Finding the Right Drupal Partner

While skimming through a project's code, I found out via the commit messages that it was built by 8 different agencies. We were the 9th! I was not wondering on why it came so late to us, but on - How exhausted the project owners must be? They outsourced the project, expecting it to be built in “x” months and of a shippable quality. However, what they got was “x + y” months of bill payments to various agencies and still no shot at a quality product! or even finished one.

"Do I have a project that I want to Outsource ? How do I not become the poster example for - "Outsourcing gone bad"? How do I choose the right partner? How do I ensure that am not wasting my time and money getting "NOTHING" done correctly?"

The above questions often bother organisations that sees potential in outsourcing but not sure how to make it work for their advantage. Most often the difference between a stellar project delivery and failed project is your choice of partners, the people you choose to deliver your vision. So this talk, focuses on choosing the right partner.

Some of the things that I’ll talk about:

• To outsource or not? How to start?

• Hunting for a perfect partner: What all constitutes a perfect Drupal partner for MY requirements ?

• How to identify the potential risks and deal with them pro-actively?

• Role of culture and processes in the selection process.

• Choosing a partner based on one meeting/call?

• Crisp Do’s and Don’t’s in your selection process.

• Once you have selected a partner, things to observe and how to improve your relationship.

Who Should Attend?

• First timers in Outsourcing

• Agencies for whom - Outsourcing didn’t work too well

• Agencies looking to sub-contract

• Project managers of distributed global teams