6. INTRODUCTION
■ Matthew Dorman
■ Background in Development / Computer Science
■ Run the Open Source Practice at NorthPoint
■ Projects Recently Managed:
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7. INTRODUCTION
■ Matthew Dorman
■ Background in Development / Computer Science
■ Run the Open Source Practice at NorthPoint
■ Projects Recently Managed:
2
29. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Before Project Begins
■ What is the launch date? What is driving that date?
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30. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Before Project Begins
■ What is the launch date? What is driving that date?
■ What are the business goals and drivers for the project?
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31. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Before Project Begins
■ What is the launch date? What is driving that date?
■ What are the business goals and drivers for the project?
■ How many resources do I have, how much money?
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32. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Before Project Begins
■ What is the launch date? What is driving that date?
■ What are the business goals and drivers for the project?
■ How many resources do I have, how much money?
■ Who edits or maintains the site now, and have they used a CMS
before?
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33. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Before Project Begins
■ What is the launch date? What is driving that date?
■ What are the business goals and drivers for the project?
■ How many resources do I have, how much money?
■ Who edits or maintains the site now, and have they used a CMS
before?
■ Is there an easier solution?
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36. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ After Project Begins
■ What are my teams blockers, and how are they affecting the
schedule?
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37. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ After Project Begins
■ What are my teams blockers, and how are they affecting the
schedule?
■ Where can I get a list of all the current site URLs?
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38. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ After Project Begins
■ What are my teams blockers, and how are they affecting the
schedule?
■ Where can I get a list of all the current site URLs?
■ Do we really need X number of modules to do this piece of
functionality?
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39. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ After Project Begins
■ What are my teams blockers, and how are they affecting the
schedule?
■ Where can I get a list of all the current site URLs?
■ Do we really need X number of modules to do this piece of
functionality?
■ That module is still in (dev/alpha/beta), do we have time to fix
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42. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Launch Planning
■ What is our rollback plan, has it been tested?
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43. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Launch Planning
■ What is our rollback plan, has it been tested?
■ What is our cutover plan? Who is responsible for each step?
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44. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Launch Planning
■ What is our rollback plan, has it been tested?
■ What is our cutover plan? Who is responsible for each step?
■ How long is the TTL on the domain?
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45. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Launch Planning
■ What is our rollback plan, has it been tested?
■ What is our cutover plan? Who is responsible for each step?
■ How long is the TTL on the domain?
■ What is team member [1-N]'s contact information.
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46. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED
■ Launch Planning
■ What is our rollback plan, has it been tested?
■ What is our cutover plan? Who is responsible for each step?
■ How long is the TTL on the domain?
■ What is team member [1-N]'s contact information.
■ Who is making sure the beer stays cold?
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