multiple parties are involved.
consider/manage?
Is there anything you need to
Collaboration – will the project involve other people or organisations in
other departments, or externally?
Prototyping – is it worth considering „proof-of-concept‟ or testing your
product before going too far down the track? National and state funded
projects usually require the development of a prototype and concept and
user testing as a compulsory part of a project, but there is merit in doing
this in all content development – at least getting progressive feedback as
you go.
Impact of learning object paradigm – is your organisation at the point
where they are considering the use of „learning objects‟ which in lay
terms is a design philosophy and accompanying structures that support
the development and use of discrete learning modules (or „chunks‟ of
content) that stand-alone or can be repurposed for use in other contexts
or by others?
Managing the project
The importance of good management is self-evident. The role may be undertaken
by one person or shared depending on the size and nature of the development and
the number of and affiliation of team members involved. Typical project
management tasks include: keeping the project on target, team building and
relationship management, instigating and managing quality controls, systemising
activities if this is going to be more than a one-off occurrence, contractual tasks
and so forth.
Content design and writing
In this phase the processes are often concurrent and iterative. Processes and steps
might differ between organisations and for different projects, but broadly the steps
include: