Project Management

Happy near year, Drupalistas! I am looking to start a conversation about project management and Drupal projects. What are the best practices? How do people see the future of our role in the Drupal community? Are we interested in perhaps advocating for DrupalPM content at Drupal Cons - perhaps even a specific learning track? I’d love to hear thoughts on the topic.

For contributors working on refreshing the Getting Involved Guide, the regular meeting takes place in the Drupal Slack #documentation channel on every other Tuesday at 1600UTC.

See the channel at https://drupal.slack.com/app_redirect?channel=documentation and take part!

The meeting will be text-based so people are encouraged to drop by even after the meeting to check on progress.

Issues are managed in the Drupal.org/project/drupal_org_community project under the component "Getting Involved Guide"

The coolest event before BADcamp
Just before BADcamp we organise the second edition of Drupal Surf Camp, this time in the famouse surf spots of Santa Cruz California.

After the great success of Drupal Surf Camp in Ericeira that happed this year just before Drupal Developer Days Lisbon.

We'll do it again, the second edition will take place from 20 to 23 October just on top of BADcamp California.

And we have found the perfect spot for you, Santa Cruz, CA.

Be the first to enjoy this in America

Signup trough https://drupal.surf

Annual summit for the community of OpenY adopters.

Open Y is a philosophy that collaboration drives innovation and impact. A community of YMCAs and technology partners. A platform for marketing, e-commerce, and digital products.

We manage and maintain the Open Y distribution at https://www.drupal.org/project/openy

Hi everyone,

as part of my new role as Agile Consultant with Amazee Labs Zurich, I'm running a global survey to assess agile practices in our industry. Anyone working in an agency environment is welcome to fill out the survey!

https://tinyurl.com/amazeeagileagencysurvey2017

Thank you for taking the survey before October 31 - I’m looking forward to report the findings in an upcoming blog post.

Best Josef / dasjo

Open for Sessions Submit your talk here.

https://www.design4drupal.org

Design 4 Drupal, Boston is an annual web design event covering all aspects of design, UX, & theming for Drupal websites.

Back at MIT this year! MIT Stata Center at in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA.

Hi, dear community

I'm trilled to announce we are working on #CodeSprintUA organisation within DrupalCamp Kyiv 2017 for June 11 2017.

At this moment we have a bunch team already set u p

• OpenY - lead Dmytro Danylevskyi
• Open Social - lead Taras Kruts
• Panels for Drupal 8 - lead Dima Storozhuk

Hi, dear community

I'm trilled to announce we are working on #CodeSprintUA organisation within DrupalCamp Kyiv 2017 for June 11 2017.

At this moment we have a bunch team already set u p

• OpenY - lead Dmytro Danylevskyi
• Open Social - lead Taras Kruts
• Panels for Drupal 8 - lead Dima Storozhuk

Hi All,

DrupalCon North America is coming to Baltimore, Maryland from April 24 - 28th. The call for proposals closes this Wednesday, February 1st. If you're interested in submitting a speaking session for the Project Management track - https://events.drupal.org/baltimore2017/tracks/#project-management

We’re seeking sessions which align with the following topics:

• Project Planning Techniques: Sprint Planning, Resource Allocation and Backlog Grooming
• Scope, Timing and Cost: Managing the Triple Constraint
• The Agile Movement
• Leading Virtual, Remote and Dispersed Teams

DCWW is looking for speakers!

We are crafting a conference program made up of two-hour immersive
workshops, and we want you to share your expertise.

We are accepting workshop proposals for the following topics:

App Development (Web and Mobile)
Cyber Security & DevOps
Data/Data Visualization
Design/UX
Digital Strategy (Content Strategy & Social Media)
Project Management

Help us build the next generation of female technologists, and submit your
workshop proposal by June 15, 2016.
website: codeherconference.com

Submit a proposal:

Episode seven of The Open Mic is now available for download on iTunes, as hosts discuss their experiences with project management and leading tech teams on client projects.

Download here: http://www.opin.ca/en/article/open-mic-episode-7-project-manager-and-tec...

Hi NYC! Just arrived here from California. We moved here for a new job my wife got.

I run a small agency called Fountain City Productions that does website design, development and project management. Primarily in Drupal:
http://fountain-city.com.

Services/skills range from project management, IA, UX design, custom theme development, custom modules, database designs, game design and development and more.

I'm currently looking for more work or clients. Either as a contractor/freelancer or as an agency [since I also work with others across the US].

See this image http://prntscr.com/7idx70 for more understanding.

I want to fetch Views total number of records in page.tpl.php before views.tpl called. Is it possible to fetch that row total before views rendered? I am also using contextual filter for this view. Views have page type display.

I have also used module https://www.drupal.org/project/views_record_count. but this will print total number of records on Views header or footer. (Not outside of views)

I have checked Aquia site here(https://www.acquia.com/customer-success/learning-services/acquia-certifi...) and found there are four types of certification.

Acquia Certified Developer Exam
Acquia Certified Developer-Back End Specialist Exam
Acquia Certified Developer-Front End Specialist Exam
Acquia Certified Drupal Site Builder Exam
But which certification Team Leam/Project Manager should do? Why this four certification? Who should do which certification? Can anyone explain. Do I need to all four certification?

Poner en pie una fábrica de DurableDrupal (DrupalDuradero) en base de un proceso Lean reutilizable

Página de la presentation en el sitio del sitio web de DrupalCon Latin America: https://latinamerica2015.drupal.org/session/setting-reusable-and-durable...

El propósito de la presentación fue el de describir cómo utilizar herramientas y procesos reutilizables, flexibles y en constante evolución, para finalmente vencer al método cascada y para garantizar la entrega de valor en el desarrollo de sitios y aplicaciones web.

At Bluespark, we’ve recently gone through a series of projects that had tight deadlines. After those projects were finished, we took a step back and compared these projects that managed to launch relatively on time and compare them to some of our other projects that, well, dragged on. I realized that there are several reasons why delaying launches are bad and things you can do up front to help a project stay on track. Curious how you manage launch delays and if you’ve had similar experiences.

You can read the post here: http://www.bluespark.com/blog/failure-launch

Hi Guys/Gals,

With rules, context, VBO and CRON we can cover about any linear business logic.
But what if we need iterations, feedback loops, flexibility and complex solutions?

Then we need a flexible and adaptable environment to facilitate dynamic and demanding work processes.

Rigid processes can be limiting and become the actors slowing down growth especially when they are hardcoded into the software.

A living Process enables you to beak the rigidity and empower your end users to be able to provide feedback and continuously improve the process.

Where: UCSC EXTENSION SILICON VALLEY 2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054
RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/DrupalGroup/events/169527712/

Launches are tough on developer(s).

How do you ensure that your Drupal site launch goes off without a hitch?

Hi all,

the Drupal.org Software Working Group is looking for a PM for the future Drupal.org Community Tools Team.

More information about the team is at: https://groups.drupal.org/node/400478 and https://groups.drupal.org/node/402653.

Let us know if you are interested or know someone who might be!

Thanks.