A Perfect Launch, Every Time !!!

Launches are tough on developer(s).

How do you ensure that your Drupal site launch goes off without a hitch?

Everyone remembers the lump in their throats around launch time; the rush to finish content, make final theme tweaks, adjust for sudden browser weirdness. As momentum picks up, the odd change request always appears, databases are slingshot hither and yon, while everyone scrambles to resolve merge conflicts like a Tokyo train at rush hour.

We emerge scarred but smarter, intent on making the next launch less painful. But with different teams launching different sites, it can be hard to establish an iterative process. Especially as new work accumulates in the backlog, we reap what we sow in technical debt from rushed launches, quick & dirty choices made under the gun, and unimplemented ideas from retrospectives.

Presenter (s):Customer Success team of Pantheon

• Suzanne Aldrich

• Timani Tunduwani

• Ryan Sears

• Merrick Clark

> Pantheon has the same Customer Success team launching several enterprise level sites per week, while simultaneously assisting hundreds of self serve customers when they need a hand.

What to expect:

• Challenges faced by Pantheon`s engineering team and how they overcame them.

• Project management practices specific to launch

• Static site analysis

• Load testing

• Ideal team configuration

• Recommended tools for launch

and hopefully hear from you about how you overcame yours!

Q&A session.

PS: This session is platform agnostic; whether you use PaaS, shared hosting, or wield your own hardware.

As always, thanks to our sponsors: Halosys (http://www.halosys.com), ProPeople (http://wearepropeople.com/) and UCSC Extension (http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/) for support, snacks & drinks and location.

Thanks,
Manish Harsh

manishharsh@gmail.com