What are the signs that a Content Management system is required ?

Any of the following conditions indicate that a Content Management system might be required.

	Time critical information is handle via a manual or disparate publishing process, often resulting in delays or mistakes (e.g. Press Releases)
	Large amount of frequently changing content on web site requiring a lot of effort to keep web site current in its basic operation
	Content being duplicated to many pages leading to the risk of in-consistency.
	External source content needing significant re-working before deployment on the site.
	Content from the site needing to be syndicated to other sites.
	Metadata for Content on the site requires continual manual improvement so that effective search and personalisation can be achieved.
	Personnel costs for operation web site are increasing or need to be reduced.
	Many micro-sites for both Web and Intranet usage have been created with the inevitable inconsistency.
	Content is sensitive and could be used in a legal case (e.g. Sex Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Investment Advice dispute, Liable)
	Content required to be presented in different formats styles to meet requirements such as the Disability Act (e.g. Visually impaired use of the web site).
	The same information needs to be available and presented in different languages.
	Micro Sites or project specific sites are being created by any number of departments or offices with little co-ordination between them