Workflow Modeling for Project Management in Media Content Production

The aim of this work is to provide a Project Management view on the Media Production Process so as to support practitioners or amateurs to address the media production from the point of view of the process. It attempts to point out that managing a creative process is not automating it, it is only making sure that the desired results can be achieved in time, within budget and with the desired level of quality. The work has been focused on identifying the actors, actions, objects and relations occurring among them to facilitate the monitoring of the progresses in the project. It also focuses on providing quick indications of the risks that may be incurred when objects or actors are absent or actions omitted. Overall, the work attempts to provide a "manager's" perspective on a creative process so as to guide informed decisions and help contain or avoid risks, it is by no means exhaustive but has been validated by experts of the domain and deemed as suitable for didactic purposes. Copy of the Excel (C) implementation of the management tool is available upon request.