PMPlatform

The Product:
This website is maintained with PMPlatform, a software product designed by the PMI Central Indiana Chapter (PMI CIC) to address internal concerns regarding the management of its website and communications.  PMI CIC has developed a licensing model to make PMPlatform available to other PMI components in an effort to assist in their growth and success and to drive a shared revenue model that can be used to further enhance the software product.

The Technology:
Developed by Indianapolis-based development firm TGFI in close partnership with PMI CIC, PMPlatform is built in the Ruby on Rails web portal solution, an open-source Linux environment that utilizes a MySQL database.  By using open-source tools, TGFI continues to include greater functionality at lower costs.

 Content Management:

• Page editor tool with no HTML
• Site map and drop-down menus driven from centrally-managed page hierarchy
• Role-based and even individual user-based permissions all the way to the page level
• Consistent look and feel

Event Management:

• Event editor tool with no HTML
• Single entry point results in several page updates (event page, event list page, home page, PDU list page)
• Automatic removal of event page and listings upon expiration date (but not from PDU list)
• Role-based permissions and approval
• Flexibility to link events to any third-party registration software/service
• Planned Enhancements:
  • Included registration functionality
  • Integrated credit card processing service
  • User-sensitive pricing (members see the Member Price, volunteers see the Volunteer Price, etc.)

Job/Resume/Volunteer Management:

• Self-serve job posting and editing
• Self-serve resume posting and editing
• Volunteer position openings with role-based permissions
• Automatic removal of jobs, resumes, and volunteer openings upon expiration dates

 Online Newsletter Management:

• Article editor tool with no HTML
• Role-based permissions and approval
• Flexible publishing schedule

Sponsorship Management:

• Sponsor listing with several sponsorship options (web buttons, newsletter sponsor, event sponsor)
• Ability to schedule sponsorships for future display
• Automatic removal of sponsorship information upon expiration date

Membership Management:

• Membership import compatible with DEP real-time extract
• Automatic email welcoming new members to website and to chapter
• Content of new-member email is editable with role-based permissions

Email Blast Integration:

• Export of email distribution list for use with any third-party email blast service
• HTML generation of newsletter front page for copy/paste into HTML-enabled third-party email blast service
• Planned Enhancements:
  • Integrated email blast service
  • Automated emails for weekly updates and event reminders

Group Collaboration:

• Members-only portal as well as committee-based portals
• Each portal contains group-specific calendar, file folders, and message board

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 for more information, or to schedule a product demo,
contact webmaster@pmicic.org