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Plone @ UW Oshkosh

Plone @ UW Oshkosh. Kim Nguyen, Administrative Computing. Bio. University of Waterloo BASc, MASc Logo, flight simulators, mineral processing, document imaging/workflow, financial risk management, consulting, database replication senior systems analyst (PeopleSoft, Oracle --> Plone).

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Plone @ UW Oshkosh

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  1. Plone @ UW Oshkosh • Kim Nguyen, Administrative Computing

  2. Bio • University of Waterloo BASc, MASc • Logo, flight simulators, mineral processing, document imaging/workflow, financial risk management, consulting, database replication • senior systems analyst (PeopleSoft, Oracle --> Plone)

  3. UW Oshkosh web sites, circa 2004 • inconsistent look • aesthetically uneven • the priesthood of Dreamweaver and Contribute • no overall navigation • kludged search via Google • difficulty of updating; outdated content

  4. What is Plone? • the biggest open source content management system (CMS) - http://plone.org • Python, Zope, all major operating systems • powerful framework with lots of free modules (“products”) • separation of content and presentation

  5. What does Plone look like? • out of the box • our own http://uwosh.edu/ploneprojects site

  6. Development Tools • ArgoUML, ArchGenXML • Python • the future is through the web (Dexterity, WorkflowEd, PloneFormGen)

  7. Why Plone? • all content creating, editing, organizing is THROUGH THE WEB • dynamic housekeeping means less work for content creators: navigation, search catalog, permissions handling, RSS • approval process (workflow) • power to the people • open source - pragmatism & mission

  8. What else can Plone do?

  9. How did we choose Plone? • WIDA project, early 2004 • review of alternatives, final recommendation, approval • rollout, and the test of time • Plone improvements & adoption • web services

  10. Guerrilla marketing • carrot vs. stick • surveys • network, network, network! • showcase work: OIE study abroad workflow app • the coup: COB intranet • word of mouth

  11. Amorphous Plone team • Media Services (unfunded): one staff & two interns • Academic Computing: system administrator • Administrative Computing: one staff & one intern *** • ResLife MIO: 2 plus 2 student employees • Student Tech Fee: one student employee • Reeve Union: four student employees • College of Business: one student employee

  12. Spreading the love • informal lines of communication • http://uwosh.edu/ploneprojects • mailing lists (plone-users, plone-developers ****) • chat room • Slow Jogs • IT Training classes, user manual

  13. Business models • everyone on their own • fully funded campus web team • Penn State’s WebLion team • our hybrid

  14. Integrated Marketing • genesis of IMC • Plone is official • resourcing and control • campus web redesign project

  15. Scaling up • 300+ sites, more to come • server infrastructure • support infrastructure • software infrastructure - automation • participating in and giving back to the Plone community

  16. A new Plone initiative • business process efficiency • hug a tree today, or welcome to the 20th century • workflow application design tool

  17. Lessons learned • intrapreneurship works • organic growth • happy customers = word of mouth • choose your customers • executive sponsors • articulate your vision

  18. Opportunities • on campus: internships, project appointments, and full time jobs • on your own: client facing, programming, graphics design, hosting/server admin • see http://plone.net for providers

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