The web development team prioritizes its product backlog according to the following three principles:

  • Work that influences recruitment in all programs (marketing)
  • Work that impacts the health and safety of our community (health and safety)
  • Work that influences the experience of current students and community (experience)

We do this while building a team and maintaining our commitment to existing clients.

Backlog visibility

Updated November 26, 2025

The following is a strategic view of a constantly evolving backlog for the merged OSC web team.  Not every piece of work the team is engaged in is represented here, but this broadly reflects what work we have on our horizon in both the near and long term.  Items in nearer term are likely being actively worked on or there is high probability that work will be starting on them in the near future.  Longer term items have more uncertainty around "when" they might happen.

Nearer term:

  • Campus Web Accessibility
    • No WCAG 2.1 A or AA compliance issues in platform by April 26, 2026
  • MyWeb Service retirement/evolution
  • SiteNow WAF/CDN
  • UIowa.edu refresh
  • Design System Updates

Longer term:

  • Landing Page Functionality
    • Help campus partners create modern landing page experiences for their marcomm campaigns
  • Upgrade from Drupal 10 to Drupal 11
    • Likely includes BLT EoL changes
    • Likely intersects P2LB / Sitenow v2 Migrations
  • P2LB (Sitenow v2 Migrations)
  • Privacy Consent
  • UIDS 4
  • Content strategy support and research for campus partners
    • Provide guidance and support to campus partners who own websites and/or are anticipating a redesign
  • IA Templates and recommendations for campus partners, colleges, and departments
    • Provide guidance and support to campus partners who own websites and/or are anticipating a redesign
  • Non-brand Sitenow service option
  • Personalization solution
  • Data analytics (snowplow)
  • Evaluate Alternatives to Google CSE
  • More

Items higher up in the backlog are closer to being worked on and have more clarity. Items further out in the backlog have less definition and are generally further from development. Backlog is subject to change frequently as we reprioritize and adapt.

Reminder: The web team reviews the strategic backlog and shares our progress on delivered functionality every week in our sprint demo (Thursdays, 1:00-2:00pm).  Subscribe to UIWeb listserv to get the weekly invite. (Listserv instructions)