[australia] Why home grown CMS?

[Paul Took]

hehe...it's my charming smile!

in all seriousness, with all 'revolutions', I think it comes down to  
persistence.

if we have a our story right (and we all have a different story),  
we'll nail them 1 client at a time.....

P.



On 11/10/2006, at 11:04 AM, Melanie Kendell wrote:

Hi Paul

I agree with what you are saying but I haven't yet been able to find a
way to talk to organisations that aren't interested in their
information.

If you know of a way in, I'm sure there are plenty of people on this
list who would like to know your secret ;-)

-Melanie

On 11/10/06, Paul Took <ptook at squiz.net> wrote:
> this is an opportunity for us all as vendors/managers to lead.
>
> our most important role is as cultural change managers. we're the
> ones who do this stuff every day, not our 'clients'.
>
> where a client doesn't value their information, the vendor/manager
> needs to step in and provide a plan that is going to give the client
> a structured approach, ensure client staff enthusiasm is maintained
> and lead them down the path to success.
>
> easier said than done, I know, but it's all about seizing the
> opportunity!
>
> paul
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11/10/2006, at 10:02 AM, Melanie Kendell wrote:
>
> On 10/10/06, Frank Warwick <frank.warwick at sitemaster.com.au> wrote:
> > All this comes down to bad planing and miss management
> > of staff and not getting involved because 'thats not what I do'
> > attatude
>
> I think this largely comes back to the fact that organisations do not
> value their information or the means of disseminating that
> information.
>
> Most CMS "projects" are not fully sanctioned projects at all. At
> first, generally only one aspect of information management is
> identified which is too small to justify proper funding, and then the
> next issue comes up - so we get the piecemeal introduction of bits of
> the jigsaw.
>
> For example, they may start out just implementing some sort of version
> control, then someone gets concerned about access control, then
> someone says it would be nice to have workflow, etc...
>
> Once someone has tacked all these pieces together you have a homegrown
> CMS - it works well enough, and the organisation hasn't had to change
> its lack of interest in its information - so it just carries on.
>
> -Melanie
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