How-to ... Tips, tricks & lessons learned from managing Drupal projects
Being a project manager (PM) is a really important role which requires a lot of well-known skills as scope management, sprint planning, time controlling, excellent multi-tasking, etc. However, being a successful PM involved in Drupal / Web development projects might require extra dedication and a mindset change as well.
In my presentation I would like to share to you details and examples based on true stories and my real experience showing how important from a PM perspective is to have a wide range of knowledge which combines traditional PM expertise, practical experience managing projects, leadership skills and even some basic Drupal site building knowledge.
I will provide real examples, recommendations and advices which will be covering the following topics:
- Best practices and tips in gathering client requirements and understanding their business needs (User Stories mapping based on User journeys).
- Know-how and good practices regarding project effort estimation, discovery phase, budget burning strategy, team setup, milestones setup, solution performance review, UAT and project sign-off.
- Iterations / Sprints planning all together with the dev team and the client itself.
- Is it really valuable for a PM to be able to build a basic Drupal site and why (I can share a real case about a training organised for PMs willing to gain more hands-in experience building Drupal sites)?
- How to groom User stories / Business requirements with the client
- Challenging the Dev team in order to find a better solution, is that worthy?
- What is the added value for the project if the PM and the QA team align the expected testing approach for the project?
- Success or fail story: how to keep track on our projects on a daily basis and find our way to the final successful project delivery.
This session is addressed to all folks working with Drupal. We are a community to help each other and therefore I will be glad to share my experience and real examples.