OpenRoad is pleased to announce the arrival of four new professionals. Bryan Robertson (Senior Analyst), Mona Mok (Project Coordinator), Stephen Calvert (Web Developer), and Bill Stilwell (Web Developer) have officially joined the OpenRoad team. Bryan Robertson has over 10 years of internet industry design and management skills, including a tenure as the Executive Producer of […]
It lies there just over the horizon and just below the surface of any Content Management System (CMS) implementation. It is the factor that is most often forgotten or ignored as the CMS build barrels toward launch. It is often left out of the project plan altogether but can take longer than the build itself. […]
The Canadian Medical Association has written an article about PC Central, the ThoughtFarmer-powered intranet portal for Vancouver Coastal Health. PC Central is a web-based hub for the 3500 physicians in the Lower Mainland, providing clinical decision support tools, local health resources, referral information, patient handouts and an extensive collection of links. A pilot project with […]
In late August our clients over at St. Pauls Hospital in the Heart Function Clinic will be heading Down Under. The clinic’s research abstract entitled “The development and feasibility of a virtual heart failure clinic” was recently accepted at the 7th Annual Conference on Successes & Failures in Telehealth in Brisbane, Australia. OpenRoad built the […]
OpenRoad is hiring… If project plans, budgets, schedules, and risk management is your thing, we want you to join our team of talented and experienced staff here in Gastown. From our formal job description, posted over at BC Technology’s job site: The project coordinator works with internal staff, contractors and external clients to organize the […]
OpenRoad (now OXD) was recently awarded the contract to redesign and build the Vancouver Public Library website. The successful proponent of a competitive RFP process, OpenRoad will be working during the next year to re-launch the popular website and migrate to an open-source content management platform. OpenRoad will be joined by design and usability partners […]
NESTA is the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. Backed by a £300m endowment, NESTA is devoted exclusively to supporting talent, innovation and creativity in the UK. They invest in early stage companies, inform innovation policy and encourage a culture that helps innovation to flourish. In April 2007, NESTA deployed OpenRoad’s enterprise […]
With over 40,000 documents and 1.0 million visits per month, the City of Vancouver website is a crucial information aspects for the citizens, businesses, and visitors of Vancouver. OpenRoad was hired to provide a content management system strategy for the City. OpenRoad performed extensive research, conducted in-person interviews, reviewed industry best practices, and conducted a […]
