Agile Approach for WCM

Question

Can anyone provide me with advice, opinions, or experience with using an agile methodology to delivery an enterprise-scale Web Content Management system (e.g., Interwoven TeamSite, Tridion)? My current opinion is that to implement a CM system there is a certain--relatively high--amount of upfront work that needs to happen to make sure the system is going to be scalable and efficient for future projects for the multi-year lifespan an WCM is expected to have. This suggests a hybrid approach at best, if not a more waterfall-like approach. I'm really interested to learn what approaches others have taken. Thanks.

Answer 1

My first step would be to make it able to manage text content for a single web page, including all the necessary documentation, deployment steps for that small piece of functionality. That's usable stuff that you can get feedback from and can build on. From there you can add more content types, manage more pages and sites etc, bit by tiny bit.