(Don't Fear) The Features, now with more Cowbell

Does Features make you want to break your guitar? Do you wonder why that #$!@ feature won’t revert? Think you should put all your stuff in one huge feature and just hope for the best?

Give up amature hour! Understand and architect your features like a rock star (with more cowbell)!!

Using the Features module can be a wild ride, especially if the features structure is not well thought out before you start.

WE'LL COVER

• What is the Features module and why should it be used
• Features + Drupal components, what is important
• Crazy ways the use of Features can go wrong
• Safe and sane ways to create and organize your features
• Using features with multiple developers
• How to add more cowbell!

to the tune of (Don't Fear) The Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult

... 

(cue cowbell)
...
Come on baby
(Don't fear the Features)
Baby take my install
(Don't fear the Features)
We'll be able to push
(Don't fear the Features)
Baby lets revert it all
La, la la, la la
La, la la, la la
...

To the organizers: this is being proposed as a Lab for DrupalCon Austin.  It can be extended to be a hands-on lab here, pending time, schedule and interest.