Project Management of Distributed Hypermedia

This paper describes the development of a World Wide Web (WWW) presence and the issues and challenges confronted when creating the print and standalone disk versions in addition to the networked (online) WWW application.

When developing the electronic versions (standalone and networked WWW applications) of the print materials the following issues needed to be addressed:

1. size, resolution and colour depth of images;
2. efficient conversion of print version (Macintosh Word format) to WWW version (HTML format);
3. hypertext navigation and linkages;
4. Standalone Disk Version - Macintosh, Windows, DOS and
5. limitations of standalone versus networked WWW applications.

The paper will discuss issues raised in the management of a project for the Open Learning Technology Corporation Limited in which the final product was placed on the World Wide Web. This project was the first in a planned roll-out of products to assist the largest professional group in Australia in their ongoing professional development needs.

The comprehensive evaluation of the prototype version which allowed for end-user feedback to be incorporated into the final product, is described and discussed.