CD-ROM Based Multimedia Development

MPT 1293 : CD-ROM Based Multimedia Development

Week 3

Multimedia Project Management

To develop a project, we must have some professional in certain job. There are some specialist :
1) Project Manager
2) Multimedia Designer
3) Writer
4) Video Specialist
5) Audio Specialist
6) Multimedia Programmer
7) Producer for the web
8) Computer Programmers

There are the responsible for each specialist:

The project manager is responsible for:

• The overall development, implementation, and day-to-day operations of the project.
•  The design and management of a project.
•  Understanding the strengths and limitations of hardware and software.
•   Ensuring people skills and organizational skills.
•   Conveying information between the team and the client.

Multimedia designer - This team consists of:

•   Graphics designers, illustrators, animators, and image processing specialists who deal with visuals, thereby making the project appealing and aesthetic.
•   Instructional designers, who make sure that the subject matter is presented clearly for the target audience.
•   Interface designers, who devise the navigational pathways and content maps.
•   Information designers, who structure content, determine user pathways and feedback, and select presentation media.

An interface designer is responsible for:

•   Creating a software device that organizes content, allows users to access or modify content, and presents that content on the screen.
•   Building a user-friendly interface.

A multimedia writer is responsible for:

•   Creating characters, actions, point of view, and interactivity.
•   Writing proposals and test screens.
•   Scripting voice-overs and actors' narrations.

A video specialist needs to understand:

•   The delivery of video files on CD, DVD, or the Web.
•   How to shoot quality video.
•   How to transfer the video footage to a computer.
•   How to edit the footage down to a final product using digital nonlinear editing system (NLE).

An audio specialist is responsible for:

•   Locating and selecting suitable music talent.
•   Scheduling recording sessions.
•   Digitizing and editing recorded material into computer files.

Multimedia programmer, also called a software engineer:

•   Integrates all the multimedia elements into a seamless project, using authoring systems or programming language.
•   Writes codes for the display of multimedia elements, and to control various peripheral devices.
•   Manages timings, transitions, and record keeping.

Multimedia producer for the Web:

•   Web site producers put together a coordinated set of pages for the Web.
•   They also co-ordinate updates and changes.

There are three phase in multimedia development