Website Update -December 8

As announced in our last communication, we’ve spent the last couple weeks transitioning into our new work streams, hiring additional resources and updating our project plans. We’ve added 5 new resources. We have 2-3 additional resources to recruit. Additionally, we have recruited a new VP, Web Marketing & Development who will start January 3^rd.

While we are still getting used to our new structure, we’re already seeing improvements in collaboration and prioritization. Listed below are the completed and planned accomplishments for each web work stream.

Brand Migrations & Experiences – Lori Armstrong

Our planned accomplishments for December and January are shown below.

• Migrate Healthcare Lighting® – Targeting deployment on 12/12
• Migrate RELOC® – Targeting January launch
• Create new redirect process to ensure SEO performance is maintained during future migrations
• Develop standard work for updating and enhancing brand websites experiences post-migration
• Continued work on the migration of Holophane – Targeting February launch
  • Includes completion of the new product detail page
  • Includes completion of enhanced spec sheet lookup
  • Includes completion of new agent lookup tool for utility and non-utility agents
• Continued work on the migration of AEL – Targeting February launch

Business Projects – Michelle Davis
Our planned accomplishments for the next two months include:

• Renovation Page Launch
• eldoLED Page Launch
• Atrius Indoor Positioning Launch
• Product Details Page – Kickoff, requirements and scope defined. Begin development.
• Homepage/Navigation Redesign – In Development
• Workfront Transition/Training – Completed
• Agents Tab Redesign Launch
• Atrius Section Redesign – Kickoff
• Typicals Component – In Development

Search – Kathy Wendorf
Planned accomplishments for search over the next two months include:

• Adding Lumen Output filter to Juno Recessed, Aculux and Indy brand category pages
• Improved search returns associated with product relevance. Products with higher sales volume will be prioritized ahead of other returned fixtures.
• Fix the way data is being consumed for the Gotham search function, allowing appropriate search results returned regarding round or square fixtures.
• Filters Open by Default. These are specific filters available on a product category landing page to improve the user experience.
• Public Configurator Tool for Juno, Indy and Aculux brands.  This will allow users to create a catalog number after navigating a product web page. This will include an export feature that will allow a user to easily add the catalog number to a submittal or send the order directly to their agent.
• Improved Juno Track Systems User Journey. This will allow the customer to select -1) track system, then 2) select from Components, Fixtures, or Pendants that are compatible with the chosen system, and finally, 3) a category landing page with filters is displayed based on the compatible selection.
• Improved Juno Track Fixture User Journey. This will allow the customer to browse the track fixture styles (families).  Once a style is selected, a category landing page with filters is displayed with the track fixtures available for the family.   

Website Support & Platform Projects – Jainaba Aaquil

The IT website support and platform development team will deliver on foundational improvements and support code development needed for marketing projects currently in progress including:

December accomplishments:

• Revised CI/CD deployment process- Going live with an improved code deployment process with the following benefits:
  • Developer intervention not needed for code merges. (Automated)
  • Faster total deployment time
  • BA and PM approval checkpoints
  • Git repository: Parallel development for better developer collaboration and support for emergency hotfixes
• New Website Support process – Rolling out new team and support strategy using Workfront to manage website support tickets.

January accomplishments:

• Sitecore/Coveo/Score Upgrade – Technology upgrade to stabilize our Sitecore website platform, improve performance  when editing webpages, and leverage updated search functionality.

Backlog

As you probably know by now, we use a two-week sprint cycle for our web work, roughly dividing each month into two sprints. The following are our sprint totals for the last two weeks: 98 jobs closed and 229 in backlog.

As always, we greatly appreciate your input regarding our websites and ask that you continue to provide your suggestions. Please send all website feedback to this link.

Thank you,

The Acuity Brands Web Team