Week 7 - 13rd December 2010

Still In Development

I am still continuing on with development. I have showed certain slides to my client, such as an 'areas' slide and also removed a slide after asking him if that was okay with him. I am almost half way through developing now, and i am really happy with where i am at. I have lots of time to finish development so I am not worried about getting the product done in time. 

My free trial ends in around 17 days however, so I can only continue with making the product at home for a few more weeks but I am confident that my time at college alone after that will be enough to get it finished. My plan has changed slightly this week as I have moved some of the tasks and dates around for development, and gave myself an extra day for testing. All in all I am very happy with the project right now. 

Week 6- 6th December 2010

Still In Development

I am now underway with development, having got the main slides started, but i still have alot of slides to finish. I have edited all the images and video's needed. I also got my technical documentation back and the multimedia specialist is happy with that. I have added most of the buttons in my development work so now all that's left to do is just continue with the text and images.

There were no more snow days at college, so i was able to carry on the rest of the week fine so i'm not delayed anymore. I downloaded a trial of flash professional so that if there was anymore snow days i could continue with my development work at home. There are no problems so far and I am happy to continue on with development.

Week 5- November 29th 2010

Starting Development 


Design has now been finished, i added some examples of animation last week to finish it off. I believe it has been finished fully, but i am now awaiting comments from the multimedia specialist about it. 


I couldn't change my project plan today like planned as there was a snow day at college therefore i did not have access to the plan to change it. I think i am on task to start development this week, however if there is more snow days i will be delayed with that too. I will be spending the next month or so on development now so i hope i can start that tomorrow like planned otherwise i will be behind. 

Week 4- November 22nd 2010

Protoptying Done, Design Almost Done

I have shown the client some prototypes of the product, including different navigation he might want. He choose a final one and now the final design is finished. I do however need to include some examples of animation to show to the client and some timelines. I have spoke to the multimedia consultant and he gave me advice on navigation to help me find some different forms of navigation for the client.

My plan dates have been changed for the first time, as i needed to move development to start later because i felt i wanted to do some more on design before moving on. My meeting with the senior manager went well regarding the risk assessment and the changes to that have been completed. A meeting has also took place about my project plan, and a few extra's have been added to that such as dependencies.

This week i am hoping to finish design completely , ready to start development properly next monday.

Week 3- November 15th 2010

Half Way Through Design & Prototyping Started

At the end of last week i found out the client's final design choice, out of the three i had designed. I had a meeting with him and found out which one he wanted, and then started creating prototypes based on the final design. This week i intend to finish both design and prototyping, having a storyboard created and a few examples of the final product to show to the client. I am intending to organize my first meeting with my multimedia consultant sometime this week to discuss prototyping.

My first progress report has been written now and i found i have no problems so far. I also updated my plan with a few changes but i'm not worried about where i am and feel everything is on track so far. My risk assessment has also been completed and i am having a meeting with the senior manager this week to discuss that.

Week 2- November 8th 2010

First Plan Completed & Design Started

This week i've started my design for my project. My functional requirements has been completed for what i intend to put into my project, so i am on task for that. With design so far i have a mock up of one design and all the images i am going to include. i have also designed a video of which style i think i will be using for the rest of my videos. i also designed some navigation buttons, and I have contacted the client via email, asking him which navigation he wanted of the three i had designed. 


I have also now completed my first project plan. I felt this was quite easy to create and think it will hopefully be simple to stick to. I am expecting to having another meeting with my senior manager regarding the project plan on Thursday 11th November . This week i intend to have another two design's done and then contact the client regarding which one he wants for the final one. I also intend to write my first progress report this week.

Week 1- November 1st 2010

Proposal & Definition Feedback

After a few weeks of working on my proposal and definition, my senior manager had gone through them and wanted to arrange a meeting with me to hand them back to me and go over anything. I arranged to meet her on November 1st, at 3.40 at QE college. I created an agenda for the meeting which I gave a copy of to her. In the meeting, my senior manager Jackie Suter handed me back my project proposal and definition with no problems. She thought that it was great and was very pleased with them both, and didn't want me to change anything. I then recorded the minutes of this meeting in a word document.

My next task is to start creating my first project plan.