Website assessments and advisory services

What is GovCMS?

GovCMS is a whole-of-government open source web content management system designed by government for government and hosted on a secure public cloud. Find out more about GovCMS

Why you might need GovCMS website assessment and advisory services

There may be many reasons why you might consider a GovCMS website assessment, such as:

• Viability and proof of value: Determine if GovCMS is a viable option that meets your requirements and what level of value it provides so you can make an informed decision.

• SaaS vs PaaS: Understand the differences to find which one best suits your needs.

• Replatforming: You want to migrate off your existing, legacy or proprietary web platform.

• Refresh: You want to update and refresh part or all of your web presence.

• Budgeting, sizing and business case: You need a detailed understanding of costs to inform budgets and/or the business case of a website project.

• Consolidation: You want to consolidate your site(s) and you’re considering GovCMS as the target platform.

• Mission critical: Your site is mission critical and you’re considering GovCMS as a robust, cloud-based target platform.

• Digital transformation: You’re considering GovCMS as part of your agency’s larger digital transformation initiative.

• Approach to market: You need to approach the market to design and build your GovCMS site and need to provide a well-written, detailed brief representing your requirements.

Benefits of GovCMS website assessments and advisory services

Some benefits of a GovCMS website assessment are:

• Understand if GovCMS SaaS or PaaS can meet your requirements

• Understand if any gaps exist and the related mitigation strategies

• Understand the risks, costs and timelines for building or migrating onto GovCMS

Fixed price packages

Depending on your needs and the size of your site, several fixed price website assessment packages are available. We can also customise any site assessment package to tailor it to your specific needs.

1. One-day small site assessment: Consider a one-day assessment if your site is relatively small with simple functionality. See more about one-day site assessments

2. Three-day medium site assessment: Consider a three-day assessment if your site is larger, with some more detailed functionality. See more about three-day site assessments

3. Five-day large site assessment: Consider a five-day assessment if your site is large and/or includes complex functionality that will need to be mapped against the GovCMS solution. See more about five-day site assessments

Package comparison at a glance

What you get

The main outcome of site assessments is a detailed GovCMS assessment report that will help you decide if GovCMS is the best option for your site, and whether SaaS or PaaS is the best fit.

During the assessments, you also get access to:

• The digital agency that’s the official service provider for the GovCMS platform and program support

• A highly qualified and experienced digital agency that has delivered over 30 GovCMS projects since 2015

• GovCMS product and project delivery specialists who can help map your website requirements onto GovCMS and quickly identify gaps and provide suitable solutions. Our project delivery specialists can also contribute to a realistic and considered project delivery plan.

• A GovCMS technical solution architect who will analyse all the requirements of your site

• Optional on-premise workshops during key touchpoints (subject to travel and lodging costs)

Other GovCMS services

Salsa’s other fixed price GovCMS services include:

	Website rehosting and installation Migrate your Drupal site onto a resilient, secure, monitored and fully managed public cloud platform backed by a 99.95% uptime SLA.
	GovCMS theme development and enhancement services Theme your GovCMS Drupal site to represent your agency’s brand and visual look and feel.
	Content migration and consolidation Migrate your proprietary and/or legacy site onto Drupal GovCMS backed by a resilient, secure, monitored and fully managed public cloud platform with a 99.95% uptime SLA.
	Site audits and technical reviews Site audits and technical reviews help you identify any problems in your site, including security and performance issues.
	Theme review Make sure your site is accessible by all users and optimised to be viewed on different devices and internet browsers.
	Code review Does your website’s module code follow best practice to maximise your site’s performance and stability?
	Ongoing GovCMS application support Whether you’re on GovCMS SaaS or PaaS, ongoing GovCMS application support ensures the application layer for your website continues to remain secure and up-to-date (PaaS only), while also allowing you to build new enhancements and ad-hoc features.
	User testing Salsa provides user testing packages across visitor experience, content author experience, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
	GovCMS out-of-the-box Build and host a new site quickly on a resilient, secure, monitored and fully managed public cloud platform backed by a 99.95% uptime SLA, leveraging GovCMS’s ‘out-of-the-box’ features.

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