{"id":40,"date":"2021-06-08T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/openubcpub\/chapter\/project-plan-open-ubc\/"},"modified":"2022-04-25T12:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:24:22","slug":"project-plan-open-ubc","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/openubcpub\/chapter\/project-plan-open-ubc\/","title":{"raw":"Identifying Your Project Team","rendered":"Identifying Your Project Team"},"content":{"raw":"Creating an open text is about more than just writing the content. There is a lot that goes into making a book, including planning, writing, editing, formatting, and marketing.\r\n\r\nWhile open textbook projects come in all sizes, understanding the needs of your project and the talent and skills you will need to meet those needs will set-up your project for success. This section outlines identifying the types of roles you may need for your open text project team.\r\n\r\nWhen starting an open text project it's important to know all the roles involved in the process. A team that includes not just subject matter experts can make certain that the resource has a practical value in classrooms and to students. Additionally, a team around your text ensures that you have:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>people to help share the workload<\/li>\r\n \t<li>different perspectives, experiences, and varying areas of subject expertise and knowledge that feed into the creation of the book<\/li>\r\n \t<li>the option to draw on others\u2019 time, skills, and expertise as the need arises<\/li>\r\n \t<li>built-in networking and marketing for the book<\/li>\r\n \t<li>a pool of potential adopters<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Define What You Need<\/h3>\r\nThe first step to engage in developing an effective team is to think about and write out the details of what you need to be successful. You might be looking for chapter authors, peer reviewers, or editors. A role or job description can help you clearly lay out their specific duties. List out the various tasks, expectations, and\/or responsibilities of the new contributor.\r\n<h3>Decide Who You Need<\/h3>\r\nOnce you have a sense of the various tasks that a contributor would need to complete, you can decide on any critical requirements or criteria potential contributors should fulfill. This is a way of ensuring that you find the right person (or people) for the job, and you can be as broad or specific as needed.\r\n\r\nTo better understand the roles you may need to develop your resource it may be helpful to break down these roles by their duties and the types of activities that they will need to complete for the project. Rather than focusing on specific job titles, focus on sharing out the types of tasks that are needed. You will most likely find that people are doing a mix of activities from all areas.\r\n\r\nThe following are areas with specific activities\u00a0 that you may need for your open text project:\r\n<h4>[h5p id=\"4\"]<\/h4>\r\n<h3>Project Memorandum of Understanding<\/h3>\r\nIf you are working on a project that has a large team, a [pb_glossary id=\"875\"]Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)[\/pb_glossary] may be a helpful tool. An MOU helps team members understand their role and involvement in the project at the outset. The MOU clarifies team roles and responsibilities and supports members in setting the same expectations and standards that apply equally to all members.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Project MOU Downloadable Template<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nUse the following MOU Template to outline roles and responsibilities in\u00a0 the publishing team: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/openubcpub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1426\/2021\/10\/OpenTextPub_ProjectMOUTemplate_20210715.docx\">Project MOUTemplate [WRD]<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<dl>\r\n \t<dd>\r\n<dl>\r\n \t<dd>\r\n<dl>\r\n \t<dd><\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n<div class=\"wiki-embed wiki-target-url-not-set\">\r\n<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\r\n<div class=\"wiki-embed-shell wiki-embed-fragment-count-2\">\r\n<div id=\"fragment-24c0bcf28414efcf11284f48be618224-2\" class=\"wikiembed-fragment wikiembed-fragment-counter-2 wikiembed-fragment-last tab-pane\">\r\n<h1>Adaption<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Adapted from the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/selfpublishguide\" rel=\"nofollow\">Self-Publishing Guide<\/a> by BCcampus licensed under a <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Adapted from the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/press.rebus.community\/authoropen\" rel=\"nofollow\">Authoring Open Textbooks<\/a> by Open Textbook Network under a <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Adapted from <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/press.rebus.community\/the-rebus-guide-to-publishing-open-textbooks\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far)<\/a> by Apurva Ashok and Zoe Wake Hyde is licensed under a <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>Creating an open text is about more than just writing the content. There is a lot that goes into making a book, including planning, writing, editing, formatting, and marketing.<\/p>\n<p>While open textbook projects come in all sizes, understanding the needs of your project and the talent and skills you will need to meet those needs will set-up your project for success. This section outlines identifying the types of roles you may need for your open text project team.<\/p>\n<p>When starting an open text project it&#8217;s important to know all the roles involved in the process. A team that includes not just subject matter experts can make certain that the resource has a practical value in classrooms and to students. Additionally, a team around your text ensures that you have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>people to help share the workload<\/li>\n<li>different perspectives, experiences, and varying areas of subject expertise and knowledge that feed into the creation of the book<\/li>\n<li>the option to draw on others\u2019 time, skills, and expertise as the need arises<\/li>\n<li>built-in networking and marketing for the book<\/li>\n<li>a pool of potential adopters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Define What You Need<\/h3>\n<p>The first step to engage in developing an effective team is to think about and write out the details of what you need to be successful. You might be looking for chapter authors, peer reviewers, or editors. A role or job description can help you clearly lay out their specific duties. List out the various tasks, expectations, and\/or responsibilities of the new contributor.<\/p>\n<h3>Decide Who You Need<\/h3>\n<p>Once you have a sense of the various tasks that a contributor would need to complete, you can decide on any critical requirements or criteria potential contributors should fulfill. This is a way of ensuring that you find the right person (or people) for the job, and you can be as broad or specific as needed.<\/p>\n<p>To better understand the roles you may need to develop your resource it may be helpful to break down these roles by their duties and the types of activities that they will need to complete for the project. Rather than focusing on specific job titles, focus on sharing out the types of tasks that are needed. You will most likely find that people are doing a mix of activities from all areas.<\/p>\n<p>The following are areas with specific activities\u00a0 that you may need for your open text project:<\/p>\n<h4>\n<div id=\"h5p-4\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-4\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"4\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Project Team Activities\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<h3>Project Memorandum of Understanding<\/h3>\n<p>If you are working on a project that has a large team, a <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_40_875\">Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)<\/a> may be a helpful tool. An MOU helps team members understand their role and involvement in the project at the outset. 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