11am-Noon

"Drawing {exp:lines} in the Sand"

by Jenn Lukas, Brian Warren, Mark Huot

The web, as a medium, is constantly evolving, which means so is your project’s scope. Learn about some of the tools and strategies you can use to drive out requirements before you even begin a line of ExpressionEngine code. Designing a process that nails down your scope up front will save you (and your clients) development time in the end. The friendly folks at Happy Cog will take you down a virtual memory lane and walk through how they ensure their development ends on time and on budget.

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Jenn Lukas is a Lead Developer for Happy Cog. She has degrees in Multimedia and Web Design and Video Production and has worked on numerous projects for top-tier clients including ESPN, Johns Hopkins University, United Healthcare, ABC Sports and Microsoft. Jenn’s experience includes building corporate intranets and commercial websites—even navy training simulations. Jenn’s contributions to a project for a prestigious local law school also helped win a Best In Show Addy award in 2007 for her firm.
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Brian Warren is a Senior Designer/Developer. He has been designing and developing for the web for over ten years. Before working at Happy Cog, Brian ran his own agency, Be Good Not Bad, in Denver, Colorado where he worked with clients large and small, including The MacArthur Foundation, They Might Be Giants, Mozilla, and Beatport. Brian has been the technical editor for two books: Handcrafted CSS (New Riders, 2009), and Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites (friends of ED, 2007).
Personal site: Be Good Not Bad

Mark Huot is a Lead Developer and develops content management systems ranging in size from personal blogging tools to enterprise-scale e-commerce systems. Mark’s past projects include large-scale editorial management systems that helped clients make a seamless transition from print to the web. On the side, he enjoys tinkering with Flash and JavaScript and is a co-creator of swfIR, a client-side image replacement technique. Mark graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA with a BS degree in Digital Media.
Personal Site: Mark Huot