February 7, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
NEW BOOKS
Managing Interactive Media Projects, by Tim Frick, illustrates its step-by-step advice for creating Web sites and other projects with a case study of the Neo-Futurists, a nonprofit experimental-theater company that wanted to expand its reach outside its hometown of Chicago. The book describes how a design company proposed, planned, budgeted, tested, revised, and finally completed a new Web site for the Neo-Futurists. The author, a content developer, includes a CD-ROM with tools and materials, such as a sample request for proposals, sample contracts, and screen-layout templates. The design company took into account the tight budget of the Neo-Futurists and tried to make the Web site reflect the ensemble’s reputation for playfulness and experimentation. Fourteen chapters discuss in depth the nontechnical elements of managing a project like the Neo-Futurists’ Web site redesign. Each section concludes with a set of exercises to prepare readers for the next step.
Publisher: Thompson Delmar Learning, Executive Woods, 5 Maxwell Drive, P.O. Box 8007, Clifton Park, N.Y. 12065; (800) 730-2214; fax (800) 730-2215; http://www.delmarlearning.com; 198 pages; $49.95; ISBN 1-4180-5001-6.
