Take over a failing site and its technical debt, and regain your peace of mind.

We focus on recovering and optimizing troubled Drupal sites, reducing technical debt to improve performance and maintainability. We offer customized solutions to restore existing sites while ensuring their future evolution.

In the complex landscape of web technologies, taking over Drupal projects represents a significant challenge for development teams. This often occurs in a context where the customer's initial requirements and technical reality have not aligned perfectly, creating a technical debt.

This manifests itself in a code quality deficit, requiring additional development to rectify.

✚ What is technical debt?

Technical debt can be seen as all the technical compromises made during the development of a project. These compromises, whether voluntary (strategic risk-taking) or involuntary (unintentional accumulation), inevitably influence the future of the site.

✚ How to manage this debt?

Managing this debt is crucial, as it directly impacts the project's quality, budget, and delivery times.

Faced with these complex challenges and the demands of Drupal development, Parker+Parker Drupal Agency is positioned as your strategic ally.

Our team of Drupal experts, specialized in project recovery and optimization, will ensure not only the efficient resolution of technical debt, but also the realization of your digital ambitions, on time and on budget.

Why choose Parker+Parker to solve your Drupal site's problems?

Choosing Parker+Parker for the recovery and optimization of your Drupal site means opting for recognized expertise and a meticulous approach that guarantee the security and performance of your platform.

✚ Transparency and collaboration

Our commitment to transparency and collaboration ensures clear communication and solutions tailored to your specific needs.

✚ Efficiency

We understand the importance of effective technical debt management and have the tools and skills to strategically assess, prioritize and solve problems at every scale.

When you choose Parker+Parker, you get a reliable partner who can turn technical challenges into growth opportunities for your business. We are committed to providing you with a secure, high-performance Drupal site, adapted to the ever-changing digital landscape.

We are present in Bordeaux but also in Paris and work with French and international customers.

Technical debt

Reasons for a Drupal site's technical debt

In some cases, to rationalize costs and effort, decisions are made without fully measuring their long-term impact. For example, to accelerate time-to-market, certain features may be implemented quickly but sub-optimally, thus increasing technical debt...

Methodology and issues involved in taking over failing external sites

When taking over Drupal projects developed by third parties, several challenges arise. Firstly, a technical audit is essential to assess the quality of the existing code and the relevance of the site's documentation.

This process helps detect problematic elements that could affect the site's performance and maintainability.
Moreover, taking over a project often involves a loss of knowledge, hence the need to properly document the code with explanatory comments to facilitate the transition and understanding by the new team in charge.

Identifying and managing Drupal site failures

✚ Symptoms of technical debt

Technical debt manifests itself in a variety of ways. First of all, evolutionary difficulties and the frequency of bugs are early warning signs.

A site that struggles to integrate new features or shows regular failures requires special attention.

These problems may stem from initial design errors, the use of modules incompatible with the current version of Drupal, or updates that have rendered existing code obsolete.

Also, specific developments carried out without following best practices can complicate site maintenance and evolution.

Library obsolescence and dependence on specialists are also indicative of significant technical debt. Unupdated libraries not only limit functionality but also increase vulnerabilities to attack.

To conclude, reliance on experts for regular tasks can indicate excessive complexity, a lack of clear documentation and, above all, technical instability making any third-party intervention difficult and costly.

✚ Drupal site diagnostics - technical audits & technical debt measurement
For effective management, a thorough technical audit is essential. It assesses code quality, site structure, and data integrity.

The use of automatic and manual measurement tools, such as test coverage systems, helps quantify technical debt and identify areas requiring urgent intervention.

However, these tools are no substitute for human expertise; support from specialized Drupal agencies such as Parker+Parker is necessary to correctly interpret the data and define a short, medium and long-term optimization strategy.

Problems covered range from frequent bugs, through concerns about library obsolescence, to challenges linked to specific performance and security needs: code errors, performance issues, security vulnerabilities, etc.

These various errors can be resolved by targeted technical adjustments, scripting uses or server reconfiguration.

Recovering failing Drupal sites with Parker+Parker

✚ Customer collaboration and transparency

Clear and transparent communication is the cornerstone of our approach. We are committed to openly discussing the technical difficulties encountered, while proposing viable solutions and accurately justifying the costs associated with refactoring and enhancing the project.

A clear estimate of the refactoring budget is provided from the outset, thus avoiding any financial surprises.

Our strategic approach adopts strategic design for proactive management of technical debt. Rather than tackling the entire code, we target crucial components, optimizing resources and maximizing the impact of the changes made.

This methodology enables us to maintain a solid structure while gradually improving the site's overall performance.

✚ Fast and efficient resolution of technical failures

Parker+Parker is renowned for its ability to repair and redesign Drupal sites in a responsive and qualitative manner. Whether it's problems related to code errors, outdated modules, or security vulnerabilities, our team has the expertise to diagnose and resolve these issues quickly.

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Refactoring and optimization strategies

Managing and paying off your Drupal site's technical debt

✚ Technical backlog

Effective technical debt management starts with the establishment of a technical backlog, which consists of listing, prioritizing and scheduling all the tasks required to correct and improve the code.

This step enables you to clearly visualize the project's requirements and allocate resources wisely, estimating the work based on the extent of the debt.

✚ Refactoring solutions to cleanup releases

In parallel, setting up dedicated code cleanup releases and a buffer task for refactoring are recommended practices.

These specific versions make it possible to focus efforts on improving precise segments of the code, while maintaining the site's overall functionality.

The buffer task, meanwhile, ensures room to maneuver to address unforeseen problems, thus contributing to more flexible and reactive management of technical debt.

Securing and improving your website's performance

✚ Techniques for securing Drupal sites

Securing Drupal sites is paramount, especially when taking over failed projects where vulnerabilities may have been overlooked. Common attacks include IoT attacks and ransomware, requiring heightened vigilance and regular updates.

Strictly defining permissions for different types of users and avoiding the installation of unauthorized modules are crucial steps in securing a Drupal site.

✚ Performance optimization
It's essential to deliver a quality user experience. Limitations in terms of server resources, unoptimized caching, or poorly configured databases can significantly slow down a site.

Similarly, factors such as uncompressed images, a design that isn't adaptive to different devices, or an overload of modules can negatively affect loading speed.