On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 22:42, joseph martins wrote: > James, you know this is the type of CM debate I live for. ;-) > > Tell me, how do you propose that we measure the accuracy of the content > managed by a CMS? or the quality of the content? or the effectiveness? >
I've come a bit late to this one, but I'd think you could argue the 'accuracy' of the content if you were looking for it. Base this on site user feedback. IF people used to complain that the site was out of date or had wrong information before a CMS was used then after a CMS was implemented users commented that content was more relevant and accurate, then the CMS helped that accuracy. Perhaps it wasn't the CMS directly, but the process of putting a CMS in which caused structural changes to allow for more accurate/timely info, but without the CMS as a catalyst to induce that change, it may never have happened. Measuring this stuff in the absolute doesn't make sense. Measurement based on the feedback of the users (who are the audience for the C which the CMS Ms) is possible and, I would think, desirable. -- Michael Kimsal http://www.logicreate.com 734-480-9961 -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
