DrupalCon Nashville 2018: Migrating a small city to Drupal

This talk discusses the relaunch of the City of Bloomington's public website after a decade, focusing on the transition from an in-house CMS to Drupal. The speaker reflects on key lessons learned during this complex website migration, particularly addressing content debt by reducing the site from several thousand pages to just 500. The session also covers effective web governance strategies by engaging stakeholders early and defining actionable goals, documentation, and timelines. Additionally, the speaker emphasizes the importance of balancing user needs with technical considerations, highlighting how to collaborate within a development team to maintain user satisfaction while navigating content management challenges during the launch process.