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Managing a Project The Drupal Way @emmajanehw drupal.org/user/1773

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Avoiding project managers is iterative.
 It’s something we developers get better at every time. Adam Culp @adamculp

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Workflow

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Workflow Infra-
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Workflow Prototype Infra-
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Workflow Prototype Component Design Infra-
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Workflow Prototype Component Design Component Build Infra-
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Workflow Prototype Component Design Component Build Custom Development Infra-
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Workflow Prototype Component Design Component Build Custom Development Content Migration Infra-
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Workflow Prototype Component Design Component Build Custom Development Content Migration Front End Design Infra-
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Workflow Prototype Component Design Component Build Custom Development Content Migration Front End Design Deployment Infra-
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Features Content

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Features Component Content

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Features Functionality Component Content

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Layout Features Functionality Component Content

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Content: nouns • Data model • Entities (types of content) built from Fields • Migration of content into the system

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Component: adjectives • Extending the content type • Filtered lists -> views • Display formatters

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Functionality: verbs • Contributed modules • Custom modules

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Layout • Components into Layouts • Display

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Features

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Layout Features

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Layout Features Functionality

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Layout Features Functionality Component

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Layout Features Functionality Component Content

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Teams are immutable. 
 Every time someone leaves, 
 or joins, you have a new team, 
 not a changed team. Richard Dalton @richardadalton

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Job Titles • UX • Designer • Content strategist • Site Builder • Backend Developer • Front end Developer • Content Manager • Quality Assurance Testing • Project Manager

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Team Skills • Peer review • Knowledge sharing • Collaborative research (LMGTFY) • Brainstorming • Rubber ducking • Morale boosting • Accountability

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Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all. Peter Drucker

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Writing Useful Tickets • Standardised your format. The 3Cs from Agile work well. Except when they don’t. • Groom the backlog frequently. No matter what tickets you write, you will miss some things, and duplicate others. • Push conversations into tickets. Diagrams, testing notes, conclusions from discussions.

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Card: 
 Define testable outcomes. • As a ___ I want to ___ so that I ___. • For example: As a user, I want to filter the search results so that I can more easily find people with the verified role assignment.

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Conversation:
 Provide context • As a project manager, or analyst, be descriptive; not prescriptive. • Provide annotated screen shots; and screen casts of the problem. • Allow for alternate interpretations of the conversation so long as it accomplishes the user story. • Track everything. Get the conversation out of email.

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Confirmation: Provide testing notes. • Give the step-by-step testing instructions in support of the user story. • Require testing notes and screen shots from the developers.

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Estimation • Developers know best. But multiply it by 2 (and by 2 again) regardless. • On-boarding takes a week longer than you think it should. • Half way through your project; local environments will mysteriously break (automated upgrades). • The “last mile” takes three weeks longer than it should because of regressions and Features.

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You can get a great deal done from almost any position in an organisation if you focus on small wins and don’t mind others getting the credit. Roger Saillant

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Moods are infectious.

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Tracking a trend requires empirical data.

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Language matters.

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Closure is important.

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Sort for yourself; format for others.

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Adrenaline is finite.

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Minor choice makes a major difference.

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Acknowledgement kindles effort.

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Moderate what you change; including your moderation.

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Managing a Project The Drupal Way @emmajanehw