Schedule

​​Join this roundtable to discuss how multisite at (BIG) scale is being managed by different agencies and enterprise companies.

SystemSeed successfully operates Mondays - Thursdays only, and has been doing so for over a year. At the start of 2021 SystemSeed (a small, specialist, fully-distributed agency) saw that some of our most talented engineers were in danger of burning out - a common industry problem.

Building strong relationships with clients is an essential objective for all digital agencies and anyone who has ever worked in a client facing role will know that this can be easier said, than done.

With more sites being built in Drupal 9 than ever this session covers some of the steps taken by an agency to get a new site live, ensuring the process is smooth for all parties as well as making things seamless to end users.

In the Drupal Community every business tries to be a good open source citizen. Some contribute and support the community more than others, but all business together have the greater good of the community in mind as without it we would all not exist.

This presentation will cover tips and best practices to use during the RFP process to ensure you find the best possible Drupal development partners for your business needs. It will cover the key areas to help optimize your RFP and vet potential vendors.

While many dream of working from home, shifting to a fully-remote team has been harder on some groups of the global population than it has been for others. Some jobs are returning to the office, but others are staying out of the office altogether. This can have a profound impact on the lives of underrepresented people in the workplace.

The corona pandemic made us contact our customers and/or prospects more digitally (e.g. Sending an email, schedule a videocall, send a LinkedIn message instead of actually going to the customers offices...).

In this session, we will talk about how to encourage people to start working with Drupal and how CI&T structures a Drupal training. It's difficult to find Drupal developers in the market and there is a high demand for Drupal developers. To solve this problem, we created our own Drupal 9 pathway to training developers in Drupal.

There is an ever-growing concern around, and focus on, accessibility. The concept of web accessibility has become more prominent following the EU Web Directive and its subsequent first round of reporting, which brought into sharp focus the failings of the industry.

Let’s face the truth: an MVP approach is always challenging. For everyone involved. And yet, sometimes it’s inevitable to start with just enough features to be usable by the customers. But what customers exactly are we talking about? And how do we prioritise their needs over the needs of the others?

Engage with the Drupal Assocation team and learn more about our most recent piloted program; the Drupal Certified Partner Program. This is an elevated level of involvement and support of the Drupal Association and the Drupal Project spun from our current Supporting Partner program.

If there is an urban legend that has grown in our agency over the last 10 years building ever more ambitious Drupal sites, it is to warn new project managers to fear the last 20%... However this does not prevent them from falling again into the trap. While the project was well under control, they see it exceed the initial budget or timing. What makes it happen so often?

"Teamwork" is the buzzword in the corporate world, but it still has tangible effects on your bottom line. Building and managing a team — especially in a remote environment — can often feel easier said than done.

We’re so focused on our customers that sometimes we forget about the importance of giving a great digital experience to our employees. Are we enabling them to do their best work with the tools and workflows we have at our command by effectively automating processes and workflows within the business?

Half of all businesses fail within 5 years, but why is this? Many businesses fail because they compete rather than collaborate.