University of St. Thomas: Content Management System Migration

Role: Project Manager, Training Lead

History: In 2013 I was brought on as a contractor to help with the migration efforts from one content management system (CMS) to another. Within six months I was hired on full time and leading the project and all initiatives related to the project. This project was broken out into three phases, and took over two years to fully complete.

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Project Deliverables:

• Complete training plan for content contributors and moderators

• Project plan for content migration phased out over an 18 month plus timeline

• Organized, updated, easier to access content on each site
  
  

Goals: 

• All website content would now be hosted on TerminalFour (CMS)

• Collage (previous CMS) would be decommissioned

• All content contributors and moderators (over 500 total) would be fully trained on using the new CMS

• More organized website structure
  
  

Personal Involvement:

• Project Reporting

• Web Content Analysis

• Website Migration Mapping and Planning

• Creation of a Training Plan

• Contributor and Moderator Training

• Content Migration

• Design

• Content Strategy

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Over the duration of this project I was the point of contact for clients migrating their sites from one CMS to another. I met with clients on a regular bases to discover website goals, needs and timelines. I would delegate tasks related to each site to a team of interns, and if needed front and end back end web developers. 

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Once a website was complete in the new CMS, I would work with the client and their support staff to make sure they were fully trained to use the CMS for website edits and updates moving forward.