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Website Redesign Project:Project Phases & Timeline


Project Timeline

Due to the size and functionality of ODU's website, our vendor needs additional time to complete the site delivery. In consultation with the WRP stakeholders, the WRP team has decided to delay the launch of Wave 1 until after the start of the fall semester.

Current Phase: Delivery Phase

Licensed Aquia Cloud

Fall 2020

Identified & Procured Agency Platform (KWALL)

January 2021

Research & Discovery Phase Digital Strategy & Planning

March-June 2021

Design Phase

June-December 2021

Development Phase

December 2021-April 2022

Delivery Phase

May-September 2022

Launch of Site

Fall 2022

Begin on-going migration of subsequent Waves to new platform

Summer-Fall 2022

Decommission AEM

Fall 2023
  • Fall 2020

    Licensed Aquia Cloud

  • January 2021

    Identified & Procured Agency Platform (KWALL)

  • March-June 2021

    Research & Discovery Phase Digital Strategy & Planning

  • June-December 2021

    Design Phase

  • December 2021-April 2022

    Development Phase

  • May-September 2022

    Delivery Phase

  • Fall 2022

    Launch of Site

  • Summer-Fall 2022

    Begin on-going migration of subsequent Waves to new platform

  • Fall 2023

    Decommission AEM




Project Phases


Licensed Acquia Cloud and Acquia DAM

COMPLETE Fall 2020

ODU acquired Acquia Cloud and Acquia DAM as well Drupal, which will replace Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) as our content management system.


Identified Agency Partner, KWALL

COMPLETE January 2021

ODU worked with KWALL - a premier web design agency specializing in higher education websites - to develop a website that is modern, accessible and creates a cohesive user experience that tells the Monarch story to the world across all platforms.


Research and Discovery Phase | Digital Strategy & Planning

COMPLETE March – June 2021

Determined which features and technologies to implement through stakeholder interviews, student and faculty/staff focus groups & agency best-practice recommendations.


Design Phase

COMPLETE June – December 2021

Developed a comprehensive digital design standard that leverages the ODU brand using existing brand guidelines & graphic identity. The designs were shared with project stakeholders, students, faculty, staff, and campus partners at multiple stages throughout this phase.


Development Phase

COMPLETE December 2021 – April 2022

Build and deploy the platform for the new content management system (CMS).


Delivery Phase

May – Fall 2022

KWALL will deliver the site to ODU for content migration, QA periods, and testing before the site is live. The content migration will occur in multiple phases, with the first-wave of pages being launched when the new website goes live in the Fall of 2022. The Web Redesign Core Team will be working with units across campus to identify which wave they will be a part of. The schedule of waves can be found here: ODU Web Redesign Project Content Migration Schedule


Website Launch

Fall 2022

The new ODU website will launch, start with all Wave 1 pages.


Migrate Remaining Units & Content to New Platform

Fall 2022 – Summer 2023

The Website Redesign Core Team will continue to work with campus partners to migrate all content from AEM to Drupal, until all pages are migrated to the new content management system (CMS).


Decommission Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

Fall 2023

Once all content is migrated, ODU will decommission AEM and be functioning fully on Drupal.




Questions about the redesign project?

Visit the ODU Website Redesign Project FAQ page. If you don't see your question, please email webredesign@odu.edu.


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