Thursday, April 21, 2011

CMS Testing

Testing three different content management systems is a bit tedious. Some of the testers ran into problems.
  • Testing as different users is difficult. Sure, we can log in as admin, but not all of us will be admins. It's also more difficult to log in as a 'reporter' or 'web editor' and get the same tasks done. "Where'd that menu go?" "How do I create a new page now?"
  • The systems aren't really set up as they will be when we go live. A plain vanilla enterprise setup is what we get, but it won't really be what people will be using.
  • It's really difficult to test all the options out there. There may be a perfect CMS for us out there, but as time and resources are limited, we couldn't test every one of them to find it.