Case Study - Large Scale (Council) Website Redevelopment
In 2007 Tamworth Regional Council updated its strategy for managing websites from using a single one-stop-shop website (Portal) for the Tamworth Region, by dissecting content and functionality to build custom websites for the range of facilities, services and events offered throughout the region.
The Internet Development Project (IDP) was formed with an objective to achieve a modernised web presence that is user friendly and reflects best practice. The difficultly in achieving the project objective was compounded as there was minimal internal experience and expertise in building large-scale websites. Furthermore, after much deliberation the project team selected the largest and most complex website (Tamworth Regional Council) as the first site to be completely re-developed.
The business imperatives for the re-developed included improving the accessibility and usability of information, whilst moving to a modernised technology platform, as the existing CMS was obsolete and unsupported.
Sounds great, but how was this achieved? The following presentation will provide a brief snapshot of the Tamworth Regional Council redevelopment project, with key lessons learnt in the following areas:
- Project Management
- Information Architecture
- Content Development
- Visual Design
- CMS Selection
- CMS Implementation
