...H. Frank Cervone Purpose This, the last part of a three‐part article, aims to provide an overview of the elements necessary to develop an effective project plan for digital library projects. Design/methodology/approach The paper takes the form of a review and summarization of the literature...

...H. Frank Cervone Purpose In part one of this article, the project plan aspects related to purpose, goals, and objectives as well as scope and risk assessment were explored. In this second part, the aim is to investigate the second two aspects: project products and deliverables and assumptions...

...H. Frank Cervone Purpose This, the first of a two‐part article, aims to provide an overview of the elements necessary to develop an effective project plan for digital library projects. Design/methodology/approach The paper takes the form of a review and summarization of the literature...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Project management Project planning Digital libraries Digitization Software development In reviewing the articles appearing in OCLC Systems & Services over the past ten years, I see that the journal has published a number of papers about...

... they could possibly gain additional information about the organization as well as communicate to different audiences about the project. Plan for responses to initial criticism and define how different groups within the library will benefit from the project. Make sure that the rationale for the project...

... quickly to the unpredictable and rapidly changing requirements most development projects are carried out in. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Project management Digital libraries Project planning In the past decade, project management has been undergoing a major...

... of a cost benefit analysis is not absolute. Originality/value This paper fills a gap in the digital library project management literature by applying a tool that has been traditionally used in large‐scale, governmental project plans to the world of library project management. In doing so, project...

... Decision trees Digital libraries Project management Project planning In this series, we have been focusing on techniques digital library project managers can use to prioritize action items, options, and decisions within a project. So far, we have explored Pareto analysis (Cervone, 2009a...

... by providing an overview of a useful tool to prioritize the issues, factors, and courses of action within a project that has multiple criteria decision points. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Digital libraries Project management Project planning Decision theory In this series we have...

... 0. No difference between the two. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Digital libraries Project management Project planning Mathematical analysis Paired comparisons 1. Small difference/low priority. 2. Medium difference/medium priority. 3. Significant difference...

... to create a Pareto chart in Microsoft Excel can be found at: www.brighthub.com/office/project‐management/articles/8708.aspx Digital libraries Project management Project planning Pareto analysis Often project managers are faced with a dilemma: there are many different tasks within a project...

...), Systems Analysis and Design , 7th ed. , Thomson Course Technology , Boston, MA . H. Frank Cervone can be contacted at: f‐cervone@northwestern.edu Digital libraries Project management Project planning Business development Information management One of the major issues a digital...