How do I make the case for what I want to do?
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- What are you proposing?
You need to propose a set activities that are scoped properly and which clearly address the problem that you have identified. It could be a short, one off task or a longer series of activities which span multiple collections. Ask whether this is a 'capital' project - ie one off with a fixed completion point - or a 'revenue' activity which will be ongoing and indefinite. You might illustrate it with a workflow diagram. It helps to provide three components - a risk assessment for the tasks (ie what might go wrong); a quality plan (how will you check that it works); and criteria for success (to prove it has worked).
- What tools do you need?
- How much descriptive metadata do you need?
- How much preservation metadata do you need?
- What guidance do you need to provide to the depositor or to the user?
- How do you gather user requirements?
- How do you gather feedback?
- What are the rights issues?
- How will it be reused (policy question)?