Scope and Goals
The Scope and Goals of the CMS initiative provide a common understanding of what is included within the parameters of the project.
Project Goals
- Facilitate the creation and management of standards-compliant Web sites
- Support organizational consistency in messaging, branding and identity
- Meet legal requirements for Web content accessibility
- Implement technical and graphic design continuity throughout the University's Web sites
- Decrease the need for specialized technical skills, staff, and resources for Web publishing needs
- Provide a centralized, dynamic, flexible and high quality campus Web infrastructure
Project Scope
- Define the university's specific business and functional requirements for a CMS
- Evaluate available CMS solutions and their ability to meet the University's needs
- Develop a plan for the efficient implementation of a selected solution, making the new CMS available to all UC Davis constituents
- Execute the CMS implementation plan, ensuring that all necessary infrastructure and functionality are integrated
- Deploy UC Davis Web content under a unified, centralized CMS
- Provide adequate training and support to campus web masters who will be using the new CMS
For additional information, access the initiative's Vision and Scope document in the project's documentation pages.