Sharing ideas, experiences, and best practices for project management.
Helping other Drupallers to become more effective and efficient in projects they manage.
Join us on IRC in the #drupal-pm channel!
Which Mac IRC Clients Do the PMs Prefer?
I am new the PM game for Drupal (though not to PMing). I joined a boutique Drupal shop and my new employee provided me with a Mac. This is a new experience for me (never used a Mac at work before) and I was hoping folks could share what their preferred IRC client for Mac is.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Read moreSupport ticketing system vs CaseTracker
Hey,
sorry if this question has been already asked, I did try to search/google it before.
I'd love to hear from drupal members who have used both systems, what system you choose in the end and why?
For the moment I can't decide because they both are so similar.
From my tests I liked Support ticketing system a bit more than CaseTracker, but STS status is seeking co-maintainer.
Maybe somebody could share their experience with these two systems?
Thank you for your time!
Read moreAgile methods utilized in 80% of all projects
A Gartner research report predict that by 2012 Agile methods will be utilized in 80% of all web/software development projects
In your case did the prediction from Gartner has come true?
Source: http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/12/gartner-agile-2012
Read moreRMclient - free timer for time tracking in Redmine
Redmine timer
https://groups.drupal.org/files/RMClient_3.png
DrupalCon Prague BoF :: Documenting Drupal Projects with Google Drive
In this BOF we will be discussing methods of documenting a Drupal project in a collaborative way using Google Drive. We also hope to share and demonstrate processes, tools and Drupal specific templates which have helped improve production.
The idea is simple...
Provide a neatly organised, structured, 'cloud based' project folder to your client and development teams which is used throughout the life cycle of a project.
Why?
To improve a projects clarity and understanding in a structured reusable way.
Read moreDrupal for Project Managers - Part 1: Kick off
Sign up for Part 1: Project kick off and planning. A free mini-course "Drupal for Project Managers".
Read moreQOTD: “Never mistake estimation for discovery.” - Adam Boysen
PMoF's At Drupalcon Portland
Thank you to everyone who helped us put this together, to the DA (cough Holly cough Steph) for the fabulous A-V equiped room they're snagging for us, to my fellow PM's for your feedback and ideas and to our presenters who generously offered to show up and do their thang!
Below is the official schedule set for Wednesday 22nd! All those looking for some awesome Project Management content are welcome to join us but it'll be first come first served regarding spots!
Wednesday May 22nd Room B110 - Forum One Communications
starting after the keynote and coffee break!
Customizing labels in Project Management
Hey,
I have 2 issues that I am hoping someone might be able to help me with.
1) I'm trying to customize the labels in my PM installation. I am using a string replacement module for the moment because editing the views does not change the labels.
For example I am changing "Projects" to "Bookings". I change all the necessary components in the titles and field names, etc but the do not reflect on the pages.
2) When creating a new entry for an "organization" it shows additional fields:
Read moreProject Management Sessions in Portland: It's Happening Mates!
Just posted " the plan " and how people can attend & get involved!! Woot!! More details coming soon :) What do you think about this? Tell me in comments on this blog please!
http://commerceguys.com/blog/5-ways-get-your-project-management-fix-port...
Read moreNew 'Magical' Risk Management Chart for you!
Hey guys & gals,
Thanks to XJM, my risk management chart now has some unicorn magic included, so I thought I'd share it here in case it inspires y'all to do some more risk mgmt on your projects, or to keep doing it & have a cool tool for it!
Here's a link to that document + description of how to do risk mgmt if you aren't familiar with this technique.
Read moreMake Meetups Quarterly or Trimesterly?
Hi guys!
I commented on the discussion about a march meetup but I don't think anyone saw it.. I'm proposing making our meetups less frequent.
I think monthly is a bit much because we're few to attend atm :) Let's make'm quarterly or semesterly so that more people will join for the ride!
We could also make them a little bit longer so they have more content.
So either:
- march / june / setp / dec
or
- march / july / nov
Thoughts?
Shan
What should we do with the Storm group?
The name of the Storm set of modules has now changed name to Project Management.
(You've probably heard about this already: http://groups.drupal.org/node/279238).
Thanks to everyone who has commented on the several issues / threads about this, and commented on my blog about the change (and about how we should have done this earlier!)
One of the remaining "assets" of the Storm set of modules was this group.
Read moreERP Distribution für service providers needs more testers
ERPAL is a drupal distribution (http://drupal.org/project/erpal) that provides ERP functions for service based companies. To get a first release, we would be happy to get some more testers and more feedback on the architecture as well as on the overall functionality.
ERPAL provides many usefull functions such as:
- CRM
- Project, Task and Ticket management
- Document management
- Employee management
- Calendars
- Invoicing
And many other features.
Join the issue queue and help testing!
Read moreIf you think 0 was too few sessions on project management at Drupalcon Portland, Please RT me.
I am really, incredibly disappointed by the total disregard for PM's at Drupalcon Portland.
A whopping (EDITED) ONE sessions on a topic that is obviously growing in importance with every conference. Dozens of sessions proposed this time around had a PM focus, yet none were picked.
If you're as steaming mad as I am to see such an important topic go overlooked again, RT my tweet please:
https://twitter.com/svettes
At this point, I do not expect to see my core conversation picked either considering how much they're ignoring us.
Sad. Panda.
Read moreMarch PM Meeting
Do we have a meeting scheduled for this month? If not, what days and times (please include timezone) do you prefer?
Read moreSwing a Dead Cat, Hit a Project Management Session Proposal for Portland
Hey everyone,
WOW! So much PM content this year for DC Portland!!! How excited I am to see all this content coming through :D I'm even seeing some of my session ideas popping up, which is very cool! Glad the content is growing, and the need is more evident than ever.
Let's support the sessions we like commenting is a big indicator this year.
****Please #Comment# on the sessions you like best to support them :)****
I think I got them all, feel free to comment if I missed yours! I'll soon do a follow-up post w/ my fave picks :D
xx Shan
Read moreDrupal long-term advanced training program - stage 1
9 sessions - one (2-3 days) per month
Course program
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DrupalCon Portland submissions
Hi, everyone! DrupalCon session submissions are due Friday at 11:59pm PST, and I've been working on a couple of non-PM sessions. That being said, we've had a lot of great ideas in this group, and I wanted to see if anyone else was submitting sessions and if anyone was interested in maybe submitting a session together or getting a small group together to do a panel and talk about our experiences. Any takers?
Read moreNew Drupalistas Study Group project forming...
Hey there all...
Our Drupalistas Study Group tripled in size this last round (from 5 to 15 !! :) ). We are not a big group, but we ARE having a good time learning Drupal in quick, bite-sized chunks. It has been loads of fun. So much fun, in fact, we are starting another "track" of learning.
Read moreResource List
During our PM Meetup this morning, it was suggested that we have a permanent list of resources we find helpful.
We can add pages to the PM Group to break out topics of discussion (a group organizer needs to add the pages). See http://groups.drupal.org/marketing-drupal for an example of pages. We can also create a Wiki we could all add resources to.
I think a combination of a Resources discussion page and a Wiki we could all edit would be good. A group organizer could edit the main group page and/or the Resources page to add a link to the Wiki.
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