Imagine Canada Grant Connect: A Case Study with Contenta CMS & React
Sean Rioux, Clément Hurel
In this session, we'll explore Therefore Interactive's experience building a data-rich, and highly interactive web application leveraging the Contenta Decoupled Drupal 8 Distribution and a React Material UI, based front-end.
Screen shot of the Grant Connect product, demonstrating the pipeline feature
Working to modernize a robust, legacy product for a nationally recognized non-profit leader and social enterprise (Imagine Canada's Grant Connect) required careful consideration and an optimized approach. A dedicated and specialized customer base, a restrictive budget, and decades of highly complex data, all presented unique challenges to solve.
Exploring both process and approach, from initial research, through beta launch, this presentation will outline Therefore Interactive's journey to deliver a market-ready product in 3 months by leveraging best in class technology, parallel development efforts, and a focused minimum viable product strategy.
Topics we'll cover
Process: UX research, strategy, and design, Agile
Approach: minimum viable product, close collaboration, feedback & iteration
Development: parallel efforts, cross-disciplinary teams
Technology: Contenta, React, Material UI
Sean Rioux
Director of Strategy, Toronto
With seven years working in the digital space, I’ve gained senior agency experience working in design, strategy, web development, and project management. I have worked alongside marketing, business, design, and technical teams across a wide range of industries, on projects large and small. Currently, my role is Director of Strategy at Therefore Interactive, a digital agency located in Toronto, Canada.
As a digital strategist, my current areas of specialization include user experience design, information architecture, and technical solution architecture. In my role at Therefore Interactive, I engage with project stakeholders to oversee strategy and design, and project managers in coordinating agile development efforts. I am also involved in supporting business development and accounts management providing strategy, design and technical insight for prospective projects and to established clients.
https://drupalnorth.org/en/session/imagine-canada-grant-connect-case-study-contenta-cms-react
In this session, we'll explore Therefore Interactive's experience building a data-rich, and highly interactive web application leveraging the Contenta Decoupled Drupal 8 Distribution and a React Material UI, based front-end.
Screen shot of the Grant Connect product, demonstrating the pipeline feature
Working to modernize a robust, legacy product for a nationally recognized non-profit leader and social enterprise (Imagine Canada's Grant Connect) required careful consideration and an optimized approach. A dedicated and specialized customer base, a restrictive budget, and decades of highly complex data, all presented unique challenges to solve.
Exploring both process and approach, from initial research, through beta launch, this presentation will outline Therefore Interactive's journey to deliver a market-ready product in 3 months by leveraging best in class technology, parallel development efforts, and a focused minimum viable product strategy.
Topics we'll cover
Process: UX research, strategy, and design, Agile
Approach: minimum viable product, close collaboration, feedback & iteration
Development: parallel efforts, cross-disciplinary teams
Technology: Contenta, React, Material UI
Sean Rioux
Director of Strategy, Toronto
With seven years working in the digital space, I’ve gained senior agency experience working in design, strategy, web development, and project management. I have worked alongside marketing, business, design, and technical teams across a wide range of industries, on projects large and small. Currently, my role is Director of Strategy at Therefore Interactive, a digital agency located in Toronto, Canada.
As a digital strategist, my current areas of specialization include user experience design, information architecture, and technical solution architecture. In my role at Therefore Interactive, I engage with project stakeholders to oversee strategy and design, and project managers in coordinating agile development efforts. I am also involved in supporting business development and accounts management providing strategy, design and technical insight for prospective projects and to established clients.
https://drupalnorth.org/en/session/imagine-canada-grant-connect-case-study-contenta-cms-react