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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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Go Deeper: User Experience and Project Management

Books

Bowles, Cannydd and Box, James. (2011) Undercover User Experience: Learn how to do great UX work with tiny budgets, no time, and limited support. New York, NY: New Riders Press.
Brown, Dan. (2006) Communicating Design, Second Edition. New York, NY: New Riders Press.
Krug, Steve. (2005) Don’t Make Me Think: A common sense approach to web usability, Second Edition. New York, NY: New Riders Press.
Brown, Sunni, Dave Gray and James Macanufo. (2010) Gamestorming: A playbook for innovators, rulebreakers, and changemakers. New York, NY: O’Reilly Media.
Norman, Don. (2011) Living with Complexity. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Websites

52 weeks of UX. A blog about the process of designing for real people, published weekly. http://52weeksofux.com.

UX Magazine. A constantly updated magazine about varied topics of user experience design. http://uxmag.com.

UX Matters. Another online magazine about user experience, although not as pretty as UX Magazine. http://uxmatters.com.

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