Well thats that.

This is it my final blog for the IE Project. Thanks to all the teaching staff for all the help and events they have put on for us throughout the year.

Well the project is over and we've had the expo. Jon is very happy with the result and told me that he believes our end product to be one of the more professional packages. Something that is very gratifying after all the work that has been put in.

I've learnt a lot about what goes into producing a system and there is no way I could ever have imagined that it would be so much work and demand so much time. I have also learnt a lot about people, be it how they deal with pressure, or how sometimes not being upfront can cause bigger problems.

It could be said that there was a little tension between team members, however I dont believe it was anything personal, perhaps it was just some pepoples way of dealing with things.

The entire project I believe was a way to put into practice all the things we have learnt throughout our studies, and that it did.

Overall I am very happy with the way it all turned out and I look forward to the completion of my course.

Thats all for now.

- Craig

Week 12, Holoday is over!

Well this past week was a long week, I was helping out a friend who runs a concreting business.............hard work.

As far as the project is going it's pretty much there now, just finishing up with the user doc and test doc, the test doc is arguably the most boring thing I have ever done in my life.

The guys had a meeting on Monday with Jon, unfortunately I could not make it, surprising..........seeing I was only told about it an hour before it happened............

All has been going well with the other subjects, with the rest of my assignments due this week I'm going to be a busy boy.

Will fit another blog in later in the week.

Till then

- Craig

Week 10 is over

Its been another busy week, lots of assignment work has been done, however there is still quite a bit to do. Have got quite a bit of project work to do but this may have to be placed on the back burner till later in the week as other deadlines are a bit sooner.

I'm currently writing a report for one of my other subjects (FIT2051), this may sound a bit weired but I'm actually enjoying writing it.

Testing has started and is being done by Jason, Paul and myself. I also have to do some user doc work which overlaps with some of the help stuff I did last week, so that should make it a bit easier. The test doc is massive, close to 150 pages, we divided it into between the 3 of us so that it's a bit easier and less mind numbing.

The project seems to be going really well, hopefully something that can continue till the end.

I have heard that the final interview is going to be a group interview, this should be very interesting as i think that there are some issues that will come out among the group, should be interesting.................

Till next time

- Craig

Week 10

Well this week is really busy, I have done the help stuff that Dino has asked me to do and that's all that I had to do last week, that's all that Dino wanted me to do, which is fine with me as I have a lot of other things to do.

Annoyingly last weeks studio was not to be attended by our group, which is fine, it would have been nice for the our "Project Manager" Dino to let us know. I ended up calling him and he managed to let me know this about 15 minutes before the studio, thanks anyway..........

Steve and Dino were doing the uploading of the site in H building, when I offered to come and help I was met with a "nah don't worry about it, just add to the help section stuff you've already done". I found this weired as we have had issues in the past regarding to participation in the project, bit weired but anyway.

I notice a growing tension in the group between the programmers and the documentors, I think that they feel that they are doing all the work and we are doing nothing.

The fact is that, as Dave told me, programmers are probably going to have to do a lot of work as it is up to them to build and implement the new solution. That's just the nature of the project. At the same time they have not lifted a hand to do any of the documentation in this semester, the bulk of it has been done by Paul and Myself. You don't see me carrying on about it though.

My stance since day one is that I do what I am asked to do by my project manager, if he wants me to do this or that, that's what I'll do.

The project testing is going to start shortly and I hop it all goes well.

Till next week

- Craig

Week 8 Is Over

Well we are nearly there, implementation is nearly upon us.

Sorry Dave for not Blogging last week I know you must have been agonisingly bored without reading about he inner workings of my mind. Nothing really too interesting to report this week
Unfortunately I could not make this weeks studio due to some major car problems which has seen my bank account take a bit of a dive.

All my other subjects are going well but as we all know now is the time if the semester where a lot of time is going to be demanded of me. All in all things are going well.

That's all for now

- Craig

Week 7 is here

This is it....getting to the business part of the semester now. Last week was good we all seem to be charging towards the completion of the project.

One thing that did get on my nerves last week was that everyone was stressing the issue about meeting deadlines, which is all well and good. So I finished the revised doc that i was assigned and then at the last minute some of the guys tell us, we'll just hand it to Dave next week?????
This really annoyed me as I had already finished it and had put in the effort to ensure it was done. With that said if that's is the only issue, that's fine.

On a positive note the project is well on the way to being completed, from what I've heard from friends and their projects we seem to be doing a lot better than most.

I think that the group dynamics have really come together this past few weeks, people know what their roles are and what they're supposed to be doing, and most importantly we're getting it done.

All the first round of assignments have been done for other subjects and I am in a really good place regarding school work, hopefully I can keep it up.

That's all for now

- Craig

Week 6 -Getting There

Well.......

I have had a lot of stuff to do this past week, 3 assignments all up, but I got them done and was very happy with all of them.

As for IE my job was to do the revised standards and Governance Doc which I will be giving to Dave today for him to look over and give any recommendations or additions. All in all the team is going well..........as far as I know........

I think I've figured Steve out though, the problem is that if he doesn't know how to do something it's always someone else's fault (Myself, Paul, Janet). He seems to need a scapegoat for all his shortcoming's. I would have a lot more respect for him if he was to say "I've bitten off more than I can chew, can someone give me a hand".

All I know is that I've always done what I've been asked to do, so i can sleep well at night.

Thats all for now

- Craig