Hamilton, O'Keefe, Sherlock Publishing

Panel: XML Project Management Best Practices

Three panellists talk about the challenges of managing an XML publishing and documentation project. Kate Hamilton asks what business, design, and staffing factors go into producing "flexibility", using the example of a small publishing system that has evolved over 10 years from SGML to XML, Omnimark to XSLT, and Windows floppies to the Internet. Michael Sherlock discusses key concepts and practical implementation steps that any content technology professional can take away to improve the chances of successful delivery. Sarah O'Keefe talks about the challenge of change resistence from writers when implementing XML in a publishing environment. After brief introductory remarks from each speaker, there will be a general discussion with the audience about the challenges of XML project management in the publishing world.