What to expect from your Drupal.org Redesign Architect

I’m pleased to announce that, starting today, I am starting as the Drupal.org Redesign Architect, joining Git migration lead Sam Boyer and 3 more forthcoming positions. My responsibilities are:

• Work with the Drupal.org redesign team, including infrastructure team, theme maintainers, project module maintainers, implementers and project managers.
• Create an implementation plan for each section with functional descriptions and user stories of the work to be implemented so teams can complete them. Includes priorities and rough time estimates.
• Manage the deployment of each redesigned site.
• Provide regular updates to the community.

I’ve been volunteering on the redesign implementation since the start, but I haven't been responsible for high-level planning until now. This week I’ll be jumping in to see where everything is and what I can get launched.

• Get the Bluecheese theme running on subsites. The Drupal Association launched shortly after DrupalCon SF, and Localize last week. API and Groups are next. These sites are a good testing ground for the new theme before it goes to Drupal.org.
• Meet with everyone and see where everything is; especially, content, search, project, and dashboard.
• Familiarize myself with recent infrastructure developments; we now manage deployments with BZR and Hudson.
• Go through issue queues for all components.

I’m excited to get this project done. Drupal.org is a large Drupal deployment with a lot of moving parts. It is a bit daunting and will take a few weeks. With a new Drupal.org we can provide a better home for contributors to work and new users to learn.