Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

Le 2010-10-22 08:52, Benjamin Horst a écrit :
> On Oct 22, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> > > To be fair,
> > > this left the Drupal team little time to organise and put forth a decent
> > > demo-site as well as manage the discussions on the mailist.
> >
> > No, to be fair one has to note that drupal, while loudly advocating it
> > didn't use that time to build one.
>
> I don't think this is fair. You showed a demo of SilverStripe right away, which set the frame of 
> the conversation and led naturally to it becoming the starting point for discussions.
>
> I also think we became overly fixated on demos much too early, while the requirements list was 
> still in flux. We could have done a better job discussing the requirements and exactly what they 
> meant, before trying to build any demo sites. Then, we should have had the same people build all 
> demo sites, so that they could compare the experiences as accurately as possible. This is why I 
> repeatedly asked you, Christian, to install and test Drupal, since you'd already done so with 
> SilverStripe.
>
> In fact, as I mentioned in a separate email, I think an analysis of other peer projects using each 
> CMS gives us a better picture of the longterm capability than a demo made in a day or week with no 
> strategic planning behind it.
>
> The strategic planning is what we really missed in this process. Information Architecture and 
> wireframes should have happened before any CMS implementation. I am concerned we'll make the same 
> mistake when implementing a live CMS as we did for the demo, which could hamstring us in the future 
> if we choose a platform that is less extensible.
>
> -Ben
>
> Benjamin Horst
> bhorst@mac.com
> 646-464-2314 (Eastern)
> www.solidoffice.com
I am in total agreement with these statements. The process was somehow 
not well organized. Still, we managed to discuss it. We need to organise 
these kind of thing a little formally as well as strategically next 
time. This will ensure better results.

Marc


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