Building and supporting drupal websites

Building and Supporting Drupal Websites: In-House, Outhouse, or Both?#12NTCinout

Laura NorvigRenee Rybak LangMatt KoltermannJohanna BatesMichelle Murrain

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Welcome, Online Peeps!

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Get your tweet on

Session Hashtag #12NTCinout

• Laura Norvig @lnorvig• Johanna Bates @hanabel• Michelle Murrain @pearlbear• Renee Rybak Lang @rrybak• Matt Koltermann @mattkoltermann

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Agenda

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• Getting to Know Us• Getting to Know You• In the Outhouse• In and Out – A Blended Model• The Right Blend: Best Practices and Tips• Hosting Options• Training Options• Q and A

Getting to Know Us

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• Laura Norvig, NSRT• Renee Rybak Lang, Education Sector• Matt Koltermann, Action Against Hunger• Johanna Bates, Collaborative Consulting• Michelle Murrain, Nonprofit Web Developer

Getting to Know You

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• Do you have a Drupal website already?• Do you do everything in-house?• Do you outsource everything?• Do you have a “blended” approach?• What are you here to learn?• Who went to Drupal Day yesterday?• What did you learn?

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© Michael D. Brown

Outhouse

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flickr / A. M. Kuchling

Education Sector’s Web Project (in a Nutshell)

We wanted to get from this…

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Education Sector’s Web Project (in a Nutshell)…

…To this:

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Do We Need to Outsource? Questions to Ask…

• What is your in-house tech expertise? Tech ninja or tech novice?

• How complicated are your needs? • What’s your budget?• What’s your timeline? • Frequency of development?

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The Process: How Do You Choose?

• Get clear on your project goals• Research potential vendors• Write an RFP• Review proposals & have conversations with the

vendors you like• Check references and choose!

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Pros of Outsourcing

• Can be cost efficient (particularly if your needs are infrequent, or simple.)

• Leverage outside expertise… because they ARE tech ninjas!

• Can be time effective.

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Cons of Outsourcing

• Outsourcing can get expensive.• Web development “on the fly.” Simply can’t be

done. • Can be time-intensive.

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Tips and Tricks…

• Invest in the planning time up front!• No matter what, understand it’s a time

commitment.• Choose an internal team for decision-

making.• Communicate!• It’s OK to make tough choices.

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Blended Model – Matt Koltermann

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Is 100% In-House Really Possible?

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iStockphoto / cogal

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The Right Blend: Best Practices and Tips

Johanna Bates

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Stretch and Wiggle Break

Question:Where is your site hosted?

flickr.com / kenski1970

Hosting Options

• Linode• Bluehost• Acquia• Pantheon• Rackspace• Omega8.cc• VPS.net• DreamHost

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Training OptionsDrupal Training - drupal.org/training-services (list of many options, including in person and online)

OnlineDrupalize Me - drupalize.meLynda.com - lynda.comBuild a Module.com - buildamodule.comLearnable - learnable.com

Books

ConferencesDrupalCons - portland2013.drupal.org

- drupal.org/drupalconDrupal Camps - buildamodule.com/drupal-camps-calendar

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Q and A

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Additional References

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• Building and Supporting Drupal Websites bit.ly/zmKvlU

• CMS Building on a Budget bit.ly/GKl8Sk

• Some Thoughts on Standards bit.ly/GKl1Gr

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Goodbye, Online Peeps!

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