Clients & Industry Experiences

Case Study: Progressive Migration from D7 with Progressive Decoupling

pritam — Mon, 22 May 2023 19:22:10 +0000

Case Study: Progressive Migration from D7 with Progressive Decoupling

Room

HS13 (2nd floor)

pritam Mon, 05/22/2023 - 21:22

Time Slot

Thu 4:15pm to 5:00pm (7/20/23)

Session length

Long session - 45min, including Q&A

Audience

All Attendees

Session Category

Clients & Industry Experiences

The Session explores the collaboration between the Edredo team and a Drupal development agency, OpenSense Labs, which played a crucial role in guiding the migration process. It discusses the meticulous planning, and phased implementation that allowed Edredo to transition smoothly from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9.

Attendees will gain insights into the benefits of migrating to Drupal 9, such as improved performance, enhanced security, and access to the latest features and functionalities. The article also sheds light on the effective utilization of Drupal modules and custom development to tailor the platform to Edredo's specific requirements.

Throughout the session, real-world examples and success stories are used to demonstrate the positive impact of the migration on Edredo's business operations, scalability, and user experience. The study concludes by highlighting the lessons learned and the importance of strategic planning when embarking on a migration project.

Overall, this session aims to serve as a valuable resource for organizations considering a migration from Drupal 7, providing a practical and insightful case study of Edredo's successful progressive migration journey.

Speaker(s)

Pritam Prasun

Managing Partner at OpenSense labs

Speaker biography

Pritam is an accomplished technologist and entrepreneur with a strong background in Drupal development. With 15 years of experience in the field, he has made significant contributions to the Drupal community. Pritam serves as the co-founder and mentor at OpenSense Labs, a renowned Drupal development agency. His expertise and guidance have played a vital role in shaping the agency's success.

Additionally, Pritam holds the position of CEO at Edredo, a rapidly expanding Learning Experience Platform (LXP). Under his leadership, Edredo has witnessed remarkable growth, providing innovative learning solutions to organizations and individuals around the globe.

Session Keywords

Showcases

Case Studies

Digital Transformation

Education

Case Study - UNIDO Public Website - Managing uncertainties and Delivering Value

pavanmalji — Mon, 15 May 2023 15:59:51 +0000

Case Study - UNIDO Public Website - Managing uncertainties and Delivering Value

Room

HS1 (Ground level)

pavanmalji Mon, 05/15/2023 - 17:59

Time Slot

Fri 4:15pm to 5:00pm (7/21/23)

Session length

Long session - 45min, including Q&A

Audience

All Attendees

Session Category

Clients & Industry Experiences

Established in 1966, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization, and environmental sustainability. It provides technical assistance, policy advice, and capacity-building support to developing countries and economies in transition. UNIDO focuses on key areas such as industrial policy, trade capacity building, green industry, energy, and agribusiness. Its ultimate goal is to promote inclusive and sustainable industrial development that contributes to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

In December of 2021, Dr. Gerd Müller from Germany took the helm of UNIDO as the Director General. His vision for UNIDO is to provide concrete and practical solutions to pressing global challenges like sustainability, climate change and hunger. As he set out to bring his vision to life, he has introduced a major restructuring to the organization and has prioritized digital transformation to better deliver UNIDO's mandate.

My name is Pavan Malji and I work at UNIDO as a Web Applications Management Officer or WAMO. My team and I develop, manage and support the web applications portfolio of UNIDO under the central IT. I wear several hats on my job including developer, technical lead, project manager, team lead, support engineer, etc. My duties also include resource management, vendor evaluation, technical advisor, etc. Today, I am am going to share with you the journey of the UNIDO’s Public Website revamp project where I wore most of these hats. I will be touching the technical aspects of this project in brief but my main focus is to share the lessons learnt working on a project on a tight budget, tight schedule, fluid requirements while making almost no compromises on the quality, maintainability and scalability.

Chapter 1: The Business Case

“It has been determined by office of the Director General that the current UNIDO public website does not accurately reflect the priorities, work and achievements of the organization. It is also in a serious need of a visual upgrade to a more modern and vibrant look.”

This formed the basis of the project. As the WAMO (hope this does not catch on) in UNIDO, I was given this mandate by the IT department chief. This is also an opportunity for IT to demonstrate that they are fully embracing the new mantra, “Do more with less”

Chapter 2: The Requirements - Management Vs. IT understanding

Chapter 3: The Team

Chapter 4: Execution

Chapter 5: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Chapter 6: If only we had more time

Chapter 7: How do you like that?

Chapter 8: Are we there yet?

Chapter 9: Let’s go live now

Chapter 10: What did we learn

Q & A ?

Speaker(s)

Pavan Malji

Web Application Management Officer at United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Speaker biography

Speaker1 - Mr. Pavan Malji, MSc

Web Applications Management Officer | United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Software Engineer with a bachelors in computer engineering, a masters in business information systems and almost 20 years of experience developing and managing software projects.

Worked on various aspects of software development including requirements gathering, software architecture, system design, information architecture, application security, application infrastructure management, documentation, user support and training.

Specialised in the field of web application development, content management systems and legacy systems maintenance and migration, I have developed, migrated, documented, supported and maintained several business critical applications and public information systems in the last two decades working for international organizations like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

My passion for solving problems and developing software, complemented with a professional attitude and excellent written and oral communication skills has helped me gain substantial experience in software development and IT project management which enables me to implement the right systems, using the right technologies that are right for the business.

Speaking of the right tools and technologies, Drupal has been my goto technology when it comes to content management system since 2014. I have used it in several web projects since then.

My wife and I are blessed with three lovely kids. And my hobbies include running, cooking and watching standup comedy.

Session Keywords

Digital Transformation

Showcases

NGOs

How to Successfully Maintain a Drupal Enterprise Project Featuring kurier.at

Oleksandr Milkovskyi — Mon, 15 May 2023 10:41:35 +0000

How to Successfully Maintain a Drupal Enterprise Project Featuring kurier.at

Room

HS4 (Ground level)

Oleksandr Milkovskyi Mon, 05/15/2023 - 12:41

Time Slot

Sat 10:00am to 10:45am (7/22/23)

Session length

Long session - 45min, including Q&A

Audience

All Attendees

Session Category

Clients & Industry Experiences

With 3.7 million unique users and over 14 million visits per month, k-digital is one of the most important news services in Austria. Using a single Drupal CMS instance as a content hub, k-digital operates multiple popular portals, including kurier.at, futurezone.at, k.at, profil.at, film.at, events.at, freizeit.at, motor.at, and lust-auf-oesterreich.at.

As the project grew and evolved alongside the company, it has became a significant challenge to:

Maintain stable performance.
Design scalable long-term architectural decisions.
Retain project know-how and robust development workflows despite staff turnover.
Deal with legacy code.
Keep the documentation up-to-date.

In this session, I'll share how our team overcame these challenges during the development and maintenance of an enterprise-level project. I'll provide insights into our project architecture and give a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to be a developer at k-digital.

Attend the session to learn about our successes and lessons learned along the way.

Speaker(s)

Oleksandr Milkovskyi

Drupal Developer at kurier.at

Speaker biography

Senior Drupal Developer at k-digital GmbH.

Active Drupal Developer and contributor since 2010.

Session Keywords

Case Studies

From Developer to Solutions Architect: Navigating Digital Change

rvolk — Fri, 05 May 2023 14:01:55 +0000

From Developer to Solutions Architect: Navigating Digital Change

Room

HS13 (2nd floor)

rvolk Fri, 05/05/2023 - 16:01

Time Slot

Fri 10:45am to 11:30am (7/21/23)

Session length

Long session - 45min, including Q&A

Audience

All Attendees

Session Category

Clients & Industry Experiences

As a solutions architect with more than eight years of experience, I have been at the forefront of digital change and have helped clients to navigate this constantly evolving landscape. In this session, I will share my journey from being a developer to becoming a solutions architect, and provide practical insights into how I have helped clients drive digitalization, foster innovation, and deliver results in the midst of constant digital change.

We will start by exploring the key components of digital change, including value definition, digitalization, innovation and how to get focussed throughout the journey. I will provide examples of how I have applied these components in real-world scenarios, and highlight the benefits that they have brought the clients I worked with.

I will share practical tips and tools for driving digitalization, such as leveraging common ground principles applicable for any organization. We will discuss how to foster innovation by creating a culture of experimentation and prototyping.

By the end of this session, attendees will have a clear understanding of how to navigate digital change and why solution architects play a critical role for the success of software development projects. I hope by sharing these basic tips for applying those fundamental principles, attendees will be inspired to reflect about their own work and career perspectives.

Speaker(s)

Rouven Volk

Solutions Architect at Powerpool Solutions R+D

Speaker biography

I specialized in Drupal back in 2008, since then I used it primarily as an application framework and content management system for the development of web and business applications. I give much as possible back to the community by sharing experiences, mentoring and contributing. Since 2015 I specialized as a Solutions Architect and supported many well known brands on their digital transformation journey.

Session Keywords

Digital Transformation