Global green books defining standards

Defning Standard Projects at

Global Green Books Publishing

By Sonal Surabhi (59) Suman Sowrabh (!) "kshay #umar ($%)

3ntroduction Publisher' Global Green Books lient' ollege  ask' Publishing ustomi*ed eBooks +bjecti,e' -.amine the stakeholders o/ the 0roject1 the 0roject sco0e1 the 0roduction 0hase1 and the 0lanning 0hase in this case study 0resentation2

ustomi*ed -7Books' 8ow are they di4erent  A. Printing books in a print shop, especially large quantities of a single book, is a process. A process is an ongoing day-to-day repetitive set of activities the print shop performs when producing its products. How are these customized eooks di!erent from a standard printing process" #hat characteristics make these customized eooks a pro$ect" •

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ustomi*ed /or each 0ro/essor Di4erent Production Ste0s Di4erent ontent and e0rint "00ro,als ustomi*ed /or Semester and course 6n0redictable orders Se0arate job order /or each book

stomi*ed -7Books' Project o/ Global Green Books Problems •

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;ot all 0rocesses were listed in  job order Duration o/ si*e o/ the task were ambiguous Part7 time workers ork breakdown structure

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+elivery of eooks

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#ork orce Allocatio

rocess Standardi*ed em0late

ecei,e +rder Phase

e@uester Details heck and Aeri/y +rder

Plan +rder Phase Plan order -stimate order Schedule order "ssign order to 0roduction sta4 

Producti on Phase

"c@uire Permission Publishing asks ontent on,ersion Proo/ o/ eBook

?anage Producti on Phase Parallel with 0roduction 0hase  rack Progress1 works assignment and

+rder Deli,ery

?ajor Stakeholders . uestion/ #ho are the stakeholders in these eook pro$ects" How are they involved in or a!ected by an eook pro$ect"

1niversity

Publishing )ompany

0nterest om0letion +,erall /ulflment

2a$or takeholders

A!ected y Standardi*atio uality eliability Punctuality estraints

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Su00liers

Cull time -m0loyee

ustomers

Part time -m0loyees

Society ?anagers

Go,ernment +wners

reditors

Project Sco0e ). #hy is it important to have a de3ned pro$ect scope" #hy is it important to make sure there is agreement about the scope and what will be done in producing each eook 

Project Sco0e' he work that needs to be accom0lished to deli,er a 0roduct1 ser,ice1 or result with the s0ecifed /eatures and /unctions2E  o a,oid sco0e cree0F gold 0lating and ensuring smooth change control2

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Project objecti,es Baseline Goals Sub70hases  asks esources Budget Schedule

anage Production Phase +. #hat kinds of information would you want supervisors to have available to them in the 2anage Production phase" #hy"

" su0er,isor will track 0rogress1 work assignments and costs /or each eBook2 Problems related to rework and delays shall be tackled2 "ccounting was fnding it diHcult to track costs o/ each book and the shi/t su0er,isors didnIt know what tasks to be com0leted and which em0loyees to

 he Su0er,isors would need' Project ?anagement Plan Budget -stimate Schedule ?anagement Plan ost Baseline ost ?anagement Plan uality ?anagement Plan

reate a >ork Breakdown Structure /or an eBook 0roject2 a) >hat are the major 0hases o/ work /or making an eBook b) >hat are the ste0s in each 0hase c) an you identi/y any sub7ste0s /or any o/ the ste0s >hat are they

>ork Breakdown Structure -Book

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Publish

Distribute

ontent -diting

on,ersion

=ist Price

Print

Digital Stores

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o,er 0age Styling

Ste0s in,ol,ed in making an -book

Planning Phase (. +o you think developing a standard $ob template would be useful for 4lobal 4reen ooks" #hy" #hat advantages could it give them in planning work"

De,elo0ing a standard job tem0late would be use/ul /or Global Green Books /or' +rgani*ation #nown deadlines ost eHcient 6ni,ersal tem0late /or /uture 0rojects 2 ommon objecti,es uality assurance Detailing Documentation and knowledge trans/er • • • • • • • •

. #hat other information, if any, would you like to see included in the standard $ob template"

 hank Kou