Case: PvdA (The Dutch Labour Party)
Prior to the 2002 elections a new main site has to be built for http://www.pvda.nl/. The PvdA (Dutch Labour Party)
wanted to utilize advanced internet technology to interact better with the common man. The website URL www.pvda.nl would
be presented clearly and consistently through-out the entire campaign, promoting the new site.

Specification

* Clear communication
* Excellent performance with thousands of pages and more than 300 subsites for regional departments
* Excellent performance at campagne peaks
* Easy to manage by more than 300 internet novices
* Integration with back-office systems
* Re-use and scalability through-out the entire organisation

Standard Appserver modules

* Content Management, Site Management, Authorisation Management Component/Channel Management en Server Management (site wizards enabling very rapid site and application creation)

Standard Appserver components

* News, Forums, Agenda, Poll, Links, Mailform, Search, FAQ, Discussion, Mailinglist, Shop, Who is Who, Documents

Custom functionality

* Generation, creation and management of regional department sites (subsites) with their own content
* Optimalisation of performance for peak days with millions of pageviews
* Integration with the PvdA back-office CRM system

Area of expertise:
Componence DDS was hired to complete the entire project, from concept to deployment. The site has been completely developed
based on standard components.

Duration from start to finish:

* Concept website: march 2001 - august 2002
* Development website: august - october 2001
* Deployment: 15 october 2001

Future development:

* Extend functionalities within the website
* Server management extensions like the PvdA Wizard with which complex and feature-rich sites can be created and
deployed within 30 minutes without any technical expertise
* Advanced Forums for members

Courses:

* Generic functionality workshop in which difference CMS-functions are explained
* Appserver Sitemanagement Basis cursus, waarin een handleiding van de Appserver wordt behandeld aan de hand van praktijkcases.
* Appserver sitemanagement basic course in which one is guided through the Appserver manual by real life cases in a workshop

Look on http://www.pvda.nl/

Other sites:
http://pesdelegatie.wizard.pvda.nl/ http://evs.pvda.nl/ http://wbs.wizard.pvda.nl/ http://peterrehwinkel.pvda.nl/ http://khadijaarib.pvda.nl/ http://jetbussemaker.pvda.nl/ http://josesmits.pvda.nl/ http://wbs.pvda.nl/ http://mariettehamer.pvda.nl/ http://steunpunten.pvda.nl/ http://wouterbos.pvda.nl/ http://klaasdevries.wizard.pvda.nl/ http://jeltjevannieuwenhoven.wizard.pvda.nl/