Start Here: How to Prepare for Your Drupal 8 Journey

Start Here: How to

prepare for your

Drupal 8 Journey

Your Guides and Agenda

→ What Drupal 8 means to your team

→ What Drupal 8 means to your business

→ Impact on Content Authoring

→ Impact on Mobile Efforts

→ Impact on Customer Engagement

→ Starting your own Drupal 8 Adventure

Heidi Tobias WongHeidi.Wong@Acquia.com

Heather JamesHeather.James@Acquia.com

Front End

Developer

Back End

Developer

Drupal ArchitectUI Designer

SalesContent Marketing

What does Drupal 8 mean to your team?

Technical

Non-Technical

Project Manager

Marketing Technical

Lead

Product Manager

Bridge Member

Technical Skills DrupalSkills

• Agile methodology• Project management

software• Communication &

organization

• Understand capabilities & limitations of Drupal

• Understand factors influencing time & resources required to build Drupal applications

• Managing P&L for website or product line

• Managing web product requirements & roadmap

• Understand capabilities & limitations of Drupal

• Understand impact on content contributors

• Sales & marketing fundamentals

• Online analytics• SEO & SEM basics

• Utilize Drupal content management interface

Project Manager

Content Marketing

& Sales

Product Manager

Not everyone

on your team

is technical.

Who are they?

What do they

need to know?

Learning Path: Back End

Stage of Client Lifecycle

PlatformDevelopment & Site Build

Launch & Operational Readiness

Customization & Personalization

Continued Optimization

SuccessMeasure

Drupal 8

• Drupal 8 Developer Foundation

• Extending & Connecting Drupal 8

• Drupal 8 OOP and Modern PHP Development

• Migrating to Drupal 8 from Drupal 6 or 7

• Symfony

• Drupal 8 Custom Module Development

• Drupal 8 Security• Drupal 8 Testing &

Deployment

• Drupal Back-End Certification

• Construction & Maintenance of Drupal Site Back-End

● Back End Developer

● ArchitectBack End & Custom

Development

TECHNICAL

Digital Maturity Model

Stage 1

Ad Hoc

Stage 2

Defined

Stage 3

Managed

Stage 4

Integrated

Stage 5

Optimized

What does Drupal 8 mean to your business?

Impact on Ease of Content Authoring

Technical Team Non Technical Team

Front End

Developer

Back End

Developer

Drupal Architect

UI Designer

Content Marketing

Project Manager Product Manager

Sales

Drupal 8 Ease of Content Authoring

For the Business

FlexibilityEase of Use

Mobile Revolution with Responsive Design

Technical Team

Front End

Developer

Back End

Developer

UI Designer

Drupal

Architect

Non Technical Team

Content

Marketing

Project

Manager

Product

Manager

Sales

Business Impact of the Mobile Revolution

Customer Engagement with Drupal 8

Start your

own Drupal 8

Adventure

Drupal 8 for your Non Technical Team

https://www.udemy.com/practical-drupal-for-the-beginner/

Drupal 8 for Technical Team

1. Get up to speed with Drupal 8 progress

https://groups.drupal.org/core

2. Create your sandbox: Install Drupal 8 Beta

3. Play: Discover how the different parts work

together.

4. Feedback: Report back issues on

Drupal.org

Build a Drupal 8 Business Case

→ Evaluate

→ Audit

→ Identify

→ Scope Project

→ Risk/Rewards

Watch for Business

Case Worksheet in

follow up email!

Heidi Tobias WongHeidi.Wong@Acquia.com

Heather JamesHeather.James@acquia.co

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