Presentation by Steve Bennett at WordCamp Chicago, 2016. This presentation was given to help business owners or project managers, responsible for a WordPress install, select a successful development team.
The Lady Or The Tiger? by Frank Stockton
King & Colisseum
3 Doors- Accused, Lion, Beautiful Bride
Daughter
Lowly boy DEEP LOVE
Found out
In the ring
She tells him which door to go to
Seems simple
Left or Right
One or the other
Misperception
You’re the boy
I’m the princess
You’re in deep trouble.
Hold that story we’ll come back to it
Dr. Harold J Leavitt
Leavitt Diamond
Paul McDonald Automated Logistics Systems
WordPress Development Triangle
Purpose at center
Who’s building a site or responsible for
ASK ABOUT THEIR PURPOSE
Sounds simple
Misperceptions
Simply:
I need to be online
Branding
I need more sales
Story of Vinyard owner
P7
Definition Goals
Your purpose is your own
It must be defined
You have more than one audience
Once you’ve considered what each of your audiences need, then and only then can we discuss what to build.
Don’t worry about memorizing this or taking notes
Left to Right
Top to bottom
See how knowledge sets change?
Things to talk about with WordPress Developers
Do they Participate
WordCamps
Meetups
Community
Teach
Do they volunteer
Who do they work with
We’re not all capable of doing everything
Contribute
Next Slide Process
Project Definition
No Knee jerk reactions
Project Management
Basecamp
Podio
Project Panorama
Home grown System
Who’s the point of contact
Stake holders
RELATIONSHIPS
Technical skill
Automation: Grunt & Gulp – Task Runners
Node JS & NPM -Package Manager
WP-CLI – Command Line Interface
GitHub – Online Project Hosting
We’ve talked about
People
Process
Technology
Let me leave you with some questions to ask your potential vendor
Tell me about your company
How long have you been working with WordPress
Who Will Complete the work
Tell me about your development workflow?
What did you compare it with?
Why did you choose one over another?
The Lady Or The Tiger?
Feel like the Lowly boy
I hope you
Remember some of these things and choose your bride.