Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Feedback- Terms of Reference

After my meeting with Dave regarding my ToR, there are a few changes I need to make and a few points to keep in mind when I come to write the full report.

It may be useful to look at the Hybrid approach as I could use prototyping when composing the emails to send to applicants. This is part of the Agile methodology a it won't be completed before production. Also, I shouldn't use Gabrielles name but call her by her job title 'Software Manager'. Throughout the report I refer to the system as a form but it would be more clear if I called it an application process or system.

It is important to clarify ideas more instead of using vague language. Also, I need to reference facts and ideas from others unless the information is my own opinion.

Regarding  the technical side, I should separate the asp.net sides and not mix the language with frameworks such as MVC. It needs to be clear that the server side scripting languages I am comparing is ASP and PHP. I need to add more information about SQL Server and research ODBC.

Points to consider when writing the full report are:

  • Widows and Orphans combinations
  • Cross reference diagrams and captions
  • User Chapters
  • Referencing
  • Evaluation- use 1st person
  • Page numbers

Week 11- 05/12/2011

I am still waiting for most of the questionnaires and therefore have left that aspect and I am not comparing existing systems.

I have researched how to send an email withing PHP and it isn't as complicated as I thought.
I am just about back on track with my work after my abscence and I am looking forward to doing alot more work on my project over the Christmas holidays.

Emma

Aims for Christmas holiday:
  • Analyse questionnaires
  • Complete research on existing systems
  • Prepare for consildation week
  • Read up and practice with MySQL and PHP
  • Decide upon development method
  • Start to put together overall report