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 September 17, 2026

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:

 

  • Platform/Service
    • SiteNow WAF/CDN
    • SiteNow Drupal Upgrade
  • Strategy
    • Building the strategy team
    • Campus Web Accessibility
      • Continuing to push to no WCAG 2.1 A or AA compliance issues in platform 
    • UIowa.edu refresh / AoS Feature
    • Exploring Design System Updates / Design Tokens
    • Landing Page Functionality
      • Help campus partners create modern landing page experiences for their marcomm campaigns
    • Abandoned site ID and decommission process.

Longer term:

  • Explore WebMCP standard for site visitors and authenticated/secure MCP for site builders.
  • P2LB (Sitenow v2 Migrations)
  • 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
  • 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 UI Web Community Teams channel to get the weekly invite.