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Assessment overview
The five-day site assessment is suitable for larger or more complex sites. The five days are broken into five half-day workshops and five half days that cover data harvesting, assessment, solution analysis and report writing.
The final report assesses the site requirements against the current GovCMS functionality and makes a recommendation for which service offering, SaaS or PaaS, is the best fit.
Cost: $26,000 + GST per site (see breakdown below)
Engagement process
Our five-day site assessment includes five half-day, on-site workshops. The highly collaborative and interactive workshops are run with key stakeholders to understand site requirements and viability. A final one-hour presentation is delivered at a time that suits you (usually conducted remotely).
Five-day assessment process | Morning session, on-site workshops | Afternoon session, off-site analysis |
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Outputs
The outputs from the five-day site assessment are:
Site functionality matrix: Finalised feature matrix serving as a visual representation of all functional requirements.
GovCMS viability matrix: Each functional requirement is classified to determine the level of configuration/customisation, and therefore compliance, with GovCMS SaaS or PaaS.
Solution design: Representing GovCMS solution direction, component architecture, content type specifications and high level design.
SaaS vs PaaS evaluation matrix: Identifying which requirements are compliant versus non-compliant for GovCMS, and mitigation strategies or alternatives for non-compliant, if required.
Project requirement document: Representing scope with accompanying assumptions, risks and mitigations, and development estimates.
GovCMS assessment report: Executive summary slide deck for stakeholders representing assessment findings and Salsa’s SaaS vs PaaS recommendation.
Outcomes
Clear understanding of GovCMS SaaS viability and optional mitigations and/or alternatives for areas of non-compliance
Enables key stakeholders to make an informed decision on GovCMS SaaS vs PaaS
Assumptions
We assume the following parameters to represent a ‘large complexity project’:
Content migration
Up to 15 content types
Up to 10 distinct page templates
External integrations required
Up to 16 features
Exclusions
We exclude the following activities in assessments:
Visual design and IA development
Creative discovery
Any relevant travel and lodging costs for onsite workshop/ attendance
Other good things to know
GovCMS SaaS compliance classification — For each high level requirement a functional classification will be given on the level of GovCMS SaaS/PaaS configuration required. For example, basic config, theme development, ‘contrib’ module or custom module, etc.
Optional mitigation strategies or alternatives are provided if/when SaaS non-compliant requirements are identified.
Fixed price packages
Below is a summary of the resources, their activities and associated hours and costs to deliver the five-day assessment.
Five-day assessment tasks | GovCMS Engagement Manager | GovCMS Solution Architect |
Preparation | 8 | 4 |
Workshop | 20 | 20 |
Harvesting | 20 | 20 |
Report | 20 | 12 |
Presentation | 6 | 0 |
Total hours | 130 | |
Total cost (@ $200/h +GST) | $26,000 +GST |