Multimedia Project Management

Project Management in Multimedia Design and Production
Pengurusan Projek dalam Pembangunan Perisian Multimedia

Kaedah pengurusan projek merupakan asas yang baik untuk membentuk suatu sistem pengurusan projek multimedia yang berkesan. Namun demikian terdapat beberapa kekangan tertentu yang perlu diambil kira dan diberi perhatian yang sewajarnya.

Secara keseluruhan, struktur pengurusan sesebuah organisasi atau kumpulan akan menentukan sama ada sesebuah projek yang dijalankan itu berjaya atau sebaliknya. Oleh yang demikian setiap ahli dalam projek perlu mempunyai kemahiran dalam pelbagai bidang dan rasa tanggungjawab yang tinggi bagi menjayakan projek yang dijalankan.

Fasa kerja dalam Pengurusan Projek

Fasa Pertama : Definasi dan Perancangan

• menentukan objektif dan matlamat,
• membina polisi projek, 
• membuat penilaian risiko, 
• menentukan beberapa alternatif pembangunan, 
• menetapkan prosedur dan peraturan, menyediakan rancangan projek, 
• menyediakan belanjawan projek 
• menyediakan dokumen perancangan.

Fasa Kedua : Perlaksanaan Projek

• pembentukan kumpulan kerja
• penetapan peranan serta tanggungjawab
• pengawalan dan pemantauan perjalanan projek
• menetapkan tempoh masa perlaksanaan

Fasa Ketiga : Fasa Penilaian

• Penilaian formatif 
• Penilaian sumatif

Elemen-elemen Utama dalam Pengurusan Projek Multimedia

• Pasukan Pengurusan Projek
• Model Pengurusan Projek
• Dokumentasi Pengurusan Projek
• Teknik dan Kaedah Pengurusan
• Pemantauan Pengurusan Projek

Isu-isu dalam Pengurusan Projek

• Cabaran menentukan kualiti perisian
• Sumber untuk membangunkan perisian terhad, ahli yang mempunyai tindihan tugas.

Langkah-langkah Mengatasi masalah :

• objektif projek perlu dinyatakan denga jelas dan tepat
• semua ahli projek perlu mempunyai sifat tanggungjawab yang tinggi terhadap tugas yang telah dipersetujuai 
• bahagian penting dan berisiko tinggi dalam pembangunan perlu dikenalpasti dengan jelas supaya ia tidak menjadi penghalang kepada kejayaan projek.
• Sikap berkongsi idea, bertukar-tukar maklumat, berterus terang harus dijadikan budaya dalam kumpulan dengan cara kerap melakukan perjumpaan
• Harus bersedia menghadapi cabaran yang timbul sepanjang pengurusan projek pembangunan

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Multimedia Development Team

Source: Multimedia - Production, Planning and Delivery

John Villamil and Louis Mollina, Macmillan Publishing

A-3.1 : Production Manager

The role of the production manager in a multimedia production is to define, coordinate and facilitate the production of the multimedia project. Capabilities of a good production manager include, knowledge of the basic principles of multimedia authoring, skillful proposal writing, good negotiating skills, conversant with relevant legal issues, good communication skills, budget management skills, experience in human resources management and overall business management.

A-3.2 : Content Specialist

The Content Specialist is the member of the production team who is responsible for performing all necessary research concerning the content of the proposed application. Programme content can be described as the specific information, data, graphics or facts to be presented through the multimedia production.

A-3.3 : Script Writer

Video and film scripts present a linear sequence of events. In multimedia production, the medium has the capability of presenting events in a non-linear fashion by branching in different directions and establishing linkages between different sections or components of the programme. The scriptwriter of a multimedia production needs to visualise this almost three-dimensional environment and integration of virtual reality into the programme.

A-3.4 : Text Editor

The content of a multimedia production, like a book or a film, needs to flow in a logical fashion and the text must be structurally and grammatically correct. Text and narration will be integrated as part of the application and the development of documentation for the application must be considered. All of the text related elements need to be revised by the text editor.

A-3.5 : Multimedia Architect

The multimedia architect is the team member responsible for integrating all the multimedia building blocks (graphics, text, audio, music, video, photos and animation) by using an authoring programme. An authoring programme is a piece of software that allows integration of all the multimedia elements into a comprehensive presentation.

A-3.6 : Computer Graphic Artist

The computer graphic artist is responsible for the graphic elements of the programme - such as backgrounds, buttons, photo collages - and the manipulation and editing of pictures, 3-D objects, logos, animation, renderings and the like.

A-3.7 : Audio and Video Specialists

The audio and video specialists are needed when intensive use of narration and digitised video are integrated into a multimedia presentation. The audio specialist is responsible for recording and editing: narration; selecting, recording or editing sound effects; recording and editing music. (Music composition and performance is the responsibility of a musician). The video specialist is responsible for video capturing, editing and digitizing. The individual is responsible for taking pictures, scanning pictures or slides and editing.

A-3.8 : Computer Programmer

The task of the computer programmer in a multimedia development team is the programming of code lines or scripts in the authoring language. These code lines are used to code and develop special functions or capabilities of the authoring programme, such as generating random numbers for determining size and shape of video windows.