Keys to Collaborative Authoring

Getting Started

The Project Leader must...

1. make preliminary decisions about the definition and scope of the teaching project.
2. select collaborating authors for knowledge, but also for ability to work with others.
3. select and install a second echelon of team managers to oversee authors' work progress at regular intervals and to negotiate disputes.
4. explain the definition and scope of the teaching project to team managers and contributing authors.
5. consult with team managers and authors to divide up work tasks to produce the first draft.
6. distribute a realistic work schedule with benchmarks for project completion.
7. establish procedures for regular consultation and communication between all team members.

Once Underway

The Project Leader must...

1. help team managers and contributing authors become familiar with authoring tools.
2. help team managers and contributing authors find, generate, and otherwise secure use of content as needed.
3. remain alert to necessary course corrections as work proceeds.
4. regularly consult with team managers to keep project development on schedule.
5. interface with programmers to negotiate any programming needs.
6. mediate any and all disputes in matters of substance and style.
7. inspire all players to produce their very best work.

© 1994, Joseph L. Scott, Ph.D., Germanic Languages & Literatures: josephlscott@hotmail.com

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