireShort list (5)Presented to MMAFinal twoUse case demos

Recommendation

MMA Short List

SitecoreOpenTextUmbracoN2SharePoint 2010

The Good

Vendor training and supportRegular upgrade cycleNice CMS interface

Clean separation of content and presentationExtensibleFuture preview, multi-lingual, in-context editing, CEP...

The Bad

Dependence on hierarchyCan be tricky for team development (without TDS)Complicated and complexBlinking cursorHard to unit testDocumentation holesBundled third-party modules

Questions?

Picture credits:

NPG interior 1: Herry LawfordNPG interior 2: Xixi Lao

NPG exterior: Wikipedia user: HamMet exterior: Wikipedia user: fcb981