diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/README.txt b/tools-ng/ecdc/README.txt
index 3a772f3df..7bf062df1 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/README.txt
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/README.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ Oracle 10g RDBMS or PostgresQL up to version 8.2
      by your working bundle. Keep the list of modules in sync with
      project.xml!
 
+     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     EXAMPLE: Set up the "devel" environment with Oracle:
+
+     (i)  Add the following configuration property to local.ccm.properties
+          in order to use the "devel" bundle:
+
+          ccm.bundle.folder=${ccm.project.dir}/ccm-ldn-aplaws/bundles/devel
+
+     (ii) Append the following properties to
+          ccm-ldn-aplaws/bundles/devel/cfg/integration.properties in order
+          to provide a minimum configuration for running the server:
+
+          waf.admin.name.screen=admin
+          waf.web.server=localhost\:8080
+          waf.runtime.jdbc_url=jdbc\:oracle\:thin\:ccm/ccm@localhost\:1521\:ORCL
+          waf.kernel.primary_user_identifier=screen_name
+          com.arsdigita.forum.digest_user_email=admin@example.com
+     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 (e)  ant install-tomcat 
      will create a runtime directory and install Tomcat 6 for testing. 
 
@@ -56,7 +75,7 @@ Oracle 10g RDBMS or PostgresQL up to version 8.2
      will create the compile and deploy tasks
 
 (g)  ant deploy 
-     will compile and deploy into your test environment (runtime)
+     will compile and deploy into your test environment (runtime)
 
 (h)  ant load-bundle 
      will load the database. May take several minutes!
@@ -66,11 +85,11 @@ Oracle 10g RDBMS or PostgresQL up to version 8.2
 
 (j)  Open your browser:
          http://localhost:8080/
-         http://localhost:8080/ccm/content-center/
-
-     Be aware: the previous ccm-scripts based environment used
-     port 9000 by default. May be still specified in your
-     bundle file (integration.properties). Wrong port number will
+         http://localhost:8080/ccm/content-center/
+
+     Be aware: the previous ccm-scripts based environment used
+     port 9000 by default. May be still specified in your
+     bundle file (integration.properties). Wrong port number will
      result in a stylesheet compilation error during server startup!
 
 (k)  ant create-war 
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/bin/ccm.cmd b/tools-ng/ecdc/bin/ccm.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76cd9f4bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/bin/ccm.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ant -f %~dp0\..\..\..\build.xml ccm -Dccm.parameters="%*"
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/project.xml.complete b/tools-ng/ecdc/project.xml.complete
index ba7ebec2d..7dbb772e9 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/project.xml.complete
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/project.xml.complete
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@
 		<ccm:application name="ccm-ldn-util"/>
 		<ccm:application name="ccm-simplesurvey"/>
 		<ccm:application name="ccm-user-preferences"/>
-        <ccm:application name="ccm-portlet"/>
-        <ccm:application name="ccm-portlet-helloworld"/>
-        <ccm:application name="ccm-portlet-content-item"/>
 	</ccm:build>
 
   <!-- List all shared, pre-built applications here -->
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml
index ebfc344ca..735c67bc8 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml
@@ -177,4 +177,16 @@
         </copy>
     </target>
 
+    <target name="ccm">
+        <echo>ccm ${ccm.parameters}</echo>
+        <java classname="com.arsdigita.packaging.MasterTool" fork="yes">
+            <classpath>
+                <path refid="ccm.tools.classpath" />
+                <pathelement location="${app.server.webapp.dir}/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes" />
+                <fileset dir="${app.server.webapp.dir}/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib" includes="**/*.jar" />
+            </classpath>
+            <sysproperty key="ccm.home" value="${ccm.home}" />
+            <arg line="${ccm.parameters}" />
+        </java>
+    </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml.orig b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml.orig
index 06a26aa73..7e6d5b88e 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml.orig
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml.orig
@@ -48,6 +48,22 @@
                            value="${java.protocol.handler.pkgs}" />
               -->
  	          <arg line="load  ${applications} " />
+        </java>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="load-data" depends="prepare-load">
+        <echo>load --data ${applications}</echo>
+        <java classname="com.arsdigita.packaging.MasterTool" classpathref="ccm.classpath" fork="yes">
+            <sysproperty key="ccm.home" value="${ccm.home}" />
+            <arg line="load --data ${applications}" />
+        </java>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="load-init" depends="prepare-load">
+        <echo>load --init ${applications}</echo>
+        <java classname="com.arsdigita.packaging.MasterTool" classpathref="ccm.classpath" fork="yes">
+            <sysproperty key="ccm.home" value="${ccm.home}" />
+            <arg line="load --data ${applications}" />
  	    </java>
  	</target>
  	
@@ -161,4 +177,11 @@
         </copy>
     </target>
 
+    <target name="ccm" depends="prepare-load">
+        <echo>ccm ${ccm.parameters}</echo>
+        <java classname="com.arsdigita.packaging.MasterTool" classpathref="ccm.classpath" fork="yes">
+            <sysproperty key="ccm.home" value="${ccm.home}" />
+            <arg line="${ccm.parameters}" />
+        </java>
+    </target>
 </project>