• Important part of managing a periodical
• Use timetable.
  • Many approaches
    • Gannt Chart
    • Critical Path
  • We’ll use a Gannt Chart
    
    

• Named for its developer, Henry L. Gannt
• Devised for scientific management in early 1900s
• Used for planning and record of progress
• Alerts managers of need to adjust to get back on schedule
• Shows activities on vertical axis
  • Sequenced in chronological order
• Total time for completion on horizontal axis
  
  

Add a color key for each issue
Red: August issue, etc.

 

• Think through all steps
• Identify those that must be completed before next step can be taken (critical path)
• Include
• A critique session for each issue
• An evaluation time to assess whether objectives met
• Use the printing specifications list for printing-related activities
  

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