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What’s Different about Drupal? A project manager’s guide

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Kay VanValkenburgh

kay@ownsourcing.com Principal, OwnSourcing Drupal dev since 2007 (D5) Software dev since 1998 Trainer since 1990 Co-author, Definitive Guide to Drupal 7

Leslie Glynn, PMP

leslie@ownsourcing.com 20+ yrs Project Mgmt PMP certified by PMI 30+ yrs Software Dev Trainer since 2000 Drupal since 2011

Project Lifecycle

From “The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7”

Drupal concepts

• adopt code or write it?

○ security notices ○ upgrade paths

• users / roles / permissions
• structured content
• code / configuration / content

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• required skills
• risks
• contributed vs custom code
• d8: configuration management

Maintenance

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Closing

• users / roles / permissions

○ in training & in reviews

• architecture choices in documentation

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• prep modules
• enable caching & optimization
• ensure production urls
• confirm cron tasks

Launch prep

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• test per role
• check coding standard compliance
• confirm search engine readiness
• review module selection

Quality assurance

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• drupal api
• community development & testing
• d8: Symphony, Twig

Code development

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• pre-launch content strategy

○ involve content creators early ○ plan for sync of content / configuration

• d8: in place editing, content staging

Content development

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• the importance of fields & view modes
• the real scope of themes
• planning with microdata
• d8: more entities

Information Architecture

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• assessing modules
• planning hand-offs
• d8: views & wysiwyg in core, multilingual

initiative, accessibility

Discovery/Planning

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Initiation

• work breakout

○ ongoing maintenance

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Q & A

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• The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7

○ Chapter 10-Planning and Managing a Drupal Project by Amye Scavarda

• Planning and Managing Drupal Projects

by Dani Nordin

• Drupal for Project Managers - Acquia Webinar Series
• PM Sessions at DrupalCon Prague

○ Drupal Fixed Budget Projects: The Art Of Estimates ○ Always Agile? Not So Fast

• Training by Ownsourcing ownsourcing.com

Resources

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• use an existing module or group of modules
• use a distribution (Drupal Commerce, Drupal

Commons)

• apply a patch for an existing issue (review

the issue queue)

• create a patch (to fix an issue)
• work with the module maintainer to get fixes
• r updates made
• create your own custom module - last resort

Explore code options

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• new standalone site, fresh build
• multisite
• upgrade from a previous Drupal version
• integration with 3rd party services
• migration
• rescue of a failed project

Types of Drupal Projects

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• CMI initiative - configuration will be in code
• TWIG - an easier to use templating engine
• Views has been added to core
• WYSIWYG editor is built into core
• in place editor
• admin interface is easier

What’s coming in Drupal 8

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• contribute custom code and documentation
• manage a community initiative
• create a Case Study

○ Highlight how you met your business objectives using Drupal ○ Include things you tried that may not have worked

• ut but will help other community members from

running into the same issue

• help make Drupal Project Management an
• ngoing conversation

Giving back to the Community

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