What they wanted to know

• Definition
• Re-use of info
• Asset management
• Workflow
• Case study material
• Longevity
• User management
• Resources
• Skills
• Integration
• What is available
• Tools to build own
• Reference sites

Definition

• Relationship with other types of system
   
• Difference between Portal and Content Mgmt
   
• How does it fit in with MLE/VLEs
   

Re-use of info

• Printing
   
• Different views
   
• Accessible pages
   

Asset management

Workflow

• Approval by QA people
   

Case study material

Longevity

• Get stuff out
   
• Needing new ones every few years
   
• Based on Open standards
   

User management

• Integrate with existing
  » See also: Integration
   
• User roles
   
• LDAP
   

Resources

• Cost of implementing
   
• Cost of not implementing
   
• Staffing resource implications
   
• Licencing (of backend databases)
   
• No desktop install
   

Skills

• users
   
• developers
   
• providers
   

Integration

• Link to legacy
   
• Modularity
   

What is available

Tools to build own

• MySQL
   
• PHP
   
• ColdFusion
   
• SSIs
   
• LDAP
   
• ASP
   

Reference sites