Designing Drupal for the Enterprise

SESSION OVERVIEW
Is Drupal the right choice for enterprise-level sites? Once projects get beyond a certain scale, you’re going to need far more skills and tools than those that come with a typical Drupal install. A major site takes business strategy, a strong interactive architecture and great design. Most importantly, you’ll need a good workflow to ensure success and keep people from tripping on each others’ toes.
Get a rare insight into how clients, strategists and agency creatives design and plan for these projects. Through case studies and concrete examples, creative director Claudio Luis Vera will walk you through the site building process from planning to design to implementation in Drupal.

TRACK
Design and User Experience

AGENDA
* Using business strategy to guide your choice of technologies
* Fitting Drupal into your integrated publishing architecture
* 3 steps to a solid site architecture
* Should you design for Drupal, or should Drupal fit your design?
* slide show: Drupal site or not?
* Integrating Drupal with other technologies, such as rich media, video, and sIFR
* Theming for rich media
* A multi-server approach to take you from development to production
* Best practices for theming

GOALS
Learn how to avoid costly mistakes and use a well-planned workflow to get the most out of your site, even after it’s been launched. Gain a clear understanding of how Drupal fits into the publishing landscape and how to make the most of your interactions with designers, architects and strategists.
RESOURCES
While this session is targeted to anyone who is using or considering Drupal for a large scale site, you’ll get more out of the session if you’re familiar with theming in Drupal and publishing in large organizations.