CLEAR!!!!

Well, That Was a Long Rest
OK, So I admit it. This blog has been dead for a little while now. I'm actually surprised that I remember the password! Stand back while we breathe life into this post. Get the defibrillator pads ready ... ... ZAP!!

Here are the updates:

Content Management System
We have procured a CMS from the wonderful folks at Jadu Inc. Among other reasons for choosing this CMS is its power, ease of use, and agility. We'll talk more on this later.

Information Architecture Strategy
It's not quite complete yet, but we've hammered out most of the IA strategy we'll use for the remainder of the project. In Geek-Speak, that means we're rolling right along: We will form an amalgam of data collected from a Top-Down view (administrators, deans, chairs, etc) with that from the Bottom-Up view (prospective students, current students, staff, faculty, etc.), and resolve them. The primary objective is to determine the information needs of the site's visitors and the tasks they are attempting to complete. In other words, the site must be useful at all levels.

Reduced Scope: Here come the 86s
As with any major project, tough decisions have to be made when budgets, time crunches, and good old-fashioned politics are factored in. Therefore, these items were cut from the script:

Mobile Site - This is a separate beast in its own right, so we've decided to make that a priority project after the launch of the main www site. It was costing a significant amount of time and pretty soon it was clear that we were chasing two rabbits.

Faculty Server - Similar situation to the Mobile site. It became evident that this introduced an unacceptable quantity of scope creep, therefore it will become its mini project after the all-important www project is launched.

Come Back Soon
I will keep you up to date on the progress of the site and try my very best not to bore you to tears, ... well maybe I shouldn't make promises I cannot keep :)