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1,000 Journals in 9 Months
A hybrid project approach completes a migration project ahead of schedule
Challenge
To develop SAGE’s new publication website and migrate more than 1,000 journals from their previous vendor’s system to Literatum in 9 months—shortened from the original 12-month schedule shortly after the project’s kickoff—without changing the project’s scope, increasing the size of the Atypon project team, diminishing the quality of the site’s design, or eliminating any platform customizations.
Solution
To meet the new deadline and balance the priorities of accuracy, quality, and speed, the original plan of attack was modified:
- The Waterfall software development and project management model—a linear, sequential, premeditated approach—was blended with the Agile model, which permits more rapid software development and multiple, simultaneous project review cycles. Waterfall, initially proposed for the entire project, was employed only for the content migration and the integration of SAGE’s third-party technologies while Agile was employed for the new site’s development.
- Migration teams composed of SAGE and Atypon staff were divided into tracks, each of which dealt with a single aspect of the project—journals, articles, eCommerce, profiles, and so on—and proceeded with development independently to avoid idle time.
- Initial site design mockups of the user interface were replaced with working prototypes of the site that included both interface and user experience design. SAGE was able to review and approve the deliverables while Atypon’s front-end developers continued to make adjustments, reducing review cycles.
- A collaborative management approach empowered project leads and solution architects to make changes to project plans typically limited to program managers while the program managers maintained overall project control.
- The schedule of daily, weekly, and monthly calls between Atypon’s and SAGE’s project teams was strictly enforced. Reports were structured and templated, and transparent communications tools—Smartsheet and JIRA—centralized information distribution. Together these tactics made it easier to monitor progress closely and meet milestones on time.
SAGE journals website home page
SAGE journals website, interior pageResults
The interactive review process, optimized engineering and solutioning resources, and streamlined, parallel workflows reduced iterations and shortened review cycles without sacrificing accuracy. SAGE’s complex migration was completed three months ahead of schedule—without descoping functionality or expanding the Atypon project team. Based on this success, Atypon will be adopting this hybrid development and project management model for future large-scale projects.
“I think many people doubted that this development project was possible. It must be an industry first to have delivered a publishing platform, with such content and complexity, in this amount of time.”
John Bright SJM Program Manager, SAGE Publications Ltd.- Chinese Publisher Increases International Reach and Influence
- New eCommerce workflow increases pay-per-view sales
- U.S. government journal improves its UX and 508 compliance
- Migrating 1,000+ titles and integrating 25 systems in 9 months.
- A consumerized site design increases and lengthens site visits.
- Crisis response with fast, easy-to-use website creation tools.
- Videos alongside content improves marketing and sales.
- Auto-updated microsite drives public awareness and sales.
- Subscriptions to frequent content updates yield recurring revenue.
- Redesign gives publisher UX control, and HTML use now tops PDFs.
- Subscription-based, interactive exams yield new revenue streams.
- Large platform migration includes integration with 25 systems.
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