enterprise drupal

Enterprise DrupalManaging Epic Scope, Scale and Speed

(without losing your hair)

Josh KoenigCTO Chapter Threedrupal.org/user/3313@outlandishjosh

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Open Source CMS Summit 2006

• Photos credits: Djun Kim, Boris Mann, Roland Tanglao

“A Trip Down Memory Lane”


We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby

Image credit: Craig Chelius

But Are We Across The Chasm?


“The Enterprise?”


Not Just Corporations


Drupal is Ready

Are We?Sunday, October 3, 2010

Case Study

• 22 content types

• 16 custom modules

• 2 install profiles

• 8 developers for 9 months

• 4500 commits

• 600 issues resolved through QA


Note: maintains full head of hair!


Note: maintains full head of hair!

EPIC SCOPE?


Maintainability


Scalability


Success = Big Win For Drupal


Successfully Funded Drupal Improvements!

• Aegir Cluster Support

• Brightcove Module Upgrade

• Varnish Integration

• Panels IN PLACE EDITOR


Enterprise Hurdles


Sales


Scope Creep


Multiple Stakeholders


Platform Requirements


“The Pager”


Tell ‘em What You Told ‘em

• Drupal is already hard, minimize other risks

• Regularize, automate, systematize

• Don’t go too far outside your comfort zone

• Human challenges > Technical challenges

• Reliability is more valuable than brilliance


Tools of the Trade


+ + coder.module

=AWESOME


www.aegirproject.org


http://www.aegirproject.org

http://www.aegirproject.org

PANTHEON

• Finally, a Platform built for Drupal

• High Performance

• Best Practice Git Development

• Easy Security Updates

• Beta Launch in October


http://www.getpantheon.com

@pantheon_drupalSunday, October 3, 2010



What is Drupal to do?


(back to the beginning)


Let’s do it the Drupal way


uid ain’t nothin’ but a number


Training

• Teach the Drupal way

• Engage people in the community, not just the technology

• Reach out to newcomers (e.g. dojo, summer of code, scholarships)

• More talent needed!


"State of the Drupal" from Paris '09

Credit: Dries Buytaert


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