the art of identifying red flags in drupal projects
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The Art of Identifying Red Flags
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Jeff Waldman Senior Project Manager @ Zivtech 8 years of experience with non-profit technology development [email protected] peartree4@twitter
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Vectors to Identify:
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Time
Money
Technology
No Technical Lead on client side
Backseat stakeholders
No User Testers
No Decider
People
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Unclear/Unrealistic Timelines
Asset MGMT
Board Meeting schedule lag
Time
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No defined budgets
Grant lifecycle payments
Money
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Inadequate requirements gathering
Fear of starting fresh rather than using legacy code
No Use Cases
Technology
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Not understandning the development lifecycle and Open Source software limitations Disengagement from the QA process
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Solutions
Training and documentation
D o n ’ t h a v e a p l u m b e r d o a n electrician’s job
Beware of Organic Groups and undefined roles and permissions
