Drupal upgrades are like a long bike trip: Exciting! Exhilarating! Exhausting! What starts out as an ambitious adventure can quickly turn difficult...and even dangerous! Yet with the right plan (and the right partner) such efforts show their strength – often not at their destination, but through the incredible journey it took to get there.

In this session, Forum One takes you behind the scenes of a giant Drupal upgrade project featuring Cascade Bicycle Club (a nonprofit member and advocacy organization that also happens to be the largest cyclist club in North America).

You’ll hear the nitty gritty details, the big challenges and the bold vision that all contributed to the reimagining of this organization’s digital presence. This included a very complex upgrade with Drupal 6, tight integrations with CiviCRM, UberCart, a significant amount of legacy custom code, and intricate data migrations from multiple properties and systems.

Learn how big ideas, tight collaboration and teamwork came together to breathe new life into this organization’s online identity.

Key Takeaways:

• How (and how much) you should take on for a complex upgrade and rebuild...and what you must avoid
• How and why a strong, collaborative client relationship can make or break your project
• Crucial tips on how you need to handle major obstacles to keep the project on track