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Managing Your Content's Life Cycle using Workflow and Rules eric.lotze Moving content through all of its necessary stops on the way to publication in Drupal can be a mysterious and complex process. Drupal core provides a "published or unpublished" switch for each node,... Beginner Business + Strategy
Case Study: Building Drupal for Building Products Aimee Degnan Building bridges needs building materials, which you can find from Pacific Coast Building Products, a family of companies that manufacture and distribute construction materials such as brick,... Beginner Business + Strategy
The business of being a software developer thejmather There are many things about business theory that is never talked about in our circles: disruption, jobs to be done, pricing, engagement practices, billable hours, and most importantly, how to... Beginner Business + Strategy
The Tao of Project Management (It's Not About the Tools) atedgerton, chrisstrahl Drupal loves to talk about tools. They’re something you can touch, see, use, and wield. However, much like a sword, tools can be ineffective or even dangerous in the wrong hands. It’s great that we... Beginner Business + Strategy
How Drupal Won the Heart of Princess nate_craddock, subru77 Once upon a time, a family of fair Princess' were assigned a content management system by the King. Though the King's heart was in the right place, that CMS turned out not to be a prince, but a frog... Beginner Business + Strategy
Now is the time on Sprockets when we make money: How to run a profitable small digital agency Betsy Ensley, mistcat Technology is hard, making money can be even harder. Join two seasoned digital agency professionals to learn how to structure your small digital agency for profitability, successful client... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Creating a Drupal Co-op - the Ins and Outs MatthewS How do you manage the risk of hiring full time staff? How can your one-man-shop ever take on large projects? You should consider a co-op. A cooperative of Drupal professionals is a great way to... Beginner Business + Strategy
No RFPs! How we can eliminate requests for proposals and focus on building client-vendor relationships instead Todd Nienkerk If finding the perfect client or vendor is a bit like dating, then the RFP system is like online dating — the worst kind, too. We search for "Drupal," get a long list of fuzzy pictures, dry... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Distribution Lessons Learned: Panopoly, Commerce Kickstart, Commons, and Atrium rszrama, karenborchert, populist, ezra-g This panel of Drupal's top distro maintainer companies will talk about the community's big questions surrounding distributions -- how they're changing, what they're doing about Drupal 8, and whether... Beginner Business + Strategy
Project managing Drupal ChrisChinchilla Does the open source and modular nature of Drupal make it easier, harder or just the same to Project Manage? We look at several case studies, pitfalls, tips and tricks. Intermediate Business + Strategy
Project Management Tools and Organization akucharski, jsnoles49 As many Drupal development firms continue to evolve and mature, we often run into many management issues involved with the growing pains. One of the biggest of those issues is effective and efficient... Beginner Business + Strategy
Zen and the Art of Estimating Owen Barton Estimating can take many forms, from estimating tasks to entire Drupal projects, working with anything from a one line story to thousand pages of specs. Most people find it hard, and many people find... Beginner Business + Strategy
Getting Shit Done! (Drupal, Agile Web Development, & Low Risk Project Management) jasonmark Project Manager.  Producer.  Account Manager. Nag. Regardless of what you call it, the success of your project is determined by the management of your project. In this session we'll dissect... Beginner Business + Strategy
Behavior Driven Development with Behat and Mink nielsonm, eliza411 Behat testing is a new method of testing for functionality. Unlike normal test driven development, it takes nontechnical statements such as “Given I am on the homepage, When click on ‘About us’, Then... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Options For Mobilizing Your Site With Drupal akucharski, jsnoles49 In 2010 global mobile data traffic tripled for the third year in a row. Between 2010 and 2015, Cisco predicts that there will be approximately 7.1 billion mobile devices connected to the web (roughly... Beginner Business + Strategy
Content Personalization in Drupal jasonyarrington How does Netflix make suggestions about what I might like? How do ecommerce sites build blocks that say, people who viewed this also viewed this? How come the featured articles on my favorite news... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Managing your prospects, leads, and customers with SugarCRM and Drupal jmertic Drupal is a great platform for sharing content with your prospects, leads, and customers. But when it comes to managing them, for example keeping track of history, analyzing buying trends, or... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Eight Quality Checkpoints for Drupal Shops grendzy, raspberryman The Drupal development sector, as a whole, needs a boost to it's quality standards. Many shops have adopted smart practices with source control and multistage environments, yet clients continue to... Advanced Business + Strategy
What successful Drupal businesses have in common emandel As a hosting company working with many different Drupal companies, we are in the fortunate position to observe many successful solutions. I will focus on a number of the common traits and patterns... Beginner Business + Strategy
Franchising Drupal, collaborating on business models in the community kvantomme Franchising is a powerful growth strategy that has been proven to be one of the most efficient ways for a brand to attain global coverage. Would it be possible to use franchising to help Drupal... Beginner Business + Strategy

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