Copyediting – Process

The primary goal of this process is to produce a fully edited manuscript, corrected and approved by the author, that is ready for typesetting.

The process covers the following objectives:

The following roles are relevant in the context of this process and need to be assigned to persons or teams / groups involved in the process.

Role	Task	Assigned staff
Process Manager (PM)	To maintain the process definition / description (this document) To perform process reviews as a basis for the continual improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the process To ensure adequate communication to increase the awareness for the process To organize trainings on the process for people involved in the process To set up the initial Book File and template Document Files	SAJ
Copyeditor	To produce the copyedited manuscript files	SAJ, Eileen, Vincent
Non-English Language Reviewer	Corrects non-English spellings and transliteration	Vincent

Business objects are “things” that are required, produced, or processed by the process or one of its activities. The following objects are relevant:

Input	Reviewed Manuscript
Roles Involved	PM
Outputs
Actions
Alternative Actions, Exceptions, Additional Information

Input	Reviewed Manuscript, Stylesheet
Roles Involved	Non-English Language Reviewer
Outputs
Actions	Non-English Language Check Notify Copyeditor and return
Alternative Actions, Exceptions, Additional Information