Book recommendations for interactive / multimedia project management

August 23, 2010 5:48 PM

Book recommendations for interactive / multimedia project management?

I'm looking for book recommendations on project management for interactive and multimedia projects. I have about 6-7 years in project management, but primarily in software and video games. I'm contemplating a career shift, and would welcome any suggestions about books that cover the specific challenges, issues, and processes unique to interactive and multimedia projects, particularly with emphasis on key concepts and terminology from those fields.

posted by ga$money to Work & Money (2 answers total)

Are you sure this is a good career move? The local CC animation program appears to be having trouble placing students with firms; talking with faculty the problem appears to be dramatic advertising declines. And that's where the bulk of the multimedia revenue is; for every Pixar there's a dozen firms that do ad campaigns. If you're curious, Ed Catmull gave a pretty interesting lecture on the topic of risk management and planning. Not a book, but at least a glimpse at how management operates at Pixar.

(apologies if you mean something else by interactive / multimedia, but this is all I can think of that isn't video games).
posted by pwnguin at 7:18 PM on August 23, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks pwnguin, to clarify what I mean is website / interactive presentation type projects, in this case as related to brand and PR management. I'm contemplating the move because I'll potentially be interviewing with a nationally respected studio in the near future. Things might not be great in the ad industry, but they're not so hot in the video game industry right now either.
posted by ga$money at 9:53 PM on August 23, 2010