Drupal Project Management Strategies
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The document outlines strategies for project management, including extra resources for project managers, common project management tools, techniques and methodologies, and questions to get answered at different stages of a project. It recommends resources like monthly Drupal meetups and groups.drupal.org. Popular tools mentioned include JIRA, Open Atrium, and BaseCamp. Agile SCRUM and waterfall are listed as techniques, and questions are provided to consider before, during, and when planning a launch. The author is available for any additional questions.
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Drupal Project Management Strategies
- 1. July 22, 2010 Project Management Strategies - Matthew Dorman @matthewdorman 1
- 2. INTRODUCTION 2
- 3. INTRODUCTION ■ Matthew Dorman 2
- 4. INTRODUCTION ■ Matthew Dorman ■ Background in Development / Computer Science 2
- 5. INTRODUCTION ■ Matthew Dorman ■ Background in Development / Computer Science ■ Run the Open Source Practice at NorthPoint 2
- 6. INTRODUCTION ■ Matthew Dorman ■ Background in Development / Computer Science ■ Run the Open Source Practice at NorthPoint ■ Projects Recently Managed: 2
- 7. INTRODUCTION ■ Matthew Dorman ■ Background in Development / Computer Science ■ Run the Open Source Practice at NorthPoint ■ Projects Recently Managed: 2
- 8. OUTLINE 3
- 10. OUTLINE ■ Extra Resources ■ Common Project Management Tools 3
- 11. OUTLINE ■ Extra Resources ■ Common Project Management Tools ■ Techniques / Methodologies 3
- 12. OUTLINE ■ Extra Resources ■ Common Project Management Tools ■ Techniques / Methodologies ■ Questions to Get Answered 3
- 13. EXTRA RESOURCES 4
- 14. EXTRA RESOURCES ■ Monthly Drupal Meetups 4
- 15. EXTRA RESOURCES ■ Monthly Drupal Meetups ■ Drupal Camps (check that off the list) 4
- 16. EXTRA RESOURCES ■ Monthly Drupal Meetups ■ Drupal Camps (check that off the list) ■ http://groups.drupal.org/project-management 4
- 17. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS 5
- 18. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS ■ JIRA w/ Greenhopper (Atlassian) 5
- 19. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS ■ JIRA w/ Greenhopper (Atlassian) ■ Open Atrium (Drupal Distribution) 5
- 20. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS ■ JIRA w/ Greenhopper (Atlassian) ■ Open Atrium (Drupal Distribution) ■ BaseCamp 5
- 21. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS ■ JIRA w/ Greenhopper (Atlassian) ■ Open Atrium (Drupal Distribution) ■ BaseCamp ■ Pivotal Tracker 5
- 23. TECHNIQUES / METHODOLOGIES ■ Agile SCRUM 6
- 24. TECHNIQUES / METHODOLOGIES ■ Agile SCRUM ■ Waterfall 6
- 25. TECHNIQUES / METHODOLOGIES ■ Agile SCRUM ■ Waterfall ■ Test Driven Development 6
- 26. TECHNIQUES / METHODOLOGIES ■ Agile SCRUM ■ Waterfall ■ Test Driven Development ■ Pair Programming 6
- 27. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED 7
- 28. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED ■ Before Project Begins 7
- 29. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED ■ Before Project Begins ■ What is the launch date? What is driving that date? 7
- 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? 7
- 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? 7
- 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? 7
- 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? 7
- 34. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED 8
- 35. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED ■ After Project Begins 8
- 36. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED ■ After Project Begins ■ What are my teams blockers, and how are they affecting the schedule? 8
- 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? 8
- 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? 8
- 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 8
- 40. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED 9
- 41. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED ■ Launch Planning 9
- 42. QUESTIONS TO GET ANSWERED ■ Launch Planning ■ What is our rollback plan, has it been tested? 9
- 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? 9
- 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? 9
- 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. 9
- 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? 9
- 47. SUMMARY 10
- 48. SUMMARY ■ Extra Resources 10
- 49. SUMMARY ■ Extra Resources ■ Common Project Management Tools 10
- 50. SUMMARY ■ Extra Resources ■ Common Project Management Tools ■ Techniques / Methodologies 10
- 51. SUMMARY ■ Extra Resources ■ Common Project Management Tools ■ Techniques / Methodologies ■ Questions to Get Answered 10
- 52. ANY QUESTIONS? 11
- 53. ANY QUESTIONS? Matthew Dorman @matthewdorman http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewdorman http://drupal.org/user/203503 www.northps.com © NorthPoint and NorthPoint Solutions LLC 11
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