Ardi Hundt Analyst / Project Manager DrupalCamp Baltics 2013 An anatomy of a Drupal project timeline

Five phases in a Drupal project How it used to be Expensive mistakes Summary

Can be client only Dont try to design or solve, just point out goals or problems Business Requirements Specification 0. Goals

The whole team together Quick prototyping, best choices, not too deep Technical Specification + wireframes 1. Analysis

Iterations / sprints Design the concept first, the details as you go Frontend coding and backend coding are merged in Drupal 2. D&D

General testing Hosting, staging, caching, security, High Availability Content migration 3. Pre-live

SLA, monthly resource, reaction times Core updates, module updates if and when? Who controls the updates, keeps test/live sync 4. Maintenance

Expensive mistakes

Tech Spec does not consider Drupal specifics Tech Spec author unreachable Unknown smart people

Design done before Drupal prototyping Designer as the all-in-wonder: tech analyze, UX, graphical design Use grid! Easier frontend, automatic responsiveness Designer is the enemy

Nice HTML/CSS, now lets throw it away The HTML guy and the Drupal HTML guy Drupal frontend guy and backend guy are inseparable, Drupal (backend) outputs a lot of HTML HTML for.. nothing

The 3rd stage can be very time consuming, esp. in bigger projects Client's responsibilities, who does what: X- tee, Google Accounts, banklinks, etc need organizing, contracts, permissions Just press the button

Its ready, so thats the end of it We will handle it ourselves If it breaks, we will call you SLA: Simple Life Ahead

Get some Drupal people into technical analysis stage Design and HTML cannot be standalone stages in a Drupal project Dont underestimate the work that comes once its ready Tl; dr

Ardi Hundt ardi@mekaia.com Mekaia O Tatari 64, Tallinn http://mekaia.com Thank you!