Webinar archive · September 2026
A new home
for your content.
Considerations When Switching to a New CCMS explored the strategic and practical questions behind a platform change.
Andrew Douglas + Lief Erickson
Business needs. Content operations. Migration choices.
The original conversation
Start with the reason to move.
Switching to a new CCMS affects the way a team creates, organizes, approves and delivers information. The decision reaches beyond the choice of software: it changes the working home of the content itself.
Bluestream’s Andrew Douglas and structured content consultant Lief Erickson were the announced speakers for a conversation about the reasons for making that move, the logistics involved and the implications of different approaches.
The official event description put total cost of ownership in a wider context. Alongside financial considerations, it highlighted the business value of customer engagement and improvements to the content operating model.
The decision framework
Four questions worth keeping.
The following editorial framework builds on the event’s announced themes. It is a practical planning aid, not a transcript or report of what the speakers said.
What should improve?
Describe the specific problem a change should solve. Slow releases, repeated manual work or a disconnected delivery process give a team something concrete to investigate. A platform comparison is more useful when success is defined first.
What actually has to move?
Inventory the content and its dependencies, including media, links, conditions, metadata and publishing configurations. Identify what should be retained, repaired or retired before treating the move as an export-and-import exercise.
How will people work?
Consider authors, reviewers, administrators and localization teams. Map the intended review and approval responsibilities. A technically successful migration still needs a workable day-to-day process.
What does ownership involve?
Build a picture of the effort beyond the initial purchase: preparation, configuration, conversion, integration, training and ongoing administration. Compare the costs against the operational benefits the team actually expects.
Editorial context · October 11, 2026. These questions are provided by Bluestream as a companion to the archived announcement.
Announced speakers
Two perspectives on a CCMS change.
Andrew Douglas
Business Development Manager
Bluestream Content Solutions
Andrew brought the vendor and implementation perspective to the announced conversation.
Lief Erickson
Founder & Principal Strategist
Intuitive Stack
The event profile described Lief’s work in content operations, information architecture, metadata, search and AI-driven content strategy.
Continue the CCMS conversation.
Read why organizations switch CCMS solutions for a closer look at change-over challenges and evaluation criteria. For the conversion side, explore Content Migration to a CCMS: Avoiding the Avoidable.
If you are evaluating your own content environment, talk to Bluestream about your source systems, workflows and delivery requirements.
Archive questions
What was this webinar about?
It was announced as a discussion of the strategic and logistical considerations involved in switching to a new component content management system.
Can I register or watch a replay?
The official listing currently marks the webinar unavailable. This page does not claim that registration or a recording is available.
Is switching a CCMS only a technology decision?
No. The announced discussion also considered the business reasons for changing systems, content operations and total cost of ownership.
How should a team begin evaluating a move?
Define the problem to solve, inventory the content and its dependencies, and agree on a representative pilot with clear acceptance criteria.
Source: official event listing, checked October 11, 2026. Original announcement published September 1, 2026. The title has been corrected to match the official event listing. The September 16 schedule comes from the original announcement.