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William Sommerville Development of the
Standard Information Tool System (SITS) for the Tools Group at |
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Unit #8: 5/22/06 – 5/28/06
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Tasks |
Task 1: Develop DB (DS14) (Phase 1 Text Data Phase). Status: Completed as of May 22 moving to Task 2 Task 2: Develop DB (DS14) (Phase 2 Graphic/Photo Data Phase). Status: Completed as of May 24 moving to Task 3 Task 3: Develop DB (DS14) (Phase 3 Graphic DB Controls). Status: Completed as of May 25 moving to Task 4 Task 4: Establish network server connections. Status: Completed as of May 25 moving to Task 5 Task 5: Develop DB testing (TS14), staging(SS14), production(PS14) procedures. Status: Completed as of May 26 moving to Task 6 Task 6: Document phases, requirements and users instructions. Status: Completed as of May 27 moving to Task 7 Task 7: Conduct team-meeting briefing on project progress (SITS). Status: Completed as of May 28 moving to Unit 9
FileMake Pro Advance for Mac and Windows, by Cynthia L. Baron & Daniel Peck.
FileMaker 8 Desk Reference, Scott Love,
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Decisions |
[What came up that needed to be addressed? Did you run
into a problem or roadblock? How did you solve it? What important decisions
did you make this week that impacted your project? What were the key tasks
you performed this week? Do not state that there were no key decisions this
week.]
During this week there were some challenges. The most significant was the establishment of the three (TS14, SS14, & PS14) servers. These were 3 Windows servers (that were on the shelves) that took extra time in the coordination process with server engineering and with the installation of the OS and the Server portion of FileMAker Pro. This put us behind some but we made up for it by continuing to work through the weekend including the meeting, which was performed by conference call on Sunday the 28th of May. This was due in order to stay on track with the schedule. |
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Learning |
[Answer all questions below.] 1) What helpful feedback did you get in the class (instructor, classmates) and outside the class (user, stakeholder, beneficiary, mentor, expert advisor, others)? What did you learn from this feedback?
It seems the basic gui design is ok and has been approved by the team and the stakeholder. There was a recommendation of the following concerns or changes.
* The Tools field also have a drop down box feature where the user can select the appropriate tool.
* The Status field also have a drop down box feature with the selection of Open or Closed.
* The Status field also have a drop down box feature with the selection of Open or Closed.
* Insure the Last Modified date is operational upon any updates performed on any record. 2) What resources did you use this week (e.g., people,
money, equipment, systems, or software)? Did you add new resources? What was
your learning?
* Still using the main software source of FileMaker Pro.
* Three servers (TS14, SS14, PS14).
* Three team personnel.
Learning: It was discovered that in an emergency, the database can be quickly moved to another server for use In addition it can be moved to even a desktop and used in a server mode capacity as long as either the server or desktop version of FileMaker Pro is installed. On a desktop, it will keep the updates but the performance is not as fast as in server mode.
3) What research did you perform this week that was
assisting and/or literature based? What was your learning? |
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Indicators |
[Answer all questions below.] 1) How
well did you stick to your project schedule?
Ran a little behind during the week with the server configurations . We did get back on schedule by working the weekend. 2) How prepared are you to conclude your project in Unit
10 as required in this course?
Due to our weekend work and teleconference meeting we are back on tract and ready for Unit 10 tasks. 3) How likely is it that you will need to resort to your contingency plan?
None at this time. |
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Other |
[Make any additional comments here. You could provide
links here to pages where we could view your work in progress on which to
provide feedback.]
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