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I migrated several huge CMSes in Financial Services and know you pain. Here is what I did and I hope you can use it. 2 things: - knowledge about the structure
by _the_inflator 5y ago
I migrated several huge CMSes in Financial Services and know you pain. Here is what I did and I hope you can use it.
2 things:
- knowledge about the structure
- math, math, math
You will need both exercises later on for the other CMS as well.
Do the math: how many changes over time? Which department/person needs to do changes and why? Which files and content is affected? Prioritise: if there is no live actualization needed, postpone certain changes. Is there critical content? Do you need a workflow for certain changes (legal approval etc.)?
You might need to mix different approaches:
- using some scripts
- using a deployment pipeline
- using a lightweight CMS for parts of the content
- using a dev team who does the changes manually (speed and costs do usually not warrant hacking a CMS for 6 month, so manual changes can be sufficient)
For some frequently changed pages it can make sense, to have some sort of mini CMS or even simply have a small team of business and dev people who do the changes manually.
Do not overengineer at this point, since this can lead to a fragile solution which backfires: "Why do we need the new CMS? It works currently."
Have fun! :)