We’ve recently recognized a significant growth area for Appingo’s business. It happened by accident, but it makes perfect sense. I’m actually embarrassed that we didn’t think about it earlier. Here’s how it happened:
When we decided to build the Appingo software system, we wanted to build a tool to UNTANGLE the process of making a book [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Publishing Project Management Best Practices’
October 15, 2009
For tangled hair: A good brush is a good start…
August 18, 2009
Jane Friedman: It takes too long to make a book…
Last week, we blogged about a great interview with Publishing titans Jane Friedman and Larry Kirshbaum. Click on the video to the right to watch it…
There were a lot of great comments and discussions about the publishing world in this interview, but we especially liked the discussion about how long it takes to make a [...]
July 21, 2009
Production Best Practice tip #7
Schedules by chapter.
We had a very good session with a customer today. We were helping them build schedules for the production of a thousand page text book with lots of art and edits.
The steps in this process are relatively simple. Pick-up, review, edit, proof, revise, post to automated page system, generate Pdfs, review, revise til [...]
July 16, 2009
Thursday Production Tip #5
I’m a bit addicted to recycling.
If our family motto wasn’t “everything comes out with warm soapy water,” it would be “there is no such thing as too much recycling.” Unlike trash night, which is just a chore, recycling is something I look forward to doing. This stuff will see a new life in some form [...]
July 15, 2009
ASTD chooses Appingo
ASTD, The world’s leading association of workplace learning and performance professionals, forming a world-class community of practice, is using Appingo to streamline project management.
“ASTD needs to to more with less. Our team includes freelancers across the country and the world, as well as staffers here in Washington DC. Appingo helps us to manage all phases [...]
July 8, 2009
Production Best Practice tip #4
Art Log: A new perspective
We were working with a publisher customer today who raised an interesting question.
Can the Appingo Art Log model a workflow that segregates illustration, photos and also reflects a pool of possible image choices, a pool of first cut choices, and a set of final images?
An interesting discussion followed. We talked about [...]
June 30, 2009
Production Best Practice tip #3
‘So, I get the idea of a Task. I’ve made a new one, what do I call it?’
This is a very common quandary, it’s very important to the task and the schedule. There IS an excellent best practice that will help.
Name the Task with an Active Verb.
Dynamic verbs have duration, that is, they occur over [...]
June 26, 2009
Publishing Production – The Big Wait
I went to the Registry of Motor Vehicles yesterday. It’s always a stressful time. But I remembered how it used to be.
Used to be you had to wait. Pick a line and wait. Get to the window, and discover you didn’t fill in the form. Pick a new line and wait. Get to the window [...]
June 25, 2009
Production Best Practice tip #2
When will it be done?… or, Can we do it by?….
Every boss has these questions. The questions are not that hard. Finding the answer is a little more difficult.
We will need to know what is to be done, and have a pretty good idea of how long each step will take. That’s actually pretty easy. [...]
