Have the reading for the week done by Monday's class: Some of the chapters in Hackos are really long—read them quickly for main ideas; skim for useful information and bookmark places that are helpful. Use both books for your projects—out of sequence with this reading schedule.
Aug 30: Hackos, Ch 1 (Managing for Quality)
Price, Ch 1 (Project Cycle)
Sept 6 Hackos, Ch 2 (Publications Life Cycle)
Hackos, Ch 3 (Process Maturity Model)
Price, Ch 2 (Researching)
Sept 13 Hackos, Ch 4 (Project Manager)
Hackos, Ch 5 (Starting Projects on Time)
Hackos, Ch 6 (Defining Need for Information)
Sept 20 Price, Ch 3 (Audience)
Price, Ch 4 (Learning the Product)
Price, Ch 9 (Getting Users Started)
Price, Ch 10 (Tutorials)
Sept 27 Hackos, Ch 7 (Creating the Information Plan)
Hackos, Ch 8 (Creating the Project Plan)
Price, Ch 5 (Document Planning)
Oct 4 Hackos, Ch 8 (Creating the Project Plan)
Price, Ch 6 (Scheduling & Costing)
Price, Ch 7 (Work Habits)
Oct 11 Price, Ch 11 (Computer-Based Training)
Price, Ch 12 (Procedures)
Price, Ch 16 (Online Help)
Price, Ch 15 (Job Aids and Quick Reference)
Oct 18 Hackos, Ch 11 (Revising the Project Plan)
Hackos, Ch 12 (Creating a Tracking System)
Hackos, Ch 13 (Creating Project Standards)
Oct 25 Hackos, Ch 20 (Usability Assessment)
Price, Ch 17 (Feedback)
Price, Ch 18 (Rewriting)
Price, Ch 19 (Style)
Price, Ch 21 (Reviewing Other's Work)
Nov 1 Hackos, Ch 14 (Conducting Reviews)
Hackos, Ch 15 (Skim Managing)
Hackos, Ch 16 (Keeping the Project Smooth)
Hackos, Ch 17 (Tracking Progress)
Nov 8 Hackos, Ch 18 (Managing Change)
Hackos, Ch 19 (Developing Prototypes)
Hackos, Ch 21 (Changes to the Development Cycle)
Nov 15 Price, Ch 8 (Introductions and Tables of Contents)
Price, Ch 13 (Reference Materials)
Price, Ch 14 (Indexes and Glossaries)
Price, Ch 20 (Updating)
Nov 22 Hackos, Ch 22 (Managing Production)
Hackos, Ch 23 (Indexing)
Hackos, Ch 24 (Copyediting)
Hackos, Ch 25 (Translation and Localization)
Nov 29 Hackos, Ch 26 (Project Evaluation)
Hackos Ch 27 (Process Evaluation)
Hackos, Ch 28 (Team Evaluation)
Hackos, Ch 29 (Life Cycle Planning)