Selecting a CMS
Are you faced with the challenge of selecting a new CMS? Are you having difficulties analyzing the market? Are you uncertain of how to collect requirements from the organization? Selecting a CMS should not be that complicated – and it doesn’t have to be!
We can help you simplify the process: guide you through the dialogue with vendor and agency and give you a tried, tested and straightforward method to follow.
Report: ’Best Practices for Selecting a CMS’
What are the best practices for selecting a CMS? We guide you through the entire process and provide you with a series of document templates (e.g. a sample request for proposal) to use in your project.
The recently published report is targeted at the project manager and advocates a methodology which:
• Does not employ a scoring methodology
• Leaves out a full list of requirements
• Starts with a scoping exercise before buying a full-blown implementation project
• Controls the dialogue with vendors
• Does not attempt to look beyond three years
• Makes the project attractive for bidders
Buy the report Best Practices for Selecting a CMS
Note: all J. Boye research and report is complimentary to our members.
Consulting
Prepare yourselves and navigate successfully through the selection process by having a competent team backing you up. We are vendor-neutral and in constant contact with a large number of users. We can point out shortcuts to references and relevant sources.
Read more about how we can guide you safely through the CMS selection process or contact us now.
Featured blog posts about CMS selection
- How to select a CMS: Graphical overview of the different steps in the CMS selection process.
- Why are RFPs always so long? “Short RFP’s really are considered best practice. Let me highlight some of the common symptoms and bad habits I have come across…”
- CMS Selection: Reveal budget in the RFP?: “We generally recommend that you don’t do it, as the cons outweigh the pros. You want the vendor to come up with a sensible price, and you want to see exactly what that price includes.”
- Introducing: Testable stories: “Testable stories are typically used when few bidders are left in the race, e.g. 2 – 3 vendors. Each bidder gets a copy of the testable stories and is then invited to demonstrate how their solution meets each testable story on-site.”
- Insist on a good CMS demo in 60 minutes: “A good CMS demo does not need to be any longer than 60 minutes. In the first 30 minutes you should at least be able to see: 1) How to create, update, preview and delete content (in multiple languages if relevant), 2) How to manage layout, 3) Administration, including roles and users.”