At a glance.
- Mobomo worked with FERC’s internal IT department to make sure the new website and supporting infrastructure was developed and migrated into production seamlessly.
- With Mobomo handling the design, development and application side of the equation and FERC IT handling the network infrastructure (Azure) and security components, a careful coordination effort was maintained to make sure all teams knew their roles and res
- The project lifestyle was split into two phases. Phase 1 focused on creating the User Stories, visual components, and mapping of all components needed to move FERC’s web presence into a modern, enterprise system. Phase 2 was the build out and migration pi
Content migration
As FERC.gov serves as the authoritative source for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission documentation and regulation reporting, simplifying the content model and migrating existing content to the new Drupal system were key success factors. In addition to migrating content, simplifying the content model was also key. The legacy site contained many files that were unused and created clutter and navigation issues. By providing guided statistical analysis of the legacy FERC.gov website, Mobomo was able to help them pare down their content model from over 20,000 static webpages to 6,000 dynamically managed pages within Drupal.
Migrating 6,000 HTML pages into a database was a challenge for the team. By using a methodology of custom scripting (“site scraping”) and some manual page creation, Mobomo was able to move as much content as possible to the new system as quickly as possible.
Modern refresh.
Mobomo created a refreshed, modern, responsive Drupal 8 website that is mobile-friendly, section 508 compliant and has robust search capabilities. It also uses our Create-Once Publish Everywhere (COPE) philosophy leveraging reusable templates and content types so content can be redisplayed throughout the site in various manners such as articles, data feeds, events and calendar options.
Documentation and training
FERC IT was also provided with a series of governing and administrative documents as well as training sessions to support their effort of managing the Azure environment in which FERC.gov was hosted.
Provided administrative resources
While Mobomo would continue to provide training support and administrative resources, the goal was for FERC IT to largely handle the network infrastructure administration duties autonomously.
Best practices information
Mobomo also regularly provided FERC’s Security and Change Request Management teams documentation and best practices information regarding systems and software implementations.
Drupal training.
Mobomo practiced the “Train the Trainer” methodology with FERC. This program provided extensive training to four key members of the FERC/OEA team with the intent that (with Mobomo’s support and documentation) they would train remaining staff as needed or identified later.
Saving costs
This model saved FERC costs associated with larger training classes and allowed our training team to go “deeper” with a smaller training class. The team received supporting training documents to use as either future internal training materials or as check
Autonomous management
FERC IT was also provided with a series of governing and administrative documents as well as training sessions to support their effort of managing the Azure environment in which FERC.gov was hosted. While Mobomo would continue to provide training support
Best practices
Mobomo also regularly provided FERC’s Security and Change Request Management teams documentation and best practices information regarding systems and software implementations.
Working with FERC IT, Mobomo created support SLAs and processes for maintaining the on-going support of the website and ensured the long-term success of the newly modernized FERC.gov.
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