After inheriting a derelict project, we managed to diagnose all of the structural issues within the site, and rebuilt it as a functional medical data repository. We will investigate the process of rehabilitate a functional and working data platform from the ashes of a failed project. We will discuss, with specific examples, techniques, resources and problems that have been encountered while developing this application:
- Performing an audit of the site and determining the viability of a project.
- Identifying core modifications and correcting them.
- Restructuring files within the codebase to conform to drupal standards
- Determining MVP objectives to get site launched in shortest time
- Managing and correcting data structures.
- Rebuilding deployment strategies.
- Identifying site security issues, and plugging the holes.
- Finding the limitations of Drupal and negotiating resolutions to these problems.