DeMag Content Publishing Solution

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DeMag Content Publishing Solution

• WhiteHuskies, DePaul CTI

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Who we are

• WhiteHuskies is a software development team
  specializing in Web-based application design,
  hosting and delivery

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Our Product

• DeMag, the WhiteHuskies content publishing
  platform, provides traditional print media
  companies with a platform to bring their content
  to the Web

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Features

• DeMag includes the following
• Content management for articles
• Community building tools such as a discussion
  forum and user administration
• Banner advertising including tracking
• Classified advertising
• Centralized administration

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Administration

• The DeMag platform uses Web-based forms to
  populate backend databases
• Administrators do not need to know html to
  publish online content using this system
• An example
• Mystery Game Administration

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Project Requirements

• Importance
• Specifications
• Contract
• Design
• Plan

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Project Requirements

• Drafts
• Requirements V1
• Requirements V2
• Requirements V3

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Project Requirements

• Wolf and Thief
• Schedule
• Wolf/Thief Matrix

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Project Requirements

• Test
• Test Matrix
• Specific Tests

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Design specifics

• DeMag is a Microsoft .NET solution using C,
  ASP.NET and Sql Server 2000
• DeMag must be deployed on a Windows 2003 server

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Design diagrams

• Flow Diagram
• Database Design
• State Diagram
• File System Structure

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PLANNING
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Planning

• MS project 2003 used for planning
• Easy to track
• Simple to makes changes
• Gantt chart
• Calendar view
• Individual view and tracking available

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Planning

• High-level plan through Calendar

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Planning

• Calendar view provides information about each
  task on any particular day
• Also lists all the resources involved on each day

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Planning

• Gantt chart planning

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Planning

• Through the Gantt chart, one can look up
  dependencies and look at the project from start
  to finish

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Planning

• Parallel Planning

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Planning

• Parallel planning allows you to see which tasks
  are dependent on other tasks
• This also allows one to complete tasks on time
  without worrying to start other tasks.

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Planning

• Individual View and Tracking

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Planning

• The individual view allows the planner to examine
  each of resources tasks
• Also, allows to visualize the plan from a
  calendar view.

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Planning

• Re-planning is a vital part in which both planner
  and the project director would be involved in
• MS project also helps out with re-planning

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Planning

• MS Project 2003 File

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Conclusion

• For traditional print media publishers there
  isnt a more effective Web solution than DeMag.
• With its centralized administration, ease of use
  and scalability, DeMag is the logical choice when
  creating a Web presence for any magazine or
  newspaper.