Stage Plan

Stage One - Project Initialisation

Work Package 1A

• Write the initial Technical and User Requirements document.

Stage Two - Installation and Configuration

Work Package 2A

• Install the Orckestra C1 CMS, patch and initialise.
• Install useful add-ons from Orckestra.
• Add basic template types and page templates.
• Add initial homepages.
• Add entries to the Windows hosts file.
• Add the URL configuration records.
• Begin to create documentation for future developers to use.

Stage Three - Datatypes and Templates

These two work packages can run concurrently.

Work Package 3A

• Plan and create the datatypes.
• Document the datatypes.

Work Package 3B

• Improve the template types and page templates.
• Add home- and sub-pages to all sites. Populate with sample text.
• Document the templates.

Stage Four - Functions

Work Package 4A

• Plan the functions required for page templates
• Plan the functions required for pages.

Work Package 4B

• Build the functions
• Add sample data to the datatypes.
• Document the functions.

Stage Five - Documentation Clean-up

Work Package 5A

• Review all user documentation and amend where necessary.

Stage Six - Website Clean-up

Work Package 6A

• Review demonstration website and improve where necessary.
• Review sample data and improve where necessary.

Stage Seven - Beta Test

• Publish to external web-server.
• Contact Orckestra and arrange promotion through social media and possible joint press release.
• Add message to JISCmail Website Info Management list asking for testers.
• Collate feedback and bug fix.

Stage Eight - Release

• Collate feedback and bug fix.
• Collate all documentation and produce final report.
• Move into maintenance mode.