Planning and Managing Drupal Projects

Acknowledgments

To be honest, I’m still amazed at being given the chance to write these books. It had been swirling around in my mind for a while, and I consider it one of life’s happier coincidences that I happened to get the opportunity to write about Drupal in not one, but two major book projects this year.

A brief list of thanks to the folks who have helped me in various capacities to help this book see the light of day:

My intrepid editors, Julie Steele and Meghan Blanchette, for giving me the opportunity to write the book, and for helping me make sense of O’Reilly’s lengthy style guide. Also thanks to Laurel Ruma for making the introduction to Julie so I could actually sell this crazy idea.

Todd Nienkerk of Four Kitchens (fourkitchens.com) helped me understand how the ideas I’ve used in really tiny teams apply to the work of larger teams; his feedback as a reviewer (as indicated by the many times I quote him throughout this text), was invaluable.

Tricia Okin of Papercut (papercutny.com) was instrumental in helping me deconstruct what my readers would need. She also provided a tremendous real-world example for the book in the form of the Urban Homesteaders Unite project. Her commentary throughout this process, as well as her wicked sense of humor and willingness to actually learn Drupal, has been a constant source of awesome.

Various colleagues and professional acquaintances, in and out of the Drupal community, who were kind enough to let me interview them: Greg Segall of OnePica, ...