My experiences working in consulting and being a full time engineer in the enterprise space. Is WordPress ready for enterprise? Do you want it to be?

1. WordPress in Enterprise, Is It
Possible? (Do You Want It to Be?)
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* ask me more about Pantheon, I don’t even work there - @royboy789

2. Thank You
For being a friend
@royboy789

3. Hi!
Senior Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
Pantheon Hero, not an employee.
• First install of WP was a beta
• Consulting: arcctrl.com
• Find my courses on lynda.com
• Everywhere Important: @royboy789
• Also important: @josh412

4. Definition I’ll be using today:
Large corporations that manage hundreds or
thousands (100’s of 1000’s) of employees
Enterprise
So many definitions exist.
! Alex Vasquez’s Enterprise - DigiSavvy (@digisavvy)
! Alex Vasquez is enterprising - he takes initiative and
risk
! Alex Vasquez = Apex Enterprise

5. This is also the Enterprise.
This is not the one we were talking about
today.
Sorry

6. This talk is about me.
WordPress in Enterprise, Is It
Possible? (Do You Want It to Be?)

7. Quick Q&A
Is there a place for WordPress in Enterprise?
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Yes.

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10. Not All the Same
Legacy Enterprise
Start up Enterprise

11. You do not need to be a developer / engineer
Many Options
• Consulting - direct to enterprise
• Consulting - in house contractor
• Consulting through a vendor
• Become a vendor (agency)
• Full time hire

12. The Pain Points

13. Committees & Teams
Design
Development
well.. basically everything

14. Software, like WordPress

15. The Stack(s)

16. • Code Audit
• Create Environments
• Deploy to Environments
• QA and updates
Case Study

17. Dev Workflow & WebOps

18. Budgets

19. Learn to live by the net
Net 15?
Net 30?
Pay me now!

20. How to get Enterprise Work?
Do you still want it?

21. Maintainability

22. Think about the business request,
not about implementation

23. Do not stop:
Coding
Learning new practices (i.e Agile)
Putting yourself out there

24. THANK YOU AGAIN
QUESTIONS?
arcctrl.com
@royboy789 - GitHub & Twitter