A new, modern website for the university
We want to provide staff and researchers with a simple and flexible content management system using Drupal. But we also want to win over prospective students and current students with content of a whole new caliber—through a website that is state-of-the-art both technically and visually, in line with our corporate design. The website meets the legal requirements for public institutions, including those regarding data protection and accessibility. It also aligns with the university’s specific requirements in research, teaching, knowledge transfer (3rd Mission), and international engagement.
Through so-called landing pages, we address individual target groups directly and can better serve their information needs. Prospective students, current students, researchers, cooperation partners, and staff can easily access the content relevant to them via these pages.
In this way, we create a user-friendly website that raises the visibility of research and teaching and makes the University of Siegen more attractive overall.
Operational Project Management
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Contact
Sandro Abbate
Gabriel Klein
Christian Trapp
Project Phases
Kickoff and Preparation
- Project launch following a decision by the Rector's Office
- Establishment of a project governance structure with a steering committee, operational project management, and IT managers
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Recruitment of project participants
Call for Proposals
- Preparation of an EU-wide Request for Proposals
- Identification of technical requirements
- Conducting a market survey
- Preparation of tender documents
- Bidder presentations and subsequent evaluation
- Submission of bids and negotiations
- Awarding of Contract
Implementation Phase
- Kick-off workshop with various university stakeholders
- Requirement gathering and management
- (Further) development of a digital corporate design
- Development of the information architecture
- Creation of a web design and various web templates in the University of Siegen’s corporate design
- Development of a rights and roles management system
- Development of an editorial workflow
- Customization of the CMS to meet the university’s needs, including the programming of various interfaces
- Implementation of an automated translation feature
- Development of training and consulting services
- Regular communication and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders within the university
Content Migration
- May 2025: The new website launches with information tailored to prospective students, current students, researchers, collaboration partners, and staff. In addition to information on degree programs and academic advising, the faculty pages and the university’s central pages will be completed
- June 2025: Central Administration
- July 2025: Schools departments and seminars, landing pages for additional target groups
- August 2025: Chairs
- September 2025: Research and service institutions
- October 2025: University committees, governing bodies, and representative bodies; foundations; and support associations and societies
- May 2026: XIMS in read-only mode
- November 2026: XIMS to be shut down
Project Organization
Governance
At a large and diverse institution like the University of Siegen, a project as complex as a website relaunch must be well organized. That is why we have developed a project governance framework that involves as many Schools, departments, and target groups as possible while still operating efficiently. In this way, we ensure that the new website meets the needs of our entire university community.
