MIIS Website Redesign

Timeline

Timeline (Click for full size)

• Kristen & Lynn venture to Middlebury to learn Drupal, meet their web team 5/6-5/8
• White Whale campus visit/IA delivery 5/13
• Convo w/Midd about proposed IA
• White Whale presents strategic plan and recommendations 5/18
• Sign off on strategic plan/recommendations by 5/31
• miis.edu design unveiling 6/9
• Initial web strategy team meeting 6/15
• Website training week 7/6-7/10
• Departmental content due to Kristen 7/8
• Web-in/BBQ 7/20
• Content finalized 8/7
• Launch public-facing site 8/24
• Launch internal portal late December 2009

Web Strategy Team Meeting Minutes

• Initial Meeting 6/15/2009

Planning Meeting Minutes

• Meeting 11/19/2008
• Meeting 12/3/2008
• Meeting 12/16/2008
• Meeting 1/20/2009
• Meeting 2/23/2009

Focus Group Notes

• Student Focus Group 12/4/2008
• Faculty Focus Group 12/4/2008
• New Students 2/3/2009
• Admissions/Records/Financial Aid
• Advancement/Communications/Alumni
• HR/Student Affairs
• IT/Library/TLC
• Direct Reports & Deans
• Faculty v2.0

Requirements & Inspiration

• List of Requirements
• Sites We Like (And Why)

Vendor Selection

• Request for proposals issued: 2/13
• Proposals due: 2/27
• Finalists notified by: 3/10
• Vendor presentations:
  • Tellart 3/16
  • White Whale 3/18
  • Dynamic Diagrams 3/19
  • decimal152 3/20
• Vendors notified of final selection by: 3/23

Chosen Vendor

• White Whale

Sample Deliverables

• Duke Redesign Master Plan (PDF)
• Lewis & Clark Information Architecture/Content Recommendations (PDF)