Projectfork 4.0

PROJECTFORK 4.0JOOMLA WORLD CONFERENCE 2012

KYLE LEDBETTERPRINCIPAL USABILITY ENGINEEREBAY, INC.

Wednesday, November 21, 12


Managing Your Projects


with Projectfork 4.0


JOOMLA 3.0 UXSYDNEY JOOMLADAY 2012



@KYLELEDBETTER


PROJECTFORK HAD ITS OWN FRAMEWORK COMPLETELY OUTSIDE JOOMLA



PROJECTFORK HAD ITS OWN FRAMEWORK COMPLETELY OUTSIDE JOOMLA

Previously... Projectfork 3.0


Custom FrameworkCustom ExtensionsCustom ThemesCustom TerminologyCustom ACLShared User Data


WE SPENT ALMOST 100% OF OUR TIME SUPPORTING THE FRAMEWORK INSTEAD OF NEW FEATURES



WE SPENT ALMOST 100% OF OUR TIME SUPPORTING THE FRAMEWORK INSTEAD OF NEW FEATURES

The Result? Maintenance


WHAT ABOUT FEATURES?SUPPORT THE FRAMEWORK!


PROJECTFORK 3 NEVER RECEIVED A TRUE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY



PROJECTFORK 3 NEVER RECEIVED A TRUE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY

THE WORST PART? ADOPTION & STANDARDS


No Template ClubsFew Extension DevsFew Custom DevsMissed Potential

New TermsNew WorkflowsNew UI PatternsLots to Learn





Time For A Clean SlateReconstruction. Over a Year in the making.

‣ Extremely LImited UI‣ Poor standards‣ Native ACL Limitations‣ More Questions Than Answers

What did we get ourselves into?



THIS IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR



3.0

THIS IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR

Enter Joomla 3.0

‣ BOOTSTRAP & JUI‣ JQUERY‣ UI STANDARDS‣ THIS COULD WORK 4.0

‣ NATIVE UI‣ NATIVE MENUS‣ NATIVE EXTENSIONS‣ NATIVE TEMPLATES

ONE OF THE MOST NATIVELY COMPATIBLE “MASSIVE” COMPONENTS



BUILD A MASSIVE COMPONENT THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING



BUILD A MASSIVE COMPONENT THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING

Our First Approach

EVERYTHINGALL IN ONECOMPONENT

TONS OF OVERHEADPOOR PERFORMANCEWHAT ABOUT 3PD?

COMPLETELY NATIVEBUT



SEPARATE COMPONENTS FOR EACH SECTION



SEPARATE COMPONENTS FOR EACH SECTION

2nd Approach SEPARATE COMPONENTS

DASHBOARD

PROJECTS

MILESTONES

TASKS

DISCUSSIONS

FILE MANAGER

USER DASHBOARDS

Time TRacking





New Features in 4.0

File Attachments everywhere

Now that we have a working solution, what’s changed?

Task Dependencies

Labels for all items

Drag’n’Drop TasksProject & Milestone Progress

Improved Email NOtifications

+ a whole lot more

Task Lists Task Rates & Estimates


AN ALL NEW SYSTEM WITH ALL NEW WORKFLOWS



AN ALL NEW SYSTEM WITH ALL NEW WORKFLOWS

All New Workflows






Admin Setup

InstallationSetupUser GroupsPermissions



Admin Setup




Admin Setup




Admin Setup




Admin Setup




Admin Setup






Site Workflow

ProjectsMilestonesTask ListsTasks



Site Workflow




Site Workflow




Site Workflow




Site Workflow




Site Workflow




Site Workflow






Optional

Time TrackingFile RepoDiscussionsCustomizeYour Flow



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Optional




Optional




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PRO FEATURES COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE



Projectfork Pro

‣ Calendar‣ Design ‣ Billing / Invoicing‣ Github Integration

‣ Gantt Charts‣ Advanced REporting‣ Excel Import / Export‣ Bug Tracker

We’re Going To Let Paying Customers Decide Features & Priority

PRO FEATURES COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE



NATIVE EXTENSIONS

CUSTOM COMPONENT

SEAMLESS INTEGRATION

100% BOOTSTRAP/JUI

NATIVE HTML OVERRIDES

INHERITS TEMPLATE STYLES



We’re Just Getting STartedTons of Potential for Extensions & Templates!

NATIVE EXTENSIONS

CUSTOM COMPONENT

SEAMLESS INTEGRATION

100% BOOTSTRAP/JUI

NATIVE HTML OVERRIDES

INHERITS TEMPLATE STYLES






Thank you! Any Questions?KYLE LEDBETTERPRINCIPAL USABILITY ENGINEEREBAY, INC.


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Projectfork 4.0