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Planning and Managing Drupal Projects

by Dani Nordin

September 2011

Beginner

100 pages

2h 54m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Contents of This Book

A Quick and Dirty Guide to DrupalSpeak™
Breaking Down the Project Goals
A further note on documents
Study the organization you’re working withIt’s not about looksLet go of the outcome
Mind mappingUser personasUser FlowsFunctional BreakdownsScreen Sketches and WireframesWireflowsContent Strategy Documents
BooksWebsites
Working with content
Organizing your content
So many modules. How do I choose?Go-to modulesPathauto (drupal.org/project/pathauto)Views (drupal.org/project/views)Block Class (drupal.org/block_class)Webform (drupal.org/project/webform)WYSIWYG (drupal.org/project/wysiwyg)Mollom (drupal.org/project/mollom)Oh-So-Nice to Have ModulesField Group (drupal.org/project/field_group)Link (drupal.org/project/link)Media (drupal.org/project/media)References (drupal.org/project/references)View Reference (drupal.org/project/viewreference)Block Reference (drupal.org/project/block_reference)Submitagain (drupal.org/project/submitagain)No, I don’t need this, but ooh, it’s perty! ModulesViews Slideshow (drupal.org/project/views_slideshow)Colorbox (drupal.org/project/colorbox)User Points (drupal.org/project/userpoints)A completely incomplete listing
Proposing and Estimating ProjectsPre-proposal discovery: what you need to knowPricing a project: Fixed-Bid versus hourlyWriting the proposalGetting clients to love you, even when you have to tell them “no” (and what to do if they don’t)That’s easy for you to say...The “Professional Relationship” clause
Including clients in the retrospectiveDocumenting what you learnedDocumenting for the community
Hey there! It's nice to meet you.Who are you?About your projectBackgroundGoals and ObjectivesTarget AudienceCompetitionBrand attributesFunctionality and Technical RequirementsFor all projects:For print projects:For web projects:Time and moneyThanks again!
Work Agreement
Payment Notes:Professional RelationshipDeliverables Timeframe
Rejection/Cancellation of ProjectModificationsOwnership of ArtworkReproduction of WorkAuthor’s Alterations (AA’s)ProofsCompletion/Delivery of ProjectReleasesLimitation of LiabilityWarranty of Originality
Project Proposal
Objective 1: Build upon the history of the Founder’s experience with her prior firms to effectively position The Consulting Firm as a leader in environmental compliance information and consulting for technology products.Objective 2: Create a blogging and social media engagement strategy that allows The Founder to more firmly establish thought leadership in the field.Objective 3: Create a website that will serve as a marketing vehicle for The Consulting Firm, and integrate The Founder’s content leadership efforts.
Brand Messaging and Positioning StrategyBlogging, Social Media and Content StrategyLogo and website developmentClient Responsibilities
Phase I: Strategy, Goal-setting, Requirements & ResearchPhase II: Creative Exploration & Design DevelopmentPhase III: Implementation and TestingPhase VI: Measure and Refine
Section 5.1 Who is the zen kitchen?Section 5.2 What can the zen kitchen do for you?Section 5.3 Why choose the zen kitchen?
Payment NotesPayment Notes:Professional Relationship:Deliverables TimeframeAdditional TermsRejection/Cancellation of ProjectModificationsOwnership of ArtworkReproduction of WorkAuthor’s Alterations (AA’s)ProofsCompletion/Delivery of ProjectReleasesLimitation of LiabilityWarranty of Originality

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Appendix C. Project Proposal

NOTE: The format of this proposal was inspired by Chicago design firm Rogue Element, whose founder Alison Manley is a colleague and friend. It’s been adapted several times to fit individual project plans, but the basic format is the same.