PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Making it Happen

Publishing enterprises often experience time and capacity pressure. With over 20 years project management experience an outlet service is offered that can relieve hard-pressed in-house editorial teams and allow projects to be completed more quickly and efficiently.

• Briefing - clear instruction of project contributors to ensure best results
  
  
• Scheduling - establishing and regular monitoring of project targets
  
  
• Budgeting - generating project costings to meet the budget objectives of reducing production costs and maximising sales revenue
  
  
• Method - setting up the production process to enable all aspects of a project to tie in, and allowing parallel production for complex projects
  
  
• Quality Control - ongoing monitoring of project standards
  
  
• Editorial Coordination - managing manuscript delivery, structural editing, copy editing, revision, translation, typesetting and copy fitting
  
  
• Picture Coordination - managing picture lists, shoots, scanning, picture selection, enhancement and layout
  
  
• Map Coordination - managing cartographic sourcing, digitising, and editing
  
  
• Production Coordination - managing the production process with reprographic companies and printers
  
  
• Liaison - regular contact with editors, designers and other project contributors to ensure timely delivery of suitable material
  
  
• Follow Up - organising post-project feedback plus wrap-up of payments, material return and archiving