Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Website Release Plan Presented to: Website Advisory Committee September 10, 2014

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Objective Describe Release Process Review Release Plans Obtain Committee feedback to validate priorities NOTE: This plan is preliminary pending final discussions with contractor 2

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release Process Following agile methods –Monthly sprints –Scheduled releases mid-month –Mid-sprint releases when necessary ACT-IAC, with guidance from Website Advisory Committee, defines priorities and documents expected behaviors Each item assigned a Development Lead who defines the work tasks to the developers Enforce Configuration Management process System for tracking progress (Trello) Testing performed in Staging environment prior to pushing to Production (Bugherd) 3

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release – end September Critical “fixes” –Fix online payment for membership renewals –Remove address from event registration –Install SOLR and configure searches –Fix cron for add/update accounts Navigation Improvements –Resolve navigation following login –Resolve navigation following “create new account” –Resolve other miscellaneous navigation issues –Design consistent navigation approach Resolve all issues from recent major production push 4

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.1 – mid-October (1 of 3) Events: Refine registration process –One-button registration for free events –Simplify process for paid events –Expand number of fee categories –Redesign registration interface –Update APIs to better synchronize data with netFORUM Enhance Event Listing Page and Calendar –Add filter criteria –Reformat for readability –Add icons to identify event features –Include “Register Now” and “Add to Calendar” buttons Redesign Event Detail Page –Modify layout for readability –Improved “Add to Calendar” feature –Add social media sharing –Formatted print for simpler creation of hardcopy 5

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.1 – mid-October (2 of 3) Redesign Community Meetings – Phase I –Add new fields –Add agenda/minutes feature –Add ability to link documents to meeting –Redesign interface –Integrate with Events calendars and lists –Test with stakeholder groups Member Directory – Organization –Build Member Directory capability for organizations –Add POC management capability –Develop initial search capability –Test with stakeholder groups Dashboard Redesign –Explore dashboard redesign with stakeholder groups –Implement initial design improvements 6

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.1 – mid-October (3 of 3) Badging and Attendance Tracking Pilot –Print QR code on badges –Scan QR code at ELC sessions –Record data in netFORUM –Determine implementation strategy, including third party tools –Determine CEU integration strategy 7

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.2 – mid-November (1 of 3) Member Directory – Individuals –Build Member Directory capability for individuals –Improve account/profile management for individuals –Develop initial search capability –Test with stakeholder groups Home Page Redesign –Explore alternative design –Implement new home page design Redesign Community/Sub-Community Pages – Phase I –Conduct stakeholder discussion groups –Develop prototypes and refine with stakeholder groups –Fix subscribe/unsubscribe function 8

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.2 – mid-November (2 of 3) Update Knowledge Management Capabilities –Hold discussion groups to determine metadata –Update metadata –Improve search and display Alerts and Notifications – Phase I –Identify approach for alerts and notifications –Incorporate notifications of select items 9

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.2 – mid-November (3 of 3) Working Document Collaboration –Conduct stakeholder discussions on results of pilot programs currently in progress –Add working document collaboration to community, sub-communities and events 10

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.3 – mid-December (1 of 2) Member Directory – Matchmaking –Hold stakeholder discussions to determine requirements –Implement organization and industry matchmaking capability –Test with stakeholder groups Redesign Community/Sub-Community Pages – Phase II –Fix community leaders function –Determine how to expose membership listing –Refine community administrator interface Public Pages Redesign –Explore new themes with stakeholder groups –Implement new or updated theme –Map content to new design 11

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.3 – mid-December (2 of 2) Alerts and Notifications – Phase II –Implement user interface to select notifications, channel, and frequency –Improved formatting for and other channels Dashboard Redesign –Implement enhanced dashboard 12

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 1.4 – mid-January (1 of 1) Online payment for new memberships Member Directory – Networking –Enhanced ability for members to build lists and directly communicate with other members –Multi-channel networking capability 13

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 2.x (1 of 2) Redesign Community Meetings – Phase II –Improve meeting calendar –Add recurring events –Add color coding –Add ability to notify attendees of changes –Add calendar rollup –Add ability to share events with other communities –Other miscellaneous improvements Applications and Scoring Badging and Attendance Tracking – Full Implementation Intra-Community Communications 14

Advancing Government through Collaboration, Education and Action Release 2.x (2 of 2) Participation by Non-Members Staff Functions Management Dashboard and Reporting Online Store CEU tracking Other features as identified 15