Mistakes Committed While selecting a CMS

With a pool of CMSs available in the market, it becomes difficult to select the ones that will suit the needs. Sometimes, organizations fail to understand the CMS structure and so it becomes really confusing as to which CMS will serve your needs.

This confusion leads to many mistakes while choosing any content Management system. Several issues are found with CMS when they are not as per the need. Keeping in mind these issues, we have listed few of the mistakes that are generally caused while choosing a Content Management System for your business.

Oversights caused while selecting a CMS:

1. Identifying the Actual Problem: Before selecting any content management system, it is important to know the exact cause for which it is to be used, all the goals and business needs must be determined, website design must be checked, an entire website strategy should be created, functionalities available in the CMS and finally selecting the websites that are to be managed by the CMS.

   If you fail to understand these goals and all the things mentioned above, then there are chances that you may select a wrong CMS for your business. So, an in depth analysis must be conducted before choosing a relevant CMS for your business.

   Bottom line: Know your website before knowing your CMS needs.

2. Failing to Understand CMS issues: For many organizations, choosing a CMS is a very challenging task as they are going to do it for first time. So, before getting in touch with any CMS, it is recommended to have some knowledge and expertise about managing these systems.

Certain questions must be answered before selecting any CMS:

• Features useful for the products.
• Challenges to be faced while using CMS products.
• Common issues with CMS products.
• Best practices to be followed with CMS.
3. These decisions are usually made by the organization that is going to use the CMS. It is advisable to get the answer of these above mentioned questions before choosing a CMS, you can also see the Vendor’s Demo before actually selecting the CMS or discussing with other firms the issues that they have faced while using any CMS.

4. Expecting Bigger Is always Better: Many organizations are eager to face risks and this plays an important role while selecting the CMS. This leads them to a decision to choose a powerful and robust CMS.

   In case of CMS, price and performance never correlate. This means content management systems available at affordable rates can perform better as compared to ones that are costlier. It is a myth that costlier CMS tend to perform better.

   Purchasing a CMS with more features is always a good decision. CMS that is not easy to use may not be much popular in the market.

   Bottom line: Keep it Simple and Small.

From these mistakes, we guess you can easily take a wise decision & choose a CMS for your business. In case of any assistance, regarding selection of any tools for Content Management or identifying the best one for your business; you can always get in touch with experts at Softqube Technologies, India.