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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Develop project plan
   • Elements of project plan are identified according to principles of project management
   • Planning tools are identified for project
   • Time and budget factors are identified and incorporated into plan
2. Manage resources and time
   • Hardware resources relevant to specific multimedia tasks are identified, evaluated and incorporated to achieve required outcome
   • Time management is integrated into project planning and monitoring
   • Human resources are incorporated and supported within project framework to achieve required outcome
   • Teamwork elements are identified and developed to achieve required outcome
3. Identify legal issues
   • Copyright principles and conventions relevant to digital data are identified and legal precedents noted
   • Copyright issues relating to multimedia authoring, digital imaging and digital sound are explained and strategies are devised to account for relevant contingencies
   • Copyright ownership of multimedia authoring, digital imaging and digital sound is established prior to commencing brief
   • Applications of law with reference to multimedia product warranties, software licences, consultants, sponsors and distribution are determined appropriate for job to be undertaken and relevant to industry sector
4. Manage research
   • Files, documents, images and footage relevant to project requirements are sourced and their functions documented and sequenced
   • Liaison with clients is undertaken, records of interviews kept and specifications monitored within management of project to achieve required outcomes
   • Files, documents, images and footage relevant to specific projects are filed for future reference with regard for client confidentiality
5. Determine and manage multimedia budgets
   • Estimation models of costs are identified and applied to range of multimedia products
   • Budget plans are established and checked against estimations to deliver accurate costings
   • Tendering processes and costs are determined and implemented to deliver required outcome within designated timeframes and available budgets
   • Project costs are determined, documented and monitored continuously to comply with business commitments and legal obligations
   • Business transactions are undertaken ethically and according to law
   • Multimedia project budget estimates and expenditure are contrasted and documented to assist in future business dealings
6. Manage project outcomes
   • Multimedia inputs are combined to form definitive master
   • Master product is duplicated and distributed according to client specifications
   • Project outcomes are refined to meet quality standards

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

manage TWO separate multimedia projects from start-up to completion and produce a portfolio that demonstrates:

use of suitable tools to develop a project plan, monitor progress and deliver the project outcomes

how time and budget factors were managed

how legal requirements were identified and managed

how content was sourced and managed to ensure confidentiality and compliance with regulatory requirements

how resource requirements were identified, accessed and managed

how effective liaison with clients and the team was established and maintained.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

list and describe typical elements of a multimedia project plan

explain how time and budget factors are taken into account when planning and implementing a project

identify resource requirements for a multimedia project and describe the role of each resource including:

hardware

software

human resources

identify appropriate methods for sourcing and storing content

explain methods for creating, duplicating and distributing a multimedia master

list and describe legal or ethical considerations relevant to multimedia development including:

copyright issues relating to multimedia authoring and use of digital data, images and sound

product warranties

software licences

use of consultants or sponsors

distribution

explain which estimation models might be used in multimedia production

explain what is involved with tendering processes.

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