planning & executing custom drupal integration projects
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Launch with Confidence!
Custom Integration Projects Plan, Execute, Succeed Presenter: Dagoberto Aceves [Senior Engineer]
Dagoberto Aceves
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Senior Engineer: Achieve Internet 5+ Years of Drupal Development Platform Integration Expert and API Lucha Libre
Agenda • Plan Ahead
• Ask questions. • Document your plan.
• Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan • Keeping Development Staff on point • Protecting your plan • Managing Changes Along the Way
• Q&A
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Plan Your Integration?
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“Failure to plan is planning to fail.”
Plan Ahead
Get the Facts
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Ask the client for as much detail up front.
Why?
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Why are you integrating your systems?
Areas of Improvement
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What do you want your system to do that it doesn’t do today?
What Are We Working With?
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Knowing the systems the client uses is important
External Resources
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Does the client have them? How will they be allocated?
Document Everything
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“Get it in writing!” –Darlene Holden
Now You Know
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Knowing is Half the Battle.
Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan
Keep Your Team Red Hot
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Image idea…team on same page
Keep the Development Team on point and on fire
Are There Modules For That?
17 Leverage pre-existing resources
Where Do We Start?
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What and where are the integration points?
Are There Any Prerequisites?
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Image idea…team on same page
Make sure to get what you need from the client upfront
Be The Experts
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Has the client forgotten anything?
Document Everything (again)
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Convert your plan into a road map anyone can follow!
Lead the Charge
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The Best Laid Of Schemes Of Mice and Men Often Go Awry
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Code defensively. OO is fantastic for this!
Defending Against Changes
Testing
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Automate testing
Teamwork
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Moving Day and Launch Day
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Change in Plans
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Image idea:
How do you manage the inevitable roadblock?
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With enough time and money we can do anything!
Special Teams
Now You Are Ready
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Conclusions • Plan Ahead
• Ask questions. • Get to the WHY • Project Goals
• Document your plan. • Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan
• Be the expert. • Protect your project • Code level • Expect changes
• Teamwork
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Thank You it’s not magic, it’s excellence.
Dagoberto Aceves!Senior Engineer"
[email protected]"o. 800.618.8777"@dago_aceves"
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Connect with Achieve If you have any further questions or would like to get in touch with
Achieve you can do so on these various channels:
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@AchieveInternet
facebook.com/pages/Achieve-Internet
Q & A
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