Session Archive

How to Build a Trusting Mentor/Mentee Relationship

Many times, team members feel like they can't mentor others unless they are a manager or a team lead. However, mentoring allows for growth of both senior team members and junior team members.

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Session Track: Community and Being Human
Technical Level: Intermediate
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): Danielle_Sheffler

Lessons learned re-platforming VA.gov on Drupal in 12 months

What attendees will gain:

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Session Track: Content Strategy and Analytics
Technical Level: Advanced
Conference Year: 2020

Let’s Talk about the "A" Word: Tips for Helping Reluctant Teams and Organizations to Embrace Agile

While many government agencies have moved to incorporate Agile methods into their web development practices in recent years, there are still just as many who are reluctant to make the shift for a v

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Session Track: Project and Team Management
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): mknightjr

Let’s Talk about the 'A' Word: Tips for Helping Reluctant Teams and Organizations to Embrace Agile

While many government agencies have moved to incorporate Agile methods into their web development practices in recent years, there are still just as many who are reluctant to make the shift for a v

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Session Track: Project and Team Management
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): mknightjr

mock-chain: a library for easier unit testing in Drupal (and beyond!)

Unit tests are a critical tool for development, ensuring that classes and functions aren't inadvertently broken by new code.

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Session Track: Coding and Development
Technical Level: Advanced
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): dafeder , fmizzell

My best (and worst) strategies for dealing with high-demand work

Across roles, specialities, and companies job stress is increasing. The daily deluge of emails, Slack messages, and urgent tasks can be overwhelming and it may seem like there’s no solution.

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Session Track: Community and Being Human
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): Schnitzel

Nothing about us without us: Engaging stakeholders on RaleighNC.gov

The key to delivering an impactful new website is listening.

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Session Track: Design, UX, and Accessibility
Technical Level: Intermediate
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): jcrespo , sallyann716

Open Source in the Federal Government: Anecdotes and Evidence

This presentation provides a history of federal source code, a look at the current situation with open sourcing more code with the Federal Source Code Policy, and a brief overview of the Federal So

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Session Track: Keynote
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): jrcastle

Planning your Drupal QA: how to tackle a Monster?

Drupal allows for fast pace development of very complex systems: a QA nightmare. How will you be able to sleep at night? Plan Ahead!

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Session Track: Project and Team Management
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): eduardomadariaga

Platforms, Platforms, Multisites, and Platforms

Open source is free... so why does it cost me so much to keep my websites running?  Why am I spending so much time updating my websites and not enough time using them?

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Session Track: Devops, Performance, Security, and Privacy
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020