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About Reload

About Reload

Who we are, what we do and how we work.

Rasmus Luckow-Nielsen

April 01, 2016
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  1. Reload! A/S
    Reload - who we are and what we do
    Who we are

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  2. We specialize in Drupal
    Currently 18 fulltime employees
    Reload started in 2010.
    Frederiksberg, Denmark, is our home

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  3. We created Reload because
    we wanted to create the
    best place to work for people
    like ourselves.
    Developers, that is.
    – Rasmus Luckow-Nielsen, CEO, Reload

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  4. • We are a technically based consultancy, and
    we think we have the most skilled Drupal
    developers in Denmark.
    • We do not outsource, as we focus on close-
    knit on-location collaboration with our
    customers .
    • We have a lot of pride in our work and our
    ways. And we're more idealistic than most
    companies. We value and incorporate open
    source contributions a great deal.
    Reload summarized

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  5. Geek family
    We just love competent, friendly people

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  6. We like to code
    And we love to make a difference

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  7. Drupal is our weapon of choice
    And we're pretty damn good at it.
    Combined we have more than 50
    years of experience in the Drupal
    space, and we maintain more than
    100 contributed modules on
    drupal.org

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  8. We are often hired to do the most complex jobs

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  9. DR.dk

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  10. Danish Broadcast Corporation
    Top 3 site in Denmark - more than 2,2 mio. monthly
    unique users (500k daily), 30+ million visits and 100+
    million pageviews each month.
    We have been working on their transition to Drupal
    since 2012, and we have spend 12.000+ hours on it.

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  11. IDA.dk
    THE DANISH
    SOCIETY OF
    ENGINEERS

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  12. Libraries of Copenhagen

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  13. stofa.dk

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  14. samvirke.dk

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  15. Not to mention
    TV2, Unicef, Medical sans Frontiers,
    Royal Danish Theatre, Danish Scout Organization
    and many others…
    Okay, we mentioned them anyway.
    Because they are awesome!

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  16. We want to make a difference for our customers.
    But we also want to learn new stuff everyday.
    We want to have fun doing so.

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  17. And we want to share our knowledge and ideas
    for fame and fortune :-)

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  19. http://reload.github.io/deployotron/
    Deployotron

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  20. https://github.com/xendk/bandaid
    Bandaid

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  21. When you choose us,
    you choose a process

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  22. CLARIFY
    DEVELOP & DESIGN
    EVALUATE
    SHIP IT

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  23. • A good project is one we do not know how
    to solve when we begin
    • A good project gives us new experience
    and makes us more knowledgable
    • A good project allow us to get in early and
    ask a lot of questions - making us able to
    identify the real business needs before
    we start implementing
    If your reality is simple, you
    probably don't need Reload
    Reloads typical project space

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  24. Start with why
    We do use Impact Mapping
    as a tool to identify Why,
    Who, How and What.
    Then we use agile
    methodologies to deliver
    the right things to our
    customers.

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  25. Scrum is simple,
    but not easy
    – T-shirt on a conference

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  26. • Feedback loop, communication and
    clear roles of responsibility
    • Gives transparency for everyone
    Overskrift i en linie
    • It makes great sense to be agile
    when working in complex areas
    • Forces us to continuously set
    matching of expectations
    Why do we work with agile methodologies? Great video - watch it!

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  27. An agile development
    process is all about
    achieving the highest
    possible business value with
    the least amount of effort
    (and money)

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  28. Its about creating the
    symbiotic relationship
    between the customers
    business expertise and our
    technical expertise

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  29. Just In Time planning

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  30. Plan
    Plan
    Plan
    Plan
    Plan
    "JUST-IN-TIME" PLANNING
    Plan Analysis Test
    Code
    Design Release
    Traditionel (predictive):
    Plan everything upfront
    Scrum (empirical):
    Plan a little before the project and a little before each sprint
    Analysis
    Design
    Code
    Test
    Release
    Analysis
    Design
    Code
    Test
    Release
    Analysis
    Design
    Code
    Test
    Release
    Analysis
    Design
    Code
    Test
    Release
    What if the project
    stops here?
    Plan
    Plan
    Plan
    Plan
    Plan

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  31. • Focus on business value
    • Do stuff that can be tested and validated
    as fast as possible
    • Prototyping!
    • Incremental improvements instead of
    "solve everything in one go"
    We focus on business value, time-
    to-market and Minimum Viable
    Product (MVP)

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  32. (Quality)
    Scope
    (functionality, features)
    Time
    (deadline)
    Resources
    (cost, budget)

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  33. • The customer (the Product Owner) have
    the power to make decisions and will sit
    on-location with the team 1-2 days a
    week
    • We usually do 2 week sprints, repeating
    backlog grooming, sprint-planning, -
    demo og -retrospectives and daily
    scrums
    • Great tools - vi love Jira Agile, and our
    customers use this too.
    • Sprint reporting to continuously set
    expectations
    Agile projects in Reload

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  34. No matter how great we
    think a project is, it will be
    considered a failure by the
    customer if we don't meet
    their expectations.
    – Rasmus Luckow-Nielsen, CEO, Reload

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  35. Follow us on
    reload.dk
    twitter.com/reloaddk
    facebook.com/reloaddk
    linkedin.com/company/reload-a-s

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