COLLABORATIVE AND CONTINUOUS DIGITAL PUBLISHINGMarch 9, 2016

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Is continuous digital publishing a myth?

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What the traditional workflow looks like

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Traditional Workflow

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What the workflow of the future is supposed to look like

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Content Creation

Multichannel Delivery

Real-time Revisions

SIMPLE-ONE-STOP PUBLISHING

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What we’ve both discovered

•There is no silver bullet •It takes two (or more)

•Digital is not agile •You can affect change

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So, how did we get there?

•Collaboration. •Assume the technology.

•Responsive thought process. •Embrace change.

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Collaboration• Set a Mutual Heading

• We believe it’s our job to make the hard stuff easy • To get more educational content out to the public at an

ever increasing standard of quality and experience• Set Ground Rules for Engagement

• Listen • Ask • Promote • Produce

• Commit to Commit

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Assume the Technology• Take any technology roadblocks off the table.

• Focus on the content. • Expose the possibilities. • Demonstrate.

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Responsive thought process• Focus on the outcome • Respond, do not react • Form your content strategy

• Approach it like software development • Adaptable

• Dependable

• Reusable

• Configurable

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Embrace Change• Change is something that you affect. • Understand that it’s not easy. • Accept that things are not as they were. • Continuous improvement. • Change does not mean sloppy.

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The Outcome

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Overcoming daily challenges

• Source file analysis • Instructional design and

accessibility consultation • Conceptual outlines of

content and interactivity • Project management:

workplan and schedule

• Assign tasks to individuals or user groups

• Enrich content it with interactives

• Visual design • Work collaboratively in

distributed teams

• Code review and functional QA

• Content review and QA • Embed and test analytics • Accessibility testing and fixes

• Ensure delivery and distribution compliance

• Identify data-driven revisions and improvements

• Schedule updates

1. Creation 2. Collaboration

3. Testing4. Delivery & Improvement

Continuous Digital Publishing

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