LI Drupal Meeting Aug 2014 - Project Management Tips & Techniques
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Project Management tips and techniques to run a successful Digital Content project, with Drupal specific resource information
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LI Drupal Meeting Aug 2014 - Project Management Tips & Techniques
- 2. Project Management Strategies Charlie Giardino, NorthPoint Digital
- 3. Charlie Giardino - CSM Background in Vast Technologies and Industries & Management Run the Project Office at NorthPoint Digital Introduction
- 4. Resource Information Project Management Tools Methodologies Running the Show Overview
- 5. Drupal Meetups Drupal Camps http://groups.drupal.org/project-management - forum for PMs www.drupal.org - yes, obvious one, but have tech lead identify all modules you may need before the project www.vagrantup.com - build a VM for standard dev environment that can be used by the dev team. www.virtualbox.org - free VM!!!! http://drush.ws/ - command line shell and scripting interface for Drupal Resources
- 6. ATLASSIAN Jira w/ Greenhopper ATLASSIAN Confluence or Basecamp – share files, discussion threads, etc. Scrum Do – www.scrumdo.com - Digital TaskBoard for distributed teams SeeNowDo – www.seenowdo.com - free shared TaskBoard www.smartsheet.com - for those waterfall folks www.projectmanagment.com www.scrumalliance.org Project Management Tools
- 7. Agile Scrum Framework Techniques / Methodologies Agile Scrum Framework Iterative, Flexible Design – 60-75% upfront Change is Expected Multiple Release Points Improved Product Vision Ongoing QA Managed Expectations Waterfall All or Nothing Single Release Point Designs completed up front Change Order Hell Waterfall
- 8. Never be afraid to ask the client (internal or external) “WHY?” And “WHAT?” What are business goals and drivers? ROI, Improved Marketing, Improved Availability, Stability, Single Platform What is expected Launch Date? What is Minimum Viable Product (MVP)? Is the timeline realistic? Who are stakeholders? Preferred Communication Methods and Management Reporting Budget. Do I have the necessary resources to achieve the end goal (both skill and numbers)? Who will maintain/support site after Launch? If site being rebuilt, who maintains now? Can we provide an alternative solution? What to Identify
- 9. SOW – COMPLETED Drupal Environments: Acquia, Pantheon, etc. Source repositories: Git, BitBucket, etc. Branching Strategies Code Review Plans Deployment Strategies Rollback plans Meeting Schedules Demo Schedules Approval documentation Change Request Forms Preparation
- 10. List of current site URL’s (if migrating existing) What Modules are required? Is a given Module still in Alpha/Beta – can we rewrite in time? Define Blockers Daily review of team status – 10 minute standup Adjust team responsibilities The Fun Has Started
- 11. Constant Feature Review Plan for feature based releases & demos Adjust Requirements based on previous sprints/releases Adjust Feature priorities with Product Owner Review and Re-Plan Adapt, Overcome, Improvise Product Planning
- 12. Resource Information Project Management Tools Methodologies Running the Show Summary
- 13. New York Office 130 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 Tel: 212-819-1700 Boston Office 470 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02110 Tel: 617-725-8888 Philadelphia Office 1650 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215-558-2700 infoUS@northps.com / www.northps.com / @northps THANK YOU
Editor's Notes
- Thank you for having us. We appreciate the opportunity to discuss your project in greater detail Let’s start with Introductions……
- Industries - Finance, publishing, marketing, retail Mainframe, client server, Web, Content Management Both Corporate and Consulting, managing large teams NP Dig Project office – team of PMs and QA’s, engaged in client projects. I am responsible for the entire project portfolio of NP Dig, working with PMs and Practice Leads to manage engagements
- Some Drupal related resources to provide you assistance as a PM Helpful PM tools, Project Mgmt Methodologies
- Drush project manager: download, enable, disable, uninstall update modules/themes/profiles/translations form the command line Drush core – useful utilities for site admins and developers
- Agile – Allows for Change to occur. Multiple releases means incremental features and functionality Start small, gain appetite for more
- ----- Meeting Notes (8/20/14 16:45) ----- must be confident as a PM Co nfident in yourself and team
- Build Your Checklist. No one checklist is right for everyone. It must fit your environment and the way you work