Project Information:template Book Cover Design

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PROJECT IDENTIFICATION
Project Name	OWASP Book Cover & Sleeve Design Project
Short Project Description	Book Cover Design Series Brief: LXstudios has had the pleasure of speaking with Dinis Cruz about OWASP (book) publications. We discussed the current scenario and the potential for stronger OWASP brand identity across publication lines, and the packaging of these publications into book sleeves. We discussed the importance of this effort as OWASP is growing exponentially. OWASP produces many publications a year. Currently, the publications have cover designs and good content. The cover designs are all different. There is a lot of potential for these covers to look consistent from a brand perspective, and adding end-user value to the purchase of a book. There is also functional reason for the redesign, as Dinis would like to identify the different release versions of a book and it’s quality of content. As OWASP grows and produces more literature, a scalable cover design strategy must be employed so that the publications stay organized, easy to implement, easy to understand, increase brand identity, and sell. Book Sleeve Design Brief: Dinis and I also discussed the delivery of these books in professionally-produced book sleeves. This book sleeve would house between 6-8 OWASP publications and create an identity for a suite of books on a reader’s book shelf. As a reader’s collection of OWASP literature grows, the organization of these books comes into play. The other valuable reason to create a book sleeve is the individual and corporate membership. When these members buy into OWASP, the professional delivery of the publications is paramount. Bottom line -- in addition to functional book covers and securing shelf space -- OWASP has an increasing and critical need to look as good or better than other industry publications in circulation.
Email Contacts	Project Leader Deb Brewer - LXstudios	Project Contributors (if applicable) Name&Email	Project Mailing List	First Reviewer Yiannis Pavlosoglou	Second Reviewer Kris Seeburn (TBC)	OWASP Board Member Dinis Cruz

PROJECT MAIN LINKS
First draft - a low resolution PDF with the initial design - OWASP Book Covers by LXstudios (If appropriate, links to be added)

RELATED PROJECTS
OWASP Individual and Corporate Member Packs plus Conference Attendee Packs Project

SPONSORS & GUIDELINES
Sponsor - OWASP Summer of Code 2008	Sponsored Project/Guidelines/Roadmap

ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS
Review/Reviewer	Author's Self Evaluation (applicable for Alpha Quality & further)	First Reviewer (applicable for Alpha Quality & further)	Second Reviewer (applicable for Beta Quality & further)	OWASP Board Member (applicable just for Release Quality)
50% Review	Objectives & Deliveries reached? Yes/No (To update) --------- See&Edit:50% Review/Self-Evaluation (A)	Objectives & Deliveries reached? Yes/No (To update) --------- See&Edit: 50% Review/1st Reviewer (C)	Objectives & Deliveries reached? Yes/No (To update) --------- See&Edit: 50%Review/2nd Reviewer (E)	X
Final Review	Objectives & Deliveries reached? Yes/No (To update) --------- Which status has been reached? Season of Code - (To update) --------- See&Edit: Final Review/SelfEvaluation (B)	Objectives & Deliveries reached? Yes/No (To update) --------- Which status has been reached? Season of Code - (To update) --------- See&Edit: Final Review/1st Reviewer (D)	Objectives & Deliveries reached? Yes/No (To update) --------- Which status has been reached? Season of Code - (To update) --------- See&Edit: Final Review/2nd Reviewer (F)	Objectives & Deliveries reached? Yes/No (To update) --------- Which status has been reached? Season of Code - (To update) --------- See/Edit: Final Review/Board Member (G)