For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals (Length: 5 pages)

February 23, 2007

Five Pitfalls To Avoid In Web Content Management Implementations

Overly Complex, IT-Driven Initiatives Can Lead To Major Headaches

by Stephen Powers

with Connie Moore, Kyle McNabb, Shelby Semmes, Diana Levitt


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Web content management (WCM) initiatives remain complex, expensive, time-consuming projects with high failure rates. Why do enterprises continue to wrestle with these initiatives? Critical issues that surface repeatedly from failed project to failed project include a lack of business ownership, IT-driven — rather than user-driven — design, unnecessarily complex specifications, and poorly designed workflow. Five major mistakes to avoid: 1) complex implementations; 2) AWOL content contributors during the content design phase; 3) lack of system mastery by content contributors and template designers; 4) requirements that are too complex; and 5) an IT organization that is stuck in the middle of the content creation and publishing workflow.

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Analyst: Stephen Powers
Technology: Enterprise Content Management, Information & Knowledge Management, Web Content Management
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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