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The 4 Year Plan for cornell.edu

Overview: Here is a highlights list of proposed achievements contained within the cornell.edu Redesign proposal.

YEAR ZERO: 2003 November ? 2004 April: FOUNDATIONS

  • Solidify systems foundation for cornell.edu, including hosting, content management, account management, statistics, etc.
  • Seek Web communications priorities from senior management, key constituencies.
  • Establish working relationships with senior management, colleagues, users.
  • Establish working relationship with CIT/WPG, including service agreements for projects and hosting.

YEAR ONE: Summer 2004: MAJOR PRODUCTION PHASE

  • Complete redesign of cornell.edu home page and top level pages.
  • Include new Cornell logo (due to be ready August 2004).
  • Take first pass at reworking or replacing all existing functionality related to pre-2004 cornell.edu (such as Search, Events, News, Feedback, etc.).
  • Create Cornell President site.
  • Maintain CUInfo at current levels until we can address its utility to campus constituents.
  • Establish roles of cornell.edu main site Program Mgr (PM) and Developer support PM.
  • Establish primary visual space in cornell.edu as communications message area.

YEAR TWO: 2004 July ? 2005 July (FY05): MAJOR PRODUCTION PHASE

  • Redesign Admissions site for 2004-5 Admissions cycle.
  • Develop Outreach section.
  • Develop Research section.
  • Migrate to content management system.
  • Create Stage 1 Promotional site (Wired Cornell).
  • Create web.cornell.edu developer support site.
  • Continue content development for existing portions of site/project.

YEAR THREE: 2005 July ? 2006 July (FY06): CONTINUED PRODUCTION PHASE

  • Hire Promotional site PM.
  • Add to existing cornell.edu functionality.
  • Add to existing Admissions site, including functionality.
  • Expand features of web.cornell.edu.
  • Expand Inside Cornell to its proper size.
  • Add student support to content dependent sections.

YEAR FOUR: 2006 July ? 2007 July (FY07): MANAGEMENT STAGE

  • Establish a standard development, design, and content update schedule for cornell.edu.

- Thomas Richardson, Cornell Director of Web Communications

July 18, 2004 | category: 01 background info

 

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