1. The document discusses four things the author has learned in over four years as a CTO at a company that builds many projects in WordPress. 2. The lessons include focusing on people and communication, starting small and keeping things simple, documenting everything, and accepting that things will take time. 3. The document also lists tools and technologies the company currently uses like Git, Vagrant, Laravel, and WordPress plugins.

1. Working with
WordPress
as a team
Natanael Sinisalo / 2016

5. 4 Things I’ve learned in the
past 4.5 years as a CTO in a
shop that builds a lot of
stuff on WordPress

6. 1. Focus on the right
things

7. People

8. Communication

9. 2. Start small and
keep things simple

10. Photo: Vincent Driessen

11. dev/natte
dev/tuomas
dev/tiina
dev/janne
development master
Staging Production

12. dev/natte
dev/tuomas
dev/tiina
dev/janne
development master
Staging Production
dev/tiina_feature

13. dev/natte
dev/tuomas
dev/tiina
dev/janne
development master
Staging Production
dev/tiina_feature
newversion/
development
Staging
(newversion)
newversion/natte

14. 3. Document
everything you can

15. Google Docs or such
is enough (at first)

16. 4. Things are going
to take time

17. Email
Email
Photoshop
Dev (MAMP)
Production
(Plesk)
FTP
Dev (WAMP)

18. Basecamp
Sketch
Avocode
Dev (Vagrant) Git
Production
Staging

19. • Basecamp
• Sketch
• Avocode
• Git
• roots/bedrock
• Vagrant (Laravel Homestead)
• Laravel Envoy
Tools we’re using currently in MEOM
• WP Migrate DB Pro
• Ansible
• Stylus
• Gulp (for BrowserSync)
• Codeception
• Selenium

20. 1. Focus on the right things
2. Start small and keep things simple
3. Document everything you can
4. Things are going to take time

21. Thank you!
Twitter: @ntsinisalo
Slack: @nsinisalo
Web: www.meom.fi