Howard Ratner, Nature Publishing Group SVP and CTO slides from Mark Logic Agile Publishing Imperative Event in New York

1. Agile Publishing in Practice:
Nature’s Success Story
Howard Ratner
CTO, Executive VP
Nature Publishing Group
8 November 2007

2. Monday 12 November 2007

5. Monday 12 November 2007

8. Web 2.0
The Perfect
Storm
Net Generation
Economic Revolution
Social
Revolution
Inspired by
Monday 12 November 2007 Don Tapscott, Wikinomics

9. Key Web 2.0 Tenets
1. Web as Platform
2. Beyond Single Device
3. Data as the Next “Intel Inside”
4. Lightweight Models
5. Rich User Experience
6. Harnessing Collective Intelligence
7. Leveraging The Long Tail

18. Agile - Formula for Success?
 Have familiarity ahead of time
 Put together a senior team
 Make sure time overlaps
 Never leave your in-basket full at
the end of the day
 Leverage technology to the fullest
David Rubinstein, “Spreading the Agile Practice”,
http://www.sdtimes.com/article/special-20071015-01.html

19. Mike Griffiths
leadinganswers.typepad.com

20. Mike Griffiths
leadinganswers.typepad.com

22. Mike Griffiths
leadinganswers.typepad.com

23. It’s no longer just about
publishing content
It’s about enabling users to
communicate
Agile development might just be
the answer

24. Thank you!
Howard Ratner
h.ratner@natureny.com
www.nature.com