Content Management System Requirements

Getting requirements for any new system is a timely effort. Before setting up the requirements it must be clear what the challenge is you want a solution for. After that is established, the steakholders must be identified. This can be persons or departments. Each steakholder must set up a list of wishes he/she wants to see to be resolved by the new system. Then it is important to get a internal or external business analyst involved and start setting up a list of requirements. If we are talking Content Managament System for the web both the website (content, design, functionality) and the managment of the website (content entry, approval, publishing etc) are areas that need to be addressed by the requirements. The following parties can be stakeholders in this project:

• Marketing
• Information Technology
• Sales
• Services
• Human Resource
• Products

Each of these departments can have a very specific list of requirements for the CMS and for the website. If each department comes with a list of 100 unique requirements (which is not much for a website and a CMS) we are talking already about more than 600 items on the requiremnts list. Not many companies take the time to set up a proper list of requirements for a new system and that is why we provide already an industry tailored solution in requirments lists specific for your industry. At Maloo Business Consulting we provide already a preset list of 150 requirements (explained in detail) covering the most important elements of a nowdays requirement lists for Contehnt Management Systems. This can help you out to get started and make your tool selection a much easier job. Eventually the list must lead to a shortlist of CMS tools that can be evaluated and tested, to end up with one final choice to be purchased. After setting up the requirements list we can go through our unique tool selection wizard to determine what group or type of CMS is suitable for you.

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At Maloo Business Consulting we have more than a decade of experience in checking and setting up these requirements lists. If you want to know how we can help you with this task, please contact us at services@malooconsulting.com or fill in the form on our Contact Us page.