What to consider By

Patrick Alfred Ongwen & Koyier Francis

• Consider carefully the basic functionality you need

• Indexing and retrieval• Workflow-forwarding right information to

right people at the right time (Privacy right)• A web-based system-One central system • Scalability-Network/handling growing

amount of work• Automation of retention and Destruction

schedules

It’s the interface through which content is added and amended

Managing Assets Ensure the CMS you select forces content

providers to add attributes to images How it deals with uploading and attaching

files CMS should provide basic image editing

tools

This is where most users start from when looking for content

Freshness: how often does the search engine index your site.

Thoroughness: does index the entire content of each page

Speed: how long does the search engine take to return results

Scope: Can you limit the scope of your search Customization: can you control how the results

are displayed

You need a CMS that allows flexibility in the way content is retrieved and presented.

Content presentation should not be dictated by technology

User Interaction It should allow you to gather feedbacks,

comments, chats, host forums and get user ratings

You need more control over who can edit you website

One can post job advert but not add content on the home page

Versioning Being able to revert to the last saved state It allows to quickly recover what might been

posted by accident

You need to be able to run several websites from the same installation

New websites that target narrower audience

Multilingual Support It should be able to accommodate several

languages apart from the domestic language

Integration It should allow you to integrate different

departments of the organization

The vendor you consider should have high level of knowledge, expertise and experience of the software

Communicate your expectation clearly The Vendor should be able to offer staff training,

set-up, consultation and maintenance Licensing, Accessibility, Security, training

and much more