Planning & Executing Custom Drupal Integration Projects

Launch with Confidence!

Custom Integration Projects Plan, Execute, Succeed Presenter: Dagoberto Aceves [Senior Engineer]

Dagoberto Aceves

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Senior Engineer: Achieve Internet 5+ Years of Drupal Development Platform Integration Expert and API Lucha Libre

Agenda •  Plan Ahead

•  Ask questions. •  Document your plan.

•  Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan •  Keeping Development Staff on point •  Protecting your plan •  Managing Changes Along the Way

•  Q&A

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Plan Your Integration?

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“Failure to plan is planning to fail.”

Plan Ahead

Get the Facts

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Ask the client for as much detail up front.

Why?

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Why are you integrating your systems?

Areas of Improvement

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What do you want your system to do that it doesn’t do today?

What Are We Working With?

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Knowing the systems the client uses is important

External Resources

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Does the client have them? How will they be allocated?

Document Everything

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“Get it in writing!” –Darlene Holden

Now You Know

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Knowing is Half the Battle.

Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan

Keep Your Team Red Hot

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Keep the Development Team on point and on fire

Are There Modules For That?

17  Leverage pre-existing resources

Where Do We Start?

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What and where are the integration points?

Are There Any Prerequisites?

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Make sure to get what you need from the client upfront

Be The Experts

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Has the client forgotten anything?

Document Everything (again)

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Convert your plan into a road map anyone can follow!

Lead the Charge

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The Best Laid Of Schemes Of Mice and Men Often Go Awry

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Code defensively. OO is fantastic for this!

Defending Against Changes

Testing

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Automate testing

Teamwork

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Moving Day and Launch Day

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Change in Plans

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How do you manage the inevitable roadblock?

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With enough time and money we can do anything!

Special Teams

Now You Are Ready

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Conclusions •  Plan Ahead

•  Ask questions. •  Get to the WHY •  Project Goals

•  Document your plan. •  Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan

•  Be the expert. •  Protect your project •  Code level •  Expect changes

•  Teamwork

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Thank You it’s not magic, it’s excellence.

Dagoberto Aceves!Senior Engineer"

[email protected]"o. 800.618.8777"@dago_aceves"

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Q & A

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Achieve Services Achieve builds custom enterprise IT management systems to solve the most complex business challenges.

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