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Real-World Content Management. Jeremy Vibert Information & Business Services Manager. TRADA’s Aims. To grow and maintain markets for timber and timber-based products To provide a competitive advantage for our corporate members We achieve this by providing information to specifiers.
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Real-World Content Management Jeremy Vibert Information & Business Services Manager
TRADA’s Aims • To grow and maintain markets for timber and timber-based products • To provide a competitive advantage for our corporate members • We achieve this by providing information to specifiers
Specification phase • Write the business plan • What are business objectives? • How will success be judged? • Financial forecast • How will project be managed? • Develop website features list • What areas will the site have? • What will people be able to do there? • What benefits are there for (a) the association and (b) site visitors? • How will members gain benefit?
Specification phase • Develop a functional specification • Defines in detail how your website will operate • Written in plain English - should be understandable to all stakeholders • Ensures business process issues are resolved up front • Forms the basis of the contract with the IT developer • Define specific standards compliance, browser support, accessibility requirements etc • Prevents ‘scope creep’
Content preparation • All areas of the site need content • old info needs updating • new info needs writing • writing for the web needs different style • Consider resource needs • news must be updated regularly • enews