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CMS Design & Implementation (Fall 2020)

IT394-IT395
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DePaul University
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Michael Chase
Instructor
(3)
3
Timeline
  • September 4, 2020
    Experience start
  • March 21, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
5/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Startup, Social Enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Family-Owned, Incubator
Any industries
Categories
Information technology Marketing strategy
Skills
html css web development agile methodologies content management
Learner goals and capabilities

Student-consultants will design and implement a content management system (CMS) to help you effectively manage your online content.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
35 learners
Project
25 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students will provide your organization with a fully-functioning content management website.

Final deliverables include:

  • A team charter.
  • A product vision board.
  • A product backlog.
  • Sprint backlogs.
  • User stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Test plans and test results (expected and actual).
  • Training documents as PowerPoint presentations.
  • A plugin and module lists.
  • Status reports.
  • Meeting minutes.
  • A deployment document.
Project timeline
  • September 4, 2020
    Experience start
  • March 21, 2021
    Experience end
Project Examples

Starting this September, a group of 3-5 student-consultants will spend 25 hours per student (125 hours per team) working with your organization to recommend and implement a content management system (CMS) that best fits your needs. They will also provide training and reference materials, enabling your team to keep the site updated and organized.

Using Agile project management technology and knowledge gained from their computing and digital media courses, the student-consultants will help you design and implement an effective CMS website.

Example benefits include, but are not limited to:

  • Marketing your product/service website http://www.westtownbikes.org
  • Kickstarting your non-profit's fundraising efforts http://goodnewspartners.org

Students may use the following CMS systems, based on your requirements:

  • Drupal
  • WordPress
  • Squarespace
  • Weebly
  • Wix

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available to students for weekly sprint review & retrospective

Provide a dedicated contact who will be available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address student’s questions or provide additional information.

This class employs the Agile methodology, which favors communication over documentation. Therefore, the student teams will communicate with you at least once a week by email or phone.