Setting in place a product development strategy
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The document outlines a comprehensive product development strategy emphasizing the need for frameworks, standardization, and automation in managing code, deployments, and testing. It highlights the importance of accessibility, internationalization, and adaptability across devices while maintaining strict coding protocols. Additionally, it features Zyxware Technologies' expertise in building web-based products using Drupal since 2006, along with its contributions to the Drupal community.
Setting in place a product development strategy
- 1. Setting in place a Product Development Strategy Anoop John Founder & CTO
- 2. Product Development Strategy What is Special About Product Development? Vision for a longer term Ability to keep building on top Ease of maintaining Ease of making global changes People involved will change over life time of product Core capabilities of product will grow over time Interface could change multiple times over time
- 3. Product Development Strategy Parts of a Product Development Strategy Tools and systems to be used Processes and protocols to be followed Getting the right team in place Building discipline in requirements Setting priorities and sticking to it Setting time lines
- 4. Product Development Strategy Building a Product is all About Building Frameworks Frameworks for handling common tasks in the system Allow easy modification and extension of features Frameworks for handling logic, UI, interfacing with third party systems Frameworks to allow developers to follow standard practices for modifications Frameworks to avoid over customization and at the same time allow custom capabilities
- 5. Product Development Strategy Setting Systems in Place Systems for managing code Systems for managing deployments Systems for managing infrastructure Systems for managing testing Systems for managing developer environments
- 6. Product Development Strategy Setting Processes in Place Deployment processes SDLC processes Workflows for tasks / issues Evaluating quality on an ongoing basis Evaluating technical alignment
- 7. Product Development Strategy Automate Ongoing Tasks Automate testing Automate deployments Automate backup and restore Automate setting up environments Continuous integration 3 minute saved a day per developer is a full man month saved per 10 developers in an year
- 8. Product Development Strategy Standardize Commonalities Standardization in behaviors Standardization in presentation Standardization in workflows Standardization in handling events Minimize customizations in common layers An extra line of code is an extra line of code you have to maintain for ever
- 9. Product Development Strategy HTML / CSS Level Standardizations Similar presentation of elements across site Central and independent definition of styles for elements Ability to customize elements globally Reusable HTML templates for common elements Style guide for applying CSS classes, HTML structures
- 10. Product Development Strategy Javascript Level Standardizations Standard plugins / libraries for handling similar functionalities Do not reinvent the wheel - use out of the box capabilities Standard bindings Standard event management Standard handling of AJAX
- 11. Product Development Strategy Interface Level Standardizations Common presentation approaches Common popup system Common notification system Common validations, messages, errors
- 12. Product Development Strategy Functionality Level Standardizations Similar behavior of elements / features across site Frameworks / libraries / modules to handle common functionalities Standardized workflows Standardized responses to events Standardized validations Standardized messaging systems Standardized capabilities - export data, print, print pdf
- 13. Product Development Strategy Internationalization and Localization Build global - Ability to localize Reach local - Localize interface & content Handling of strings Handling of interface (RTL / LTR) Handling of content Translatable interfaces
- 14. Product Development Strategy Accessibility Considerations Follow accessibility standards Build accessible
- 15. Product Development Strategy Device Considerations Mobile first Device independent capabilities Device driven presentation
- 16. Product Development Strategy Coding Standards Set in place protocols - use a standard Automate checks - eg: Coder for Drupal Document frameworks Train and on-board new team members
- 17. Product Development Strategy Maintaining Documentation Developers could change Vendors could change Business owners could change Requirements change Document details of implementation and logic behind requirements Document standards and protocols
- 18. Product Development Strategy Generalize, Generalize, Generalize Generalize functionalities Create reusable components Create configurable components Create libraries and common functions
- 19. Product Development Strategy Be willing to correct course If you make a mistake, go back and correct Maintaining a mistake is going to be costlier in the long run than fixing it in the short run Re-factor as required to optimize / fine tune
- 20. Product Development Strategy Drupal as a Product Development Platform Solid core architecture that is pluggable out of the box Comes with extensible application development framework Forces developers to follow strict protocols and coding practices Leverage existing capabilities in core and contributed modules Ease of plugging in new features Ease of integration with other systems
- 21. Product Development Strategy Drupal as a Product Development Platform Accessibility Mobile Ready Abstracted theming layer Modular in functionalities Modular in presentation Strict coding standards API for extending and building new
- 22. Product Development Strategy About Zyxware Technologies Building web based products since 2006 based on Drupal Worked with startups, and mature businesses in building, launching and maintaining products Contributes to Drupal extensively. 30+ modules and themes used by more than 50000 sites. Over 150 Drupal projects delivered across US, UK, Europe, Middle East and Australia
- 23. Product Development Strategy References & Credits https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ b8/Seattle_library_framework_inside.jpg http://www.drupal.org
- 24. Product Development Strategy Contact Us Check us out at http://www.zyxware.com Mail us at partners@zyxware.com Like us at http://www.facebook.com/zyxware Follow us at http://www.twitter.com/zyxware Connect with us at http://www.linkedin.com/companies/zyxware- technologies