Implementasi Model Sequential Waterfall dalam Rancang Bangun Website Official Universitas Adiwangsa Jambi sebagai Solusi Migrasi Sistem CMS
Abstract
University websites play an essential role as the primary digital platform for delivering institutional information, academic services, and public communication. Previously, the official website of Universitas Adiwangsa Jambi (UNAJA) was developed using the Joomla Content Management System (CMS), which presented several limitations in system customization, maintenance, and long-term development. To address these challenges, this study developed a new official website by migrating from Joomla to the Laravel framework using the Sequential Waterfall software development model. The development process consisted of requirements analysis, system design, implementation, testing, and maintenance planning. The proposed system adopts the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture and implements role-based access management to support centralized administration while allowing each study program to manage its own content through a structured validation workflow. Functional testing demonstrated that all primary system features operated according to the specified requirements, including content management, user authentication, news publication, and public information services. The migration resulted in a website that is more flexible for future development, easier to maintain, and better suited to the organizational needs of Universitas Adiwangsa Jambi. The results indicate that the Sequential Waterfall approach effectively supports the development of a university website through a structured and systematic software engineering process.
