Major League Soccer: From many sites to multi-site

Track: 
Implementation and Config
Experience: 
Intermediate

A case study on Major League Soccer and how it was taken from 14 separate sites to one multi-site instance. Over 60 developers and themers built the original codebases, but now 14 sites utilize a custom base/parent theme and a common codebase. Updates and deployments are automatic with safeguards in place to prevent junior developer errors. The session will cover the plan, the build/rebuild and struggles along the way.

Intended audience: 

Project planners, lead developers and lead themers.

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
Is my project a good candidate for a multisite infrastructure?
Question 2: 
What are the pitfalls of a multisite setup?
Question 3: 
What can I automate in a multisite setup?
Question 4: 
How do you account for performance implications?
Question 5: 
What issues should a base/parent theme address? Which issues does it not address?
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