Archives for the category "content management"
Technology won’t fix a bad strategy
Successful technology implementations all share a common denominator: a strong content strategy.
CMS Facts and Myths, and Why Process is So Important
Ensure that you’re not left holding the bag when the CMS vendor has left the building; get your processes in place.
Content Lifecycle
The content lifecycle is described as an organic system, in a technology-agnostic way.
Want to learn about content strategy?
Content strategy presentations during 2009 – learning opportunities.
Component content management as content mashup
Using the metaphor of mash-ups, explaining component content management.
CMS selection practices need maturation
Janus Boye, a content management analyst whose skills I have long admired, recently posted an article Is Corruption [in the CM industry] an Issue? In it, he discusses some of the ways that vendors inadvertently, or purposefully, incent buyers to favour their products. I believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg, as [...]
5 Top Business Benefits of Content Re-Use
How do you know if a component content management system (CCMS) is right for you? Consultants may have sophisticated formulas for calculating the ROI of a CCMS, but here are some simple questions that you can answer as a self-test: Do you re-use a lot of the same content in difference manuals, or in different [...]
Protecting your corporate content assets means easy interchange
To get the most out of your content, you need to be able to re-use it in appropriate places. Having content that can “play nice” with other systems is a key component of a good content strategy.
Non-technical issues during CMS implementations — TechCraft
TechCraft, the online newsletter aimed at technical writers in India and the Asia Pacific region, has just published Volume 40, with an article of mine on understanding some of the non-technical issues that arise during the implementation of a content management system, and how to address them. Understanding how disruptive this technology change can be [...]
XML and the Obama administration
This morning, I came to my co-work office, and as I was waiting for my morning latte to be served up by the most efficient and personable Dane, the inauguration played on the super-large Mac flat screen in the background. I got goosebumps (and only a bit of that was because of the draft near [...]
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- Dispelling More Content Myths
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- Content Lifecycle
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- Redefining content strategy
- A practical definition of content
- CMS selection practices need maturation
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