Electronic Project Management

Dates:

2009 dates to be added. (a two-day course)

Price:

£719+VAT (a number of discounts are available)

Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)

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"I would recommend to anyone at my company who is starting to work on digital products."

Hodder Education delegate

Many publishers have discovered that taking advantage of the publishing opportunities offered by CD-ROM and Internet technology is more difficult than it may at first appear. But help is at hand! This much needed course will help you to:

understand the fundamental differences between managing the design and delivery of offline, online and printed publications
choose appropriate suppliers and team members and get maximum value from them
monitor the development of the project and produce documentation to aid communication
acquire and manage assets to maximise future opportunities
take advantage of rapidly changing technology.

Programme

Day one

The Big Picture
Are you ready to start?
The development team
The development lifecycle
Project documentation
Product design methodologies
Case study
Target platforms
Information architecture
Screen design for non designers
Estimates
Schedules and budgets

Day two

Accessibility
Reading from the screen
Asset management
Software development
The principles of writing for the web
Prototypes
Suppliers
E-commerce
Servers
Facilities and technology
Clients and stakeholders
Risk management
Testing
Project closure
Common mistakes

Who will benefit from this course?

Anyone involved in managing electronic projects

Your tutor

Gordon Plant is a project manager and information architect with nine years' experience of developing for CD-ROM, web and intranets. He is the founder of User Analytics, a web usability and accessibility consultancy, and has worked with many educational and government clients, including the Arts Council, Screenlearning, HarperCollins and Pearson Education. Gordon is also a part time lecturer in usability and project management at Bath Spa University.

Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in-company events.

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Dates: 2009 dates to be added.

Price: £719+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

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