Content Ordering

Definition

Content Ordering

the content management task during which new potential content is ordered

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Content Ordering is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Task
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of Content Ordering are to:

• Identify new potential content to be produced:
  • Textual content.
  • Numerical content.
  • Audio content.
  • Graphical content.
  • Video content.
• Decide whether the content is to be:
  • Created internally.
  • Acquired from external content sources.
  • Migrated from internal content sources.

Preconditions

Content ordering typically can begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The construction phase has started.
• The initial conventions for content creation (e.g., guidelines, standards) have been produced during the process engineering activity.
• The following documents are largely complete and are relatively stable:
  • System Requirements Specification
  • Glossary
  • Domain Model Document
  • Information Architecture Document
  • Database Design Document
  • Human Interface Design Document
• The content management team has been adequately staffed with content directors who have been adequately trained in content ordering.

Completion Criteria

Content ordering is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• All required content has been ordered.
• The retirement phase has started.

Steps

Content ordering typically involves the following teams performing the following steps in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Content director(s) of the content management team:
  • Determine the need for new content by reading and understanding the associated:
    • Informational (data) requirements in the:
      • System Requirements Specification
      • Glossary
      • Domain Model Document
    • Information architecture:
      • Information Architecture Document
    • Content design:
      • Database Design Document
      • Human Interface Design Document
  • Identify new potential content to be produced:
    • Textual content.
    • Numerical content.
    • Audio content.
    • Graphical content.
    • Video content.
  • Decide whether the content is to be:
    • Created internally by content creators.
    • Acquired from external content sources using teplates and software created by content designers.
    • Migrated from internal content sources by the content entry clerks.
  • Notify the appropriate members of the content management team to produce the content.

Techniques

Content ordering typically can be performed using the following techniques:

• TBD

Work Products

Content ordering typically results in the production of the following work products:

• Content request e-mail

Guidelines

• Content ordering should be performed iteratively, incrementally, and in parallel with other content management tasks.
• Content ordering may not be necessary if the applications do not have significant content.