Pay No Attention to the Project Manager Behind the Curtain: A Magento 2 Tell-All
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Pay No Attention to the Project Manager Behind the Curtain
A Magento 2 Tell-All Presented by David Deppner and Joshua WarrenMeet Magento New York 2016 #MM16NY
David Deppner
VP of Ecommerce, ClearBags
Magento Merchant since 2008
Initiated Magento 2 Build at MMNY 2015
President, Psyberware
@DavidDeppner
Joshua Warren
Founder & CEO, Creatuity
Magento Enterprise Solutions Partner
Magento developer since 2008
Magento Master 2016
@JoshuaSWarren
Importance of Strong Internal Relationships
● Project managers and developers
● Stakeholders, decision makers and project managers
Importance of Strong Agency/Merchant Relationships
● Ecommerce projects are hard - there will be friction
● Build mutual trust and respect
How We Built The Creatuity/ClearBags Relationship
How Creatuity nurtures open relationships with clients
How ClearBags selected a partner and built a positive relationship
Controlling Costs in Waterfall
I give you a bunch of Requirements
You give me a Fixed Price to do the work
Controlling Costs in Agile
If Net Present Value in Each Sprint < Expense…
KILL IT
Constantly redirect dev teams to most important work
Uncertainty & Risk in M2 Projects
● Magento 2 Platform● Extensions● Customizations● Data Migration● Integrations
Agencies:Don’t Plan M2 Projects Like M1 Projects
● M2 projects may have a long tail
● Third-party dependencies on extensions and Magento patches may mean stopping and restarting the project
● Make smart use of the downtime
Magento 2 Is Ready
Be smart about it
Build a strong relationship with your agency
Be smart about project scope & costs
Be realistic about your project schedule
Other Perspectives
A large site with complex custom integrations that we built from scratch - going live next month
A multi-brand, multi-store fashion site with standard ecommerce functionality going live next week
Other Perspectives
New sites (not migrations) go faster
Integrations & extensions are a critical factor - are they complex? Do they already exist?
Questions?
David Deppner - @DavidDeppner
Joshua Warren - @JoshuaSWarren