Managing Relationships - A Conversation for Drupal Professionals

Managing successful work relationships require an amount of decorum, respect, and ethics. This session is targeted to any member of a Drupal team - developer, manager, designer, or client. We will identify the different types of contributors in a team (internal and external) and each role's expectations of what "successful" work means, what are "expectations", and what happens when someone does not meet expectations.

What do you need to know to attend this session?

• That you work with others.
• You work to make money.
• Money provides for your needs.
• Managing work relationships will help provide for your needs.

What will this session accomplish?

• Surface roles, responsibilities, and expectations of work relationships.
• Cover expectations of contractors, employees, vendors, and clients.
• Describe how each role can impact (positively or negatively) the ecosystem of collaborative work.
• Discuss ethics and making ethical decisions within the workplace.
• Provide some level of discussion about Good and Ethical workplace behavior between contractors, vendors/shops, and clients.

What will you have learned?

• People's expectations of a Do-er, a vendor, an employer, a client are different.
• Meeting minimal performance expectations are the beginning of a healthy relationship.
• Some people don't have even the most basic minimal expectations of work relationships, which cause issues.
• What should the minimal performance expectations be for each role?
• How to identify healthy or hurtful work relationships.