http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/taxonomy/term/115/0 en http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/firehousecom-or-so-how-fast-can-you-build-site <p>Firehouse.com came to us and asked that we redevelop their site so we looked at the existing site. Then we discovered that they had a partially completed Drupal installation that wanted us to review. We looked at and thought, "This isn't so bad. It'll take 300-400 hours tops!" </p> <p>Then they sent the requirements documents... We realised we were looking at least 3/4's of a person year and they needed it in 8 weeks.</p> <p>This is the story of what we learned, how we adapted, and where we found ourselves at the beginning of July.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Matthew Saunders is the Senior Web Producer at pingVision. He manages client relations in the development process translating and interpreting client needs. In his spare time he acts as the community manager for TraumaAdoption.org and is a host on the TechSoup Emerging Technology forums. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/firehousecom-or-so-how-fast-can-you-build-site" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/firehousecom-or-so-how-fast-can-you-build-site#comments agile project management rapid development Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:08:19 +0000 MatthewS 1015 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org