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

An honest, no-holds-barred look at the reality of launching a Magento 2 site in 2016.

Introductions

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

Relationships

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

Project Scope & Costs

Waterfall

Controlling Costs in Waterfall

I give you a bunch of Requirements

You give me a Fixed Price to do the work

Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 ...

Agile

Controlling Costs in Agile

If Net Present Value in Each Sprint < Expense…

KILL IT

Constantly redirect dev teams to most important work

Fixed Price Projects Create Adversaries, Not Partners

Project Scheduling Realities

Uncertainty & Risk in M2 Projects

● Magento 2 Platform● Extensions● Customizations● Data Migration● Integrations

Avoid Drags on Your Project

Answer all Questions from Developers Quickly

Keep the Money Flowing

The Velocity of an M2 Project

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

Is Magento 2 Ready?

Yes, but...

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?

Is Magento 2 Ready for Your Project?Ask us in the Q&A!

Questions?

David Deppner - @DavidDeppner

Joshua Warren - @JoshuaSWarren