Search

Content management systems provide a modern method of Web engineering to improve development speed and maintenance effectiveness. Organizations increasingly use these content management systems to leverage their Web applications. However, organizations lack the organizational processes and structure to effectively maintain content management system-based Web applications. In this paper, we provide a framework for the operation and maintenance phase of Web engineering, consisting of guidelines for managing Web content management systems. It includes processes for Web content management on a strategic, tactical, and operational level. The framework is validated through a case study at an inter-municipal cooperative union.

Web applications are evolving towards strong content-centred information systems accessible through the web. The development processes and implementation of these applications are unlike the development and implementation of traditional information systems. In this paper, we propose a Web Engineering Method (WEM): a method for developing Content Management System (CMS)-based web applications. Critical to a successful development of CMS-based web applications is adaptation to the dynamic business. We first define CMS-based web applications and identify their specific characteristics. Combining these characteristics with situational factors in projects, we show that by taking parts of proven methods, such as UML-based Web Engineering (UWE) and the Unified Process (UP), a unique method can be assembled for situational development of CMS-based web applications. We successfully validated the method at GX, a web-technology company specialised in developing and implementing CMS-based web applications.