DCNW13 - Sprints and Ladders
Channel: Helen van Hooft
Date: 28/11/2013

I have been using Drupal for a number of years, and initially struggled to find any community based training in this area.  Drupal is trying to grow it's share of CMS usage, and I feel that certain other CMS's have better established user group training, in our area, and am under the impression that this is a national trend.  The expansion of Drupal Ladder, over the past year or so, has started to encompass lot's of other issues other than D8's core, and more importantly, learning ladders can be added.  The Drupal market place is inundated with recruiters as well as stressed out project managers desperate for developers, (front and back), themers and UX magicians.

It makes sense that the local user groups experience and expertise, could get together to create a separate monthly Sprint and Ladder.  This could help "developers" of all levels contribute to the Drupal entity, and skill up to a level that could either advance their careers, make there projects easier to manage and help with both core and contrib issues.

Paul Woodhead
@wodgeyboy

http://camp2013.nwdrupal.org.uk/talk/sprints-and-ladders