Archives for the tag "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.

Consequences of not having a good content strategy

An unexpected, informal usability test shows the role of content as part of the overall user experience.

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 [...]

Content strategy includes convergence, integration, and syndication

A look at the changing nature of content, treating content as a valued corporate asset, and the changes in processes to support its use.

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.