Hands-on product testing

Now that the vendor demos are complete, the University will invite selected vendors to participate in our hands-on testing process (Phase 3). As the implementation of a new web content management (WCM) system will impact over 100 web content editors, it's critical for the University to get hands-on experience with each product before it makes its final selection.

During this phase, vendors will assist the University in configuring a fully-functional version of the product for testing purposes. Further, vendors will be expected to provide sufficient email and phone-based support to troubleshoot issues encountered during the configuration and testing process.

In the meanwhile, the University will invite selected members of its community to participate in hands-on portion. These campus participants will include web content editors, web designers, and current WCM system administrators representing key stakeholders at the University.

Campus participants in Phase 3 will be invited to attend a training session for each vendor's product, and will be given access to the product and instructions to complete a testing process. Testing steps and processes will vary depending on each participants existing web content management role. Test results will be documented using a standard form.


Results from the testing process will be compiled by the Core project team and reviewed, in consultation with testing participants as necessary.

Vendor demo wrap-up

We completed our 4 vendor demos yesterday. Two 2-hour demos per day was a somewhat grueling schedule for the participants, but we are happy to get them done quickly.

A big "Thank you!" to all the vendors that presented, as well as all those that have participated in our process thus far.

During the next week, we will be reviewing the vendor demonstrations in greater detail, communicating with our demo participants, and determining which vendors will be invited to participate in the next phase (hands-on testing).

We anticipate selection and feedback for vendors to be available during the week of April 22.  In the meanwhile, we may be in contact with vendors to answer technical questions about their products. 

RFP responses & vendor demos

We're happy to announce that we received responses to our RFP for web content management systems from the following vendors:

• HannonHill
• OmniUpdate
• Percussion
• TerminalFour

The RFPs have been distributed to the WCM Core Team, and are under review.

Vendor demonstrations are scheduled for next week, and are open to the campus community. Because space is limited, we request that campus community members RSVP to attend any of the demonstration sessions.

Demonstrations are scheduled as follows:

• Hannon Hill - Tuesday, March 9, 12:30pm - 2:30pm PST
• TerminalFour - Tuesday, March 9, 3:00pm - 5:00pm PST
• Percussion - Thursday, March 11, 12pm – 2pm PST
• OmniUpdate - Thursday, March 11, 2:30pm – 4:30pm PST

Click here to RSVP for the WCM vendor demonstrations

Location information will be provided to those that RSVP.