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 Drupal core provides a "published or unpublished" switch for each node,...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 |