Concept and Planning

Once the concept phase has been authorized you can analysis the fundamental issues for the prospective project:

Content and Applications - New or Upgrade?

You will also need to make decisions on two fundamental issues:

Content Input - Import or Upgrade?

A major consideration is whether you want to:

  • Upgrade the content of an existing installation. See Upgrading to CQ5 for more information.

    [Caution]Caution

    Do not underestimate the effort required for this. Although efficient it can still represent a significant task for your planning.

  • Generate new content; either by importing from a prepared file (e.g. XML), or inputting all content with CQ.

Applications - Upgrade, Refactor or Embed?

As with content, you will need to decide how to handle existing applications. Here you can either:

  • Upgrade them to the new installation. See Upgrading to CQ5 for more information.

  • Refactor them, by rewriting them completely.

  • Embed them by running CQ4 within CQ5.