http://london2011.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/3079/0 en http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/why-drupal-projects-fail-breaking-down-barriers-successful-drupal-adoption <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-presenters"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/cpliakas" class="user-name">Chris Pliakas</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>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.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-audience"> <div class="field-label">Intended Audience:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 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. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-answered"> <div class="field-label">Questions answered by this session:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Why are my Drupal projects failing when so many other organizations are having success? </div> <div class="field-item even"> What are the common barriers that other companies are experiencing? </div> <div class="field-item odd"> How have other organizations broken through those barriers? </div> <div class="field-item even"> How can I set my project up for success? </div> <div class="field-item odd"> What can I do to set my development / design up for success with Drupal? </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-schedule"><legend>Schedule info</legend><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-slot"> <div class="field-label">Time slot:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/timeslot/23-august-1700-1800">23 August 17:00 - 18:00</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-room"> <div class="field-label">Room:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/room/ashcroft-theatre">Ashcroft Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-session-slides"> <div class="field-label">Slides:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://london2011.drupal.org/sites/all/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="/sites/default/files/why-drupal-projects-fail.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=5499143">why-drupal-projects-fail.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/why-drupal-projects-fail-breaking-down-barriers-successful-drupal-adoption" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/why-drupal-projects-fail-breaking-down-barriers-successful-drupal-adoption#comments Business and Best Practices Beginner business Drupal adoption ferocious keyboard pounding Project Management Sales Sun, 15 May 2011 18:48:03 +0000 cpliakas 2044 at http://london2011.drupal.org