Personas

When writing these personas for the Tsunami profile I wanted to highlight a few key constituents of "Drupal the product" as it stands today. As much as Drupal is perceived a tool for developers the silent majority of Drupal users are end users. End users are those who consume Drupal: web editors, bloggers, some one creating an account on a Drupal site, the non-profit installing Drupal in a day and so on. When end users choose Drupal they do so because of its strong social features. They also know that Drupal is powerful and flexible, future proofing their site.

We need to look at how we are meeting the needs of these users to pinpoint where improvement is needed. A product should try and anticipate the needs of its audience. Thinking pragmatically, Drupal core already has module such as forum, blog, tracker and aggregator so meeting the needs of a typical community site is an achievable goal.

Other personas are also included. Test driving a pre-configured product should make a positive impression on a first time site builder, showcasing what Drupal can do. This would be a positive outcome but is mostly a byproduct of focusing on end users. We also need to take into account seasoned developers and the diverse use cases of "Drupal the framework". These users will not use Tsunami. The primary concern here will be ensuring that any changes to Drupal core to facilitate Tsunami does not negatively impact other use cases.

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