Adobe Flash Platform from Start to Finish: Working Collaboratively Using Adobe Creative Suite 5

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Part I: Overview......Page 18
 1 Why Projects Fail......Page 20
  State of the Three Ts: Technology, Tools, and Teams......Page 21
  How to Deliver Successful Projects......Page 22
 2 The Project Spectrum......Page 24
  Small Projects......Page 25
  Medium Projects......Page 26
  Large Projects......Page 27
  Not All Projects Are the Same......Page 28
 3 Understanding Roles in a Project......Page 30
  Design and Development......Page 31
  Support......Page 35
  Getting Roles to Work Together......Page 36
 4 Defining Project Phases......Page 38
  Planning......Page 39
  Design......Page 40
  Build and Release......Page 41
  Maintenance......Page 42
Part II: Planning......Page 44
 5 High-Level Vision and Team Organization......Page 46
  High-Level Vision......Page 47
  Team Definition......Page 49
  Scope Review and Definition......Page 50
  Feature Set Definition......Page 52
  Summary Checklist......Page 54
 6 Setting Expectations for Your Project......Page 56
  Building a Project’s Specification......Page 57
  Discovering Team Roles......Page 60
  Developing a Project Plan......Page 62
  Summary Checklist......Page 65
 7 Tuning and Adjusting for Success......Page 66
  Choosing the Right Technologies and Tools......Page 67
  Adjusting Your Project......Page 71
  Assigning the Order of Tasks: Waterfall Vs. Iterative......Page 72
  Summary Checklist......Page 74
Part III: Design......Page 76
 8 Planning Design......Page 78
  Defining the Intent of Design......Page 79
  Giving Your Creativity Structure......Page 84
  Syncing With Your Team......Page 88
  Summary Checklist......Page 89
 9 Iterative Design......Page 90
  Adding Details to Your Design......Page 91
  Designing the Visuals......Page 95
  Preparing for the Handoff......Page 111
  Syncing With Your Team......Page 116
  Summary Checklist......Page 117
Part IV: Development......Page 118
 10 Planning Development......Page 120
  Architecting Your Application......Page 121
  Architecting Your Components......Page 123
  Architecting Application Content......Page 125
  Architecting the Server Communication Layer......Page 126
  Summary Checklist......Page 135
 11 Iterative Development......Page 136
  Developing Your Initial Project......Page 137
  Developing Components and Integrating Designs......Page 146
  Syncing With Your Team......Page 153
  Summary Checklist......Page 154
Part V: Build And Release......Page 156
 12 Planning Build and Release......Page 158
  Defining An Environment......Page 159
  Defining the Build Process......Page 163
  Defining Application Performance Benchmarks......Page 167
  Summary Checklist......Page 169
 13 Iterative Build and Release......Page 170
  Creating Builds, Quality Assurance, and Deployment......Page 171
  Using Flash Platform Features for Testing......Page 176
  Summary Checklist......Page 181
 14 Deploying Your Finished Project......Page 182
  Creating and Securing Your Final Build......Page 183
  Verifying Your Finished Project......Page 185
  Looking Back on Your Project......Page 186
  Summary Checklist......Page 188
Part VI: Maintenance......Page 190
 15 Maintaining Projects After Deployment......Page 192
  Understanding Technology Impacts......Page 193
  Fixing Issues Aft Er Deployment......Page 196
  Making Changes and Adding Features......Page 197
  Recognizing End of Life......Page 199
  Summary Checklist......Page 200
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