Meet the Drupal Association and DrupalCon

jredding — Sun, 15 May 2011 20:36:44 +0000

Jacob Redding

The Drupal Association is a not-for-profit trade organization that tasks itself with fostering and supporting the Drupal software project, the community and its growth. Created in 2006 by a group of volunteers the Association, like the Drupal community, has grown rapidly. In 2010 the Drupal Association helped form the U.S non-profit DrupalCon Inc., which hired the first full-time employees dedicated to organizing DrupalCon and supporting the growth of the Drupal community.

Intended Audience:

Members of the Drupal community that are curious about the Drupal Association, want to get involved in the Association, or have questions on how best to support the Drupal project and its community.

Questions answered by this session:

What is the Drupal Association?

Why does Drupal need an Association?

Who pays for the Drupal.org infrastructure?

How can I get involved in the Drupal Association?

Schedule info

Time slot:

23 August 10:45 - 11:45

Room:

Maple Room

Why Drupal Projects Fail: Breaking Down Barriers to Successful Drupal Adoption

cpliakas — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:48:03 +0000

Chris Pliakas

Drupal is a flexible, feature rich web application platform that many thriving companies leverage as their cornerstone technology. Why, then, do some companies fail horribly when adopting Drupal? Are you having trouble meeting deadlines? Are your developers pounding their keyboards claiming that Drupal is garbage? Are your project managers running for the hills? If so, this session will identify common barriers that companies experience when first adopting Drupal and provide solutions on how to overcome them.

Intended Audience:

This presentation is intended for business owners, project managers, technical leads / architects, and sales managers. There will be little technical discussion other than high level concepts, as most of the reasons why Drupal projects fail have little to do with the low level technology.

Questions answered by this session:

Why are my Drupal projects failing when so many other organizations are having success?

What are the common barriers that other companies are experiencing?

How have other organizations broken through those barriers?

How can I set my project up for success?

What can I do to set my development / design up for success with Drupal?

Schedule info

Time slot:

23 August 17:00 - 18:00

Room:

Ashcroft Theatre

Slides:

why-drupal-projects-fail.pdf

DrupalCon London 2011 - Drupal adoption

Meet the Drupal Association and DrupalCon

Why Drupal Projects Fail: Breaking Down Barriers to Successful Drupal Adoption