

The key to project management success lies in careful planning: taking time at the beginning of a project and getting the right advice.
Pencil-Sharp Ltd is a publishing project management company offering bespoke outsourcing solutions to help you understand, organise and realise your publishing goals.
We offer experienced publishing consultancy. To view full profiles of our core team and learn more about who we are and what we have to offer, visit our main website: www.pencil-sharp.com.

Pencil-Sharp believes in investing in your understanding of the processes publishers follow to achieve their publishing goals. To this end we have produced an introductory guide with a view to highlighting some of the most common problems and pitfalls that arise in outsourced project management situations. It is written primarily for companies and organisations for whom publishing is not a core activity, and also for those who are unaccustomed to working in partnership with out-of-house management suppliers.
The print component of this guide contains a concise summary of factors you need to consider and the kinds of questions you need to be asking from the outset, as you scope, plan, commission, and originate your material. It also contains useful explanation of editorial, production and print processes and guidance on how to successfully navigate these stages of development through to final print or other product delivery.
The CD component of the guide contains all our internal quality assurance documentation and briefing templates – for you to adapt to your own use – as well as information about Pencil-Sharp and the services that we offer.
If you have a publishing project that you would like to discuss, contact James Croft, Director, at info@pencil-sharp.com and ask for a copy of the guide.