Using your current project to make the next one better and faster
...and other overly explained concepts
Hi! I'm Jason!
Partner & CIO at Paper Tower
WordPress Core Contributor
Team member of Piklist
Descendent of two Presidents
Big fan of designers
Twitter: @jasontheadams
My wife and I in Ireland. Highly recommend!
Let's jump right in...
This story begins in 2009
In the Detroit airport
...in the wrong airport
"Hey Jay! I lost my job!"
Tribology
The Study of Friction & Wear
We started over 6 times
Observe
Reflect
Discuss
The Learning Circle
Chronos
Kairos
What have you learned?
How will you respond?
Act
Account
Plan
Observation:
Reflection:
Discussion:
Lesson:
The goal is to grow the website portion of the business, but the web team is weakest in development.
I have a strong background in engineering. I haven't worked in web much, but I can likely help.
We all agreed that the best chance to grow the business was to step up our development.
To grow we need stronger development.
Response:
Plan:
Accountability:
Act:
We would make the changes necessary to improve development for the web team.
I will change from being the Project Manager to Lead Web Developer. The owners would provide me with what I needed to level the team up.
I will report back regularly to the owners as to the progress we're making.
We will get started immediately.
Let's pause. Questions?
Item 1:
Organization
Item 2:
Post Types & Taxonomies
Item 3:
Assets & Task Runners
Item 4:
Excellent CMS Experience
Item 5:
The Loop & OOP
In conclusion, friends:
Plan to pause and learn
Thank You!
Feel free to chat with me! You can find me in...
The hallway afterwards :)
Resources
Slides availble at slides.com/jasontheadams/wcsd2018
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