SEU Developing Terminology in Mobile Application Localization Paper

“A project plan contains … all the information related to the terminology project definition and organization. Finalizing a well-devised project plan helps get consensus from stakeholders and is the key to obtaining the go-ahead from the decision-makers” (Cerrella Bauer 2009, 2017, p. 327). Terminology project planning involves two aspects: strategic aspects and operational aspects.  For this CT assignment, 

Discuss notions of strategic aspects and operational aspects in terminology projects and highlight their importance for the terminology project.

Create a terminology project plan for developing terminology in the area of mobile application localization (a hypothetical project). Your plan should contain the following:

• Strategic aspects
• Situation analysis (a short paragraph)

Project goals (at least 3)

• Programs of work (e.g. a calendar of activities for reaching both of them)

Target groups

Project deliverables (e.g. multilingual glossaries, list of terms extracted from existing linguistic assets, terminology database, etc.)

• Operational aspects
• Project team size (e.g. one-person or multi-person team with a terminology project manager and terminologists, etc.);
• Project team composition (e.g. project sponsor, programmers, external consultants, subject matter experts to involve);
• Use of in-house skills (when available) or partial outsourcing;
• Role profiles (e.g. requirements as to technical skills, experience, motivation, etc.)

and accountabilities;

• Task assignment and prioritization (e.g. schedule, budget allocation);

Communication and reporting procedures (e.g. frequency, channels, formats, etc.).